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[camarajoe]

I am trying to simulate an inductor out of a ferromagnetic anisotropic microwire core material. I set the material as cylindrical

with relative permeability in Z direction T(3,3). for X and Y I set the relative permeability to act as air. I am trying to make sure it is simulated properly. The magnetic field vector plot is attached.

[Paul Larsen]

It is very hard to tell due to the density setting of your vector spacing and that we see all the vectors in the X-direction stacked on top of eachother.  Overall, it looks like the fields outside the material might be correct, but I don't have enough visual information to see if the fields are good inside.

 

I did a quick test with the material settings the way that you described, and it looks good.  It is definitely a different response than just an isotropic linear permeability like the generic "ferrite" material.  There is much more preference for the Z-direction.