A while back I used i used a program called Vizimag to model the flux field of a small sensor magnet while using confirming the levels were sufficient that the the reed switches would reliabily actuate when the magnet passes them.
Now the program seems unsupported and I'd like to purchase it or one similar to it.
Here is the download link form softpedia if you want to take a peek.
Here is the tutorial so you can see what it is capable of.
Have any of you guys played with this program and know how to contact the author to register it? The email address in the program bounces back.
If not do you know of a similar program that doesn't require a lot of effort to setup and run like this one.
Just draw the dimensions and strength of the magnet, place materials around it with magnetic permeability > 1 then hit go to see the flux lines and measure the flux strength at various parts of the magnet circuit.
thanks