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Manatee is a software specialized in the assessment and control of magnetic noise and vibrations at concept and preliminary design phases. 

Its user-friendly collaborative environment is made for electrical, mechanical and NVH engineers involved in electric drive development.

Getting started with Manatee

In this section you will find all the resources you need to get started with Manatee software. 

Step 1: Tech Talk on e-NVH Virtual Prototyping of Electric Drives using SIMULIA Manatee Software

Step 2: Live demos of Manatee V2.3 

How to setup a current driven workflow with stator Beam Element Model	How to import a pre-calculated Magnetic LookUp Table (MLUT)	How to import a modal basis coming from a third party mechanical FEA software

Manatee users are encouraged to reproduce the results from the following short demos using the demonstration data:

Step 3: Role tutorials

The role tutorials describe step by step simulation scenarios for different engineers, focusing on the interpretation of results. 

Tutorial 0: Machine definition	Tutorial 1: PMSM simulation and control of electromagnetic noise and vibrations by Electrical Engineers	Tutorial 2: PMSM simulation and control of magnetic noise and vibrations by Mechanical Engineers

To run these tutorials, please download the necessary input data.

Manatee documentation

General documentation

From version 2025x R2, the user documentation is available from Manatee graphical user interface:

Advanced features documentation

The following documents describes more advanced features of Manatee.

Batch-mode	Optimization	Harmonic current injection	Hairpin winding definition

Application cases

Some use cases of the software are presented in the following documents.  

Rotor notching	Optimal Rotor slot number of induction machines For magnetic noise reduction

Frequently Asked Questions

Tech talks

December 18, 2024, by @KD

September 18, 2024, by @J