Scope Boundaries

 

Any boundaries imposed on your projects will depend on which PSCAD edition you are using.  The following tables list the most commonly encountered boundaries.

PSCAD Imposed Boundaries (all Editions and Compilers)

 

Description

 

Boundary

 

Transformers

Unlimited

Mutually coupled windings

Unlimited

Component Graphical Layers

256

T-Lines/Cables

Unlimited

Conductors per T-line Right-of-Way

30

Cables per Right-of-Way

12

Data signal dimension

1,024

Radio Transmitters/Receivers

1,024

STOR allocations

Unlimited

STORF/L/I/C allocations

Unlimited

Edition Specific Boundaries

 

Description

 

Free

Educational

Professional

 

Simultaneous, Parallel EMTDC simulations

4

8*

8*

Electrical Sub-systems

1

1

65,536

Electrical Nodes

15

200

1,048,576

Modules

5

64

65,536

Components

1,024

32,768

1,048,576

Output Channels

256

1,024

32,768

 

*Contact the PSCAD Sales Desk (sales@pscad.com) for more details on increasing this limit.

Free Edition Restrictions

 

Description

 

PRO and EDU Editions

Free

Edition

Create Definition

ü

û

Edit Definition

ü

û

Import/Export Definition

ü

û

Commercial Fortran Compiler

ü

û

Frequency-Dependent T-Lines/Cables

ü

û

MATLAB Interface

ü

û

Python Automation UI/Library

ü

û

Blackbox

ü

û

Co-Simulation Interface

ü

û

Graph Watermarks

û

ü