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You can view the antenna by clicking on the View tab. After the calculation, it also shows the current distribution superimposed on the wires. The wire drawn in thick line is the wire where the cursor is placed in the wire definition table (Geometry page). To select another wire, click the target wire with the left button of the mouse. The clicked wire becomes thick and the cursor moves to the wire in the wire definition table. This method is useful for modeling a complicated antenna. In addition, the double click with the mouse gets you the pop-up menu of the polar axis editor, which is useful to change the length and angle of the wire. The right click gets you another pop-up menu. You can get the view centered at the clicking position, add/delete a source, move the wire, etc. You can turn the antenna around: selected wire, midle point of the antenna and point X=0 Y=0 Z=H (select by radiobuttons). by the left click. You can move the antenna by Ctrl+left click. It changes the zoom value. It superimposes the current distribution on the wires. You must calculate the current at least once before you get the currents view. Currents are colored in red and blue according to the wire vector. It is strongly recommended that you verify whether the wire definitions are correct or not by viewing the current distribution. If the current distribution is different from what you expected, you ought to check the antenna definition again. In addition, if the current distribution does not have smooth transverse, you may not model the antenna correctly. Recheck the wire definition, wire connection, and segmentation. It displays the segmentation points. It is useful to verify the tapering operation. It changes the amplitude of the current. It selected wire. |