{"id":434816,"date":"2025-06-19T13:09:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T13:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/problems-with-motorcad-automation\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T13:09:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T13:09:22","slug":"problems-with-motorcad-automation","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/problems-with-motorcad-automation\/","title":{"rendered":"Problems with MotorCAD automation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Good morning,&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am trying to use a matlab script to automate MotorCAD simulations but now it does not worked even if it used to. When I use the command&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div class=&#8221;rtcContent&#8221;&gt;&lt;div class=&#8221;lineNode&#8221;&gt;mcad = actxserver(&#8216;motorcad.AppAutomation&#8217;);&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=&#8221;lineNode&#8221;&gt;I receive the error&lt;p&gt;Error using feval&lt;br&gt;Server Creation Failed:&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Error in actxserver (line 89)&lt;br&gt;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; h=feval([&#8216;COM.&#8217; convertedProgID], &#8216;server&#8217;, machinename, interface);&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Error in Main (line 2)&lt;br&gt;mcad = actxserver(&#8216;motorcad.AppAutomation&#8217;);&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Did anyone have a similar issue?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-434816","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Good morning, I am trying to use a matlab script to automate MotorCAD simulations but now it does not worked even if it used to. 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