diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 9d3a769..c907513 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Ansys computes only what needs the field solution. Everything downstream of it i
 
 | in Ansys (needs the solve) | in Python (algebra on solved quantities) |
 |---|---|
-| torque waveform, flux linkage, `InducedVoltage`, forces, core loss | Park/Clarke dq1/dq3 (`machine_design/transforms.py`), `Rs*I`, `Lew*dI/dt`, peak search over a waveform, terminal voltage at any speed |
+| torque waveform, flux linkage, `InducedVoltage`, forces, core loss | Park/Clarke dq1/dq3 (`machine_design/generic/transforms.py`), `Rs*I`, `Lew*dI/dt`, peak search over a waveform, terminal voltage at any speed |
 
 Why:
 
diff --git a/machine_design/generic/__init__.py b/machine_design/generic/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd6633f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/machine_design/generic/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from .transforms import electrical_angle, to_dq, to_phases
diff --git a/machine_design/transforms.py b/machine_design/generic/transforms.py
similarity index 100%
rename from machine_design/transforms.py
rename to machine_design/generic/transforms.py
diff --git a/motors/synrm_5f_40s.py b/motors/synrm_5f_40s.py
index 5d1f0c6..de271c9 100644
--- a/motors/synrm_5f_40s.py
+++ b/motors/synrm_5f_40s.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from ansys.aedt.core import Maxwell2d
 
 from machine_design.designs.computation import ComputationBase
-from machine_design.transforms import electrical_angle, to_dq
+from machine_design.generic.transforms import electrical_angle, to_dq
 
 from .synrm_3f_36s import Geometry as BaseGeometry
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9590725..6e7ff08 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ dev = [
 packages = [
   "machine_design",
   "machine_design.designs",
+  "machine_design.generic",
   "machine_design.optimization",
   "motors",
 ]
diff --git a/tests/test_ansys_transforms.py b/tests/test_ansys_transforms.py
index 9328355..b929707 100644
--- a/tests/test_ansys_transforms.py
+++ b/tests/test_ansys_transforms.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 """Live check that the Python dq transform agrees with the Ansys output variables.
 
-`machine_design/transforms.py` and `motors/synrm_5f_40s.py`'s `set_output_vars` implement the
-same five-phase Park/Clarke transform twice -- once in Python, once as Ansys expressions.
-This solves one rotor with both dq1 and dq3 excited, then asserts that transforming the
-per-phase quantities in Python reproduces Ansys's own dq outputs.
+`machine_design/generic/transforms.py` and `motors/synrm_5f_40s.py`'s `set_output_vars`
+implement the same five-phase Park/Clarke transform twice -- once in Python, once as
+Ansys expressions.This solves one rotor with both dq1 and dq3 excited, then asserts that
+transforming the per-phase quantities in Python reproduces Ansys's own dq outputs.
 
 Two subjects, deliberately:
 
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 
 from machine_design.config import load_config
 from machine_design.designs.design import Design
+from machine_design.generic.transforms import to_dq
 from machine_design.optimization.generators import HacklGenerator_OneLambda
-from machine_design.transforms import to_dq
 from motors.synrm_5f_40s import Computation, Geometry
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.ansys
diff --git a/tests/test_synrm_5f_40s.py b/tests/test_synrm_5f_40s.py
index 75fa0b9..bd5a5dc 100644
--- a/tests/test_synrm_5f_40s.py
+++ b/tests/test_synrm_5f_40s.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
-from machine_design.transforms import electrical_angle, to_dq
+from machine_design.generic.transforms import electrical_angle, to_dq
 from motors.synrm_3f_36s import Geometry as BaseGeometry
 from motors.synrm_5f_40s import Computation, Geometry
 
diff --git a/tests/test_transforms.py b/tests/test_transforms.py
index 6fc8fd8..b35a01f 100644
--- a/tests/test_transforms.py
+++ b/tests/test_transforms.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Pins the m-phase dq convention used by `machine_design.transforms`.
+"""Pins the m-phase dq convention used by `machine_design.generic.transforms`.
 
 These need no Ansys. They exist because the same transform is written out by hand in
 `motors/synrm_5f_40s.py`'s output variables, and a silent disagreement between the two
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
-from machine_design.transforms import electrical_angle, to_dq, to_phases
+from machine_design.generic.transforms import electrical_angle, to_dq, to_phases
 
 THETA = np.linspace(0.0, 2.0 * np.pi, 37)