QW-Simulator

1 User Interface

1.1.5 1D Fields

1.1.6 2D/3D Fields

1.1.8 Optimiser

1.3 Toolbars/Ribbon

1.4 Mini Toolbars

1.5.6 Optimiser

1.5.7 Configure

1.6 Project Tree

2 Post-processings Results

2.1 User Interface

2.1.1.1 Results

2.1.1.3 Radiation

2.1.1.6 Additional

2.1.3 Main Menu

2.1.4 Results Display

2.1.5 Values Pane

2.1.6 Curves Pane

2.1.7 Status Bar

2.2 Results Display

2.2.1 Context Menu

2.2.1.1 Main Context Menu

2.2.1.2 Scale Context Menu

2.2.1.3 Cursor Context Menu

2.2.1.4 Delta Markers Context Menu

2.2.1.5 Label Context Menu

2.2.1.6 Legend Context Menu

2.2.1.7 Text Context Menu

2.2.2 Display Charts

2.3 Values Pane

2.4 Curves Pane

2.6 FD-Probing for Contours

2.7 Power Available

2.8 S-Parameters

2.8.1 S Matrix results

2.8.2 Full S Matrix results

2.8.3 SWR and GD results

2.8.4 Power Balance results

2.8.5 Extended Results

2.8.6 Gamma at Reference planes results

2.9 2D Radiation Pattern

2.9.1 Linear Polarisation for 3D structures

2.9.1.1 Diffraction orders in 3D periodic structures

2.9.2 Circular Polarisation for 3D structures.

2.9.3 Linear Polarisation for BOR (V2D) structures

2.9.4 Circular Polarisation for BOR (V2D) structures

2.9.5 Radiation Parameters

2.10 3D Radiation Pattern

2.11 NTF Fixed Angle

2.12 Dispersive Media Chart

2.13 Viewing the Objective defined as a text file

2.14 Viewing the first, best and last results during the optimization

2.15 Viewing the Goal Function convergence during the optimization

2.16 Viewing results loaded from file

2.17 Export/Import

2.17.1 Exporting results

2.17.1.1 Exporting results in pure data and CVS file formats

2.17.1.2 Exporting results as a picture

2.17.2 Importing results

2.18.1 Results Configuration

2.18.2 References

2.18.3.1 Scale Configuration

2.18.4 Defined Scales

2.18.5 Scale Choice

2.18.6 Postprocessings List

2.18.6.1 Gamma at Reference planes results

2.18.6.2 FD-Probing results

2.18.6.3 FD-Probing results with Contours

2.18.6.4 Power Available results

2.18.6.5 Antenna Fixed Angle results

2.18.7 Radiation Patterns

2.18.7.1 NTF Walls

2.18.7.2 Use NTF samples

2.18.8 Save Results Formats

2.18.9.1 Add Marker

2.18.9.2 Delete Marker

2.18.9.3 Fixed Cursor

2.18.9.4 Add Delta Markers

2.18.9.5 Delete Delta Markers

2.18.10.1 Label Options

2.18.11.1 Legend Options

2.18.12 Refresh Settings

2.18.13 Results Options

2.18.14 Edit Line

2.18.15 Select Columns

2.18.16 Rename Curve

2.18.17 Manage Reference List

2.18.18 Choose Scale

2.18.19 Select Results

2.18.20 Template Options

2.18.21 Set Sinusoidal Excitation

2.18.22 Change Frequency

3 1D Fields Distribution

3.1 User Interface

3.1.1.1 Components

3.1.1.3 Scale/Functions

3.1.1.4 Display

3.1.3 Main Menu

3.1.4 Fields Display

3.1.5 Markers Pane

3.1.6 Status Bar

3.2.1 Space Domain

3.2.2 Time Domain

3.2.2.1 Time Domain in BHM regime

3.2.3 Along pre-defined Contour

3.4.2 Attenuation

3.5 Export/Import

3.5.1 Exporting 1D fields

3.5.1.1 Exporting 1D fields as a picture

3.5.2 Importing 1D fields

3.6.1 Position YZ

3.6.2 Position XZ

3.6.3 Position XY

3.6.4 Position and Parameters

3.6.5 Position and Parameters in QW-BHM regime

3.6.6 Choose Source/Probe/Lumped

3.6.7 Choose Contour

3.6.8 Choose NTFFA Postprocessing

3.6.9 Choose Source

3.6.12 Format Axes

3.6.13 Refresh Settings

3.6.14 Display Options

4 2D/3D Fields Distribution

4.1 User Interface

4.1.1.1 Components

4.1.1.2 2D Surface

4.1.1.3 2D Thermal

4.1.1.4 3D Vector

4.1.1.5 3D Viewer

4.1.1.6 Display

4.1.1.7 Structure

4.1.1.8 Envelope

4.1.3 Main Menu

4.1.4 2D Displays

4.1.5 3D Displays

4.1.6 Colour Bar

4.1.7 Title Bar

4.1.8 Status Bar

4.2 Points and Lines Displays

4.3 Art Displays

4.3.1 Lines Art Display

4.3.2 Filled Art Display

4.3.3 Points Art Display

4.3.4 Postuments Art Display

4.3.5 2D Surface Parameters

4.4 Thermal Display

4.5 Vector 3D Display

4.6 Viewer 3D Display

4.8.1 Plane Envelope

4.8.2 Volume Envelope

4.9 Real and Imaginary Grid

4.10 Export/Import

4.10.1 Exporting components

4.10.1.1 Exporting plane instantaneous/envelope component

4.10.1.2 Exporting volume instantaneous/envelope component

4.10.1.3 Exporting of all six instantaneous field components

4.10.1.4 Exporting components as a picture

4.10.2 Importing fields

4.10.2.1 Exporting components as a picture

