{"id":363476,"date":"2024-04-22T10:33:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T10:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/maxwell-illegal-external-terminal-an-external-terminal-must-border-the-edge\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T10:33:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T10:33:37","slug":"maxwell-illegal-external-terminal-an-external-terminal-must-border-the-edge","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/maxwell-illegal-external-terminal-an-external-terminal-must-border-the-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"Maxwell &#8220;Illegal external terminal: An external terminal must border the edge..&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear all,<\/p>\n<p>I am practically new to maxwell, and am trying to simulate a tip to tip arc, basically two electrodes in front of each other, and a current passing from one to the other.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When I try to add the current excitation, I am getting the following error (maybe due to the vacuum region specified?):<\/p>\n<p>Illegal external terminal of current excitation: An external terminal must border the edge of the problem region and coincides with the surface of a 3D object<\/p>\n<p>Could anyone help me solve this issue please?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/22-04-2024-1713781880-download.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-363476","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-AnsysMaxwellelectronics-1","topic-tag-3d-maxwell-simulation","topic-tag-maxwell"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["342993","94"],"_bbp_author_ip":["96.7.218.215"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["2096"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["363476"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27793"],"_bbp_engagement":["94","342993"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["364700"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["364700"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-04-29 13:22:55"]},"test":"jad-diabminesparis-psl-eu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/363476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/363476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}