A tutorial for designers and analysts of electric machinery. Explains what is inside a finite element program and how the finite element method can be used to determine the behavior of electric machines. Limited to two-dimensional analysis, emphasizes the most common calculations required and demonstrates them with fully worked examples, mostly from synchronous and induction machines. The techniques have been used successfully in the design and analysis of most types of rotating and linear machines. Assumes a basic familiarity with the finite element method.