Category - Adding Wires

Create lines in AN-SOF. Define geometry using 2 points or start point, direction, and length. Set attributes like segments and cross-section. Set material properties like resistivity and coating.

Create arcs in AN-SOF. Define geometry using 3 points or start, center, end points. Set attributes like segments and cross-section. Set material properties like resistivity and coating.

The Circle refers to a circular loop. Go to Draw > Circle in the main menu to display the Draw dialog box for the Circle...

Create helices in AN-SOF. Define geometry using start point, radius, pitch, turns or start-end points. Set orientation using angles or vectors. Specify attributes like segments and cross-section. Set material properties like resistivity and coating. Rotate helix around axis.

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...

Enter linear wires using the Tabular Input option in AN-SOF. For each wire, specify its number of segments, start and end points, wire radius, resistivity, and coating by entering the details in separate rows.