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Category - Drawing Wires
These articles provide guidance on adding and editing wires, setting their attributes, and defining materials within AN-SOF.
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AN-SOF has different types of wires. Each wire type has its own geometrical parameters, attributes and materials that can be set in a specific Draw dialog box. This dialog box allows us...
The Attributes page belongs to the Draw dialog box of the chosen wire type, Fig. 1. In the Attributes page the following attributes can be specified...
The Materials page belongs to the Draw dialog box of the chosen wire type, Fig. 1. In the Materials page the following attributes can be specified...
If wires with non-zero resistivity have been drawn previously and the whole structure must now be considered as a perfect electric conductor, all resistivities can be disabled...
If wires with a coating shield or insulation have been drawn previously and the whole structure must now be considered as composed of bare conductive wires, all coatings can be disabled...
The wire cross-section can be chosen from a combo-box in the Attributes page of the Draw dialog box for the chosen wire type...
Linear wires can be exported from AN-SOF to a text file in NEC format (extension .nec) by going to File > Export Wires in the main menu. Linear wires will be stored as GW lines. FR (frequency), EX (excitation), LD (load impedances and wire conductivity), RP (radiation pattern)...
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These articles cover the various wire types available in AN-SOF and provide instructions on how to add and import wires into your project.
The Line refers to a linear or straight wire. Go to Draw > Line in the main menu to display the Draw dialog box for the Line...
The Arc refers to a circular arc. Go to Draw > Arc in the main menu to display the Draw dialog box for the Arc...
The Circle refers to a circular loop. Go to Draw > Circle in the main menu to display the Draw dialog box for the Circle...
The Helix refers to a helical wire. Go to Draw > Helix in the main menu to display the Draw dialog box for the Helix...
The Quadratic refers to a quadratic wire or parabola. Go to Draw > Quadratic in the main menu to display the Draw dialog box for the Quadratic...
The Archimedean Spiral refers to the Archimedes’ spiral with polar equation r(a) = r0 + p/(2p) a, where r0 is the starting radius and p is the pitch. For a spiral with an integer number of turns...
The Logarithmic Spiral refers to a spiral with polar equation r(a) = r0 exp(ba), where r0 is the starting radius (r at a = 0), b = p/(2pr0) and p is the starting pitch...
A tapered wire is a wire with a variable radius along its length. The cross section of tapered wires is always circular. The radius is varied linearly along the wire and in defined steps, then a wire with a stepped radius is obtained...
Wires in an external file can be imported into AN-SOF by going to File > Import Wires in the main menu. A sub-menu having four options will be displayed: AN-SOF, NEC, DXF, and MM formats. The DXF and MM formats must contain only...
Lines or linear wires can be entered and edited in a table as follows: 1. Go to Draw > Tabular Input (Ctrl + T) in the main menu to show the table...
These articles provide guidance on editing wires in AN-SOF, including functions to transform wire coordinates and manipulate groups of wires in the AN-SOF workspace.
Any wire in the workspace can be selected in three different ways: 1. By clicking on the Select Wire button (arrow icon) on the toolbar and then...
Right-clicking on a wire brings up a menu. Choosing the Modify command from the pop-up menu shows the Modify dialog box, where the geometrical parameters and attributes of the selected wire can be modified...
Right-clicking on a wire brings up a menu. Choosing the Delete command from the pop-up menu deletes the selected wire with all sources and loads placed on it...
AN-SOF allows us to select a group of wires to edit them all at once. Click on the Selection Box button on the main toolbar. By left clicking on the workspace and dragging a box with the mouse, multiple wires can be selected...
Click on the Selection Box button in the main toolbar. Then, left clicking on the workspace a box to select multiple wires can be expanded...
Right clicking on a wire shows a pop-up menu. Choose the Wire Color command to display a dialog box that allows us to select a color for the wire...
Right clicking on a wire will display a pop-up menu, where the Wire Properties command can be selected...
A wire junction is automatically established whenever the coordinates of a wire end are identical to the end coordinates of a wire previously specified. However, two wires will be also connected automatically when their ends are spaced one tenth of the wire radius...
After drawing the wire structure, we may need to modify the position or size of one wire or a group of them. To modify wires, we must first select them. Click on the Selection Box button on the toolbar and then expand a box using the mouse with the left button pressed...
When drawing a wire structure, it is often necessary to copy wires from one position to another. An antenna array is an example where this situation occurs. To copy wires, we must first select them by first pressing the Selection Box button on the toolbar...