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...
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The Arc refers to a circular arc. Go to Draw > Arc in the main menu to display the Draw dialog box for the Arc...
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The Circle refers to a circular loop. Go to Draw > Circle in the main menu to display the Draw dialog box for the Circle...
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The Helix refers to a helical wire. Go to Draw > Helix in the main menu to display the Draw dialog box for the Helix...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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