Types of Results

Commands to Display Results

The output data of a simulation can be listed in tables or displayed in graphs. All results are found under the Results menu >, and are categorized into four groups:

Results related to current distribution

• Run > Plot Current Distribution command.
• Run > Plot Currents command.
• Run > List Currents command.
• Run > List Input Impedances command.

Results related to the far field

• Run > Plot Far-Field Pattern command.
• Run > Plot Far-Field Spectrum command.
• Run > List Far-Field Pattern command.
• Run > List Far-Field Spectrum command.
• Run > Power Budget/RCS command.

Results related to the near E-Field

• Run > Plot Near E-Field Pattern command.
• Run > Plot Near E-Field Spectrum command.
• Run > List Near E-Field Pattern command.
• Run > List Near E-Field Spectrum command.

Results related to the near H-Field

• Run > Plot Near H-Field Pattern command.
• Run > Plot Near H-Field Spectrum command.
• Run > List Near H-Field Pattern command.
• Run > List Near H-Field Spectrum command.

Tip

See the most relevant results for transmitting antennas in the Results tab > of the main window.

Lists and Plots

Listing the currents or input impedances means tabulating them as a function of frequency.

In the case of fields, they can be listed at a given point versus the frequency (Spectrum) or at a given frequency versus the observation point (Pattern).

AN-SOF includes a suite of four tools for plotting results: AN-XY Chart >, AN-Smith >, AN-Polar > and AN-3D Pattern >.