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EM.Ferma

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/* Grouping Objects by Material or Source Type */
All the geometric objects in the project workspace are organized together into object groups which share the same properties including color and electric or magnetic parameters. It is recommended that you first create object groups, and then draw new objects under the active group. To create a new object group, right-click on its category name in the "Physical Structure" section of the navigation tree and select one of the "Insert New Group..." items from the contextual menu. However, if you start a new [[EM.Ferma]] project from scratch, and start drawing a new object without having previously defined any object groups, a new default "Fixed-Potential PEC" object group with a zero voltage is created and added to the navigation tree to hold your new geometric object.
{{Note|Electrostatic and thermal solvers share the same material categories on the navigation tree. This means that PEC objects are treated as PTC objects, dielectric objects are treated as insulator objects and vlume volume charges are treated as volume heat sources when the thermal solver is enabled.}}
Once a new object group node has been created in the navigation tree, it becomes and remains the "Active" object group, which is always listed in bold letters. When you draw a new geometric object such as a box or a sphere, its name is added under the currently active object group. There is only one object group that is active at any time. Any group can be made active by right-clicking on its name in the navigation tree and selecting the '''Activate''' item of the contextual menu.
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