Copying and Stacking Wires

When drawing a wire structure, it’s often necessary to copy wires from one position to another—for example, when creating an antenna array. To copy wires, first select them using one of the following methods:

1. Click the Selection Box button on the toolbar and drag a box with the mouse to enclose the wires you want to copy (see the Moving, Rotating and Scaling Wires section for details).
2. Hold the Ctrl key and left-click on wires to select them individually.
3. Combine methods 1 and 2 for more flexible selection.

For a full overview of wire selection techniques, see:

• New Tools in AN-SOF: Selecting and Editing Wires in Bulk

In the Edit menu, you will find the following commands for copying the selected wires:

Copy Wires

Opens the Copy Wires dialog box (see Fig. 1), allowing you to copy the selected wire or group of wires.

• Specify the number of copies of the selected group of wires.
• The first copy will be offset from the original wire group based on the entered X, Y, and Z offsets and/or rotated around each axis according to the entered angles.
• Each subsequent copy will be offset and/or rotated relative to the previous copy.

Stack Wires

Opens the Stack Wires dialog box (see Fig. 2), allowing you to stack the selected wire or group of wires along a specified direction.

• Specify the number of elements in the stack. Each “element” consists of the selected wires, which could be a single wire or a group of wires.
• Define the spacing between the elements.