Select Wire edi in the Edit menu to start the wire editor. You can add, modify, and delete the wire by the mouse operations. The editor has four types of views.
The sliders and buttons at the right of the window are:
Right click on the window to call the pop-up menu that has the following functions:
The selected wire is display in red and the others are in black. The end points are marked with X if connected. They are marked with [] (square) if not connected. You can define a complicated antenna, such as an LPDA, by making full use of these functions, that is, Divide wire, Disjoint wire, Connect wire to the closest wire, etc. Mouse operation in the wire selection mode Click on the arrow button at the top right corner to start the wire selection mode. Click the target wire to select. Note that you can do the following operations in the 2-D view window only. In the 3-D view, you only can move the end of the wire and connect it to the other wire's. Bring the mouse pointer close to the end of a wire. The cursor changes its shape to the cross hair type. Click and drag the end point to move it. With the shift key pressed, MMANA-GAL moves the wire with keeping vertical or horizontal. With they Ctrl key pressed, MMANA-GAL keeps the wire length and change only the angle. Get the mouse pointer close to the center of a wire. The cursor changes it shape to [] (square) + pointer. You can grab the wire and move to the arbitrary position. With the shift key depressed, MMANA-GAL attempts to keep the wire horizontal or vertical. Wire definition mode Click the line button at the top right corner to start the line definition mode, in which you can add a new wire. Click and drag to place a new wire. You can directly input the parameter values by clicking the right hand side menu in the window. Note that in the 3-D view window, you only can add a new wire that is connected to the other existing wire. Loop definition mode Click the square button at the top right corner of the window to star the loop definition mode. Click and drag to place a new square loop. Note that this mode is not available in the 3-D view window. |