4.11.1 Go to layer

4.11.2 Set Scale

4.11.4 Sparse Mode

4.11.5 Sparse Factor

4.11.6 3D Viewer Settings

4.11.7 Volume Limit

4.11.9 BoR (V2D) View Options

4.11.10 V2D Plane Settings

4.11.11 3D Display Parameters

4.11.12 Geometry

4.11.13 Refresh Settings

4.11.15 Template Disconnect

4.11.16 2D Surface Display Options

4.11.17 2D Thermal Display Options

4.11.18 Volume Export Settings

4.11.19 Save Format Options

4.11.20 3D Vector Options

4.11.21 Structure Line Width

4.11.22 Background Colour

4.11.23 Fields Collection Preview

4.12 Brief description of the Field 3D Post Processing.

4.12.1 Creation fields volume files

4.12.1.1 Creation fields volume files by manual operation

4.12.1.2 Using Breakpoints and Tasker commands

4.12.2 Calculation example of the component subtraction post-processing

4.12.3 Configuration options for post-processing

4.12.4 Environment project file and Field 3D Post Processing

4.13 Application of the NTN 3D (Near to Near) transformation processing

4.13.1 NTN new elements in QuickWave User Interface

4.13.1.1 QuickWave Modeller

4.13.1.2 QuickWave Editor

4.13.1.3 New UDO scripts NTN commands and elements

4.13.1.4 QuickWave Simulator

4.13.2 NTN points cloud files and formats

4.14 Near To Near postprocessing - calculation NTN for V2D axisymmetric BOR models

4.14.1 QuickWave Simulator

4.14.1.1 Model dm_horn_ntn

4.14.1.2 Model cassant1_ntn

4.15 View Fields Collection

5 Fields Monitor results

5.1 User Interface

5.1.1.1 Components

5.1.1.2 Monitor

5.1.1.3 2D Surface

5.1.1.4 2D Thermal

5.1.1.5 3D Vector

5.1.1.6 Display

5.1.1.7 Structure

5.1.3 Main Menu

5.1.4 2D Displays

5.1.5 3D Display

5.1.6 Colour Bar

5.1.7 Title Bar

5.1.8 Status Bar

5.2 Points and Lines Displays

5.3 Art Displays

5.4 Thermal Display

5.5 Vector 3D Display

5.6 Fields Monitoring

5.8 Export/Import

5.8.1 Exporting components

5.8.1.1 Exporting fields as a picture

5.8.2 Importing fields

5.8.2.1 Imported fields envelope

5.9.1 Go to layer

5.9.2 Set Scale

5.9.4 Sparse Mode

5.9.5 Sparse Factor

5.9.6 Volume Limit

5.9.8 BoR (V2D) View Options

5.9.9 V2D Plane Settings

5.9.10 3D Display Parameters

5.9.11 Geometry

5.9.12 Refresh Settings

5.9.14 2D Surface Art Display Options

5.9.15 2D Surface Display Options

5.9.16 2D Thermal Display Options

5.9.17 Monitors Settings

5.9.18 Animation Delay

5.9.19 3D Vector Options

5.9.20 Structure Line Width

5.9.21 Background Colour

6 3D Radiation Pattern results

6.1 User Interface

6.1.1.1 Radiation

6.1.1.2 Components

6.1.1.3 Display

6.1.1.5 Structure

6.1.1.6 Export/Import

6.1.1.7 Antenna Array

6.1.3 Main Menu

6.1.5 Antenna 3D Parameters Panel

6.1.6 Status Bar

6.3 Export/Import

6.3.1 Exporting 3D radiation pattern

6.3.1.1 Exporting 3D radiation pattern to SAT file

6.3.1.2 Exporting 3D radiation pattern as a picture.

6.3.2 Importing 3D radiation pattern

6.4 Patch Antenna Arrays

6.5.1 3D Radiation Patterns

6.5.1.1 Use NTF samples

6.5.2 Set Scale

6.5.3 Structure Blend

6.5.4 Structure Zoom

6.5.5 Info Antenna 3D

6.5.6 Background Colour

6.5.7 Patch Antenna Array

7 Power, Energy and Q-factor results

7.1 User Interface

7.1.1 Main Menu

7.1.2 Results Display

7.1.2.1 Additional controls

7.1.3 Status Bar

7.2 Power dissipated results

7.3 Energy results

7.4 Q-factor results

7.5 Export/Import

8 Integral of Power Dissipated

8.1 User Interface

8.1.1 Main Menu

8.1.2 Results Display

8.1.2.1 Additional controls

8.1.3 Status Bar

8.2 Space and time integral of power dissipated results

8.3 Time integral of power available results

8.4 Export/Import

9 Average Temperature

9.1 User Interface

9.1.1 Main Menu

9.1.2 Results Display

9.1.2.1 Additional controls

9.1.3 Status Bar

9.2 Temperature in dense media results

9.3 Temperature in non-dense media results

9.4 Export/Import

10 View Enthalpy

10.1 User Interface

10.1.1 Main Menu

10.1.2 Results Display

10.1.2.1 Additional controls

10.1.3 Status Bar

10.2 Enthalpy in dense media results

10.3 Export/Import

11 Simulator Log

11.1 Log Output

11.2 Model Files

11.3 Tasker Progress

11.4 Simulation Info

11.5 Optimiser Info

11.6 Breakpoints Info

12 Test FDTD Mesh

12.1 User Interface

12.1.1.4 Export

12.1.2 Toolbars

12.1.3 Main Menu

12.1.5 Status Bar

12.2 Mesh display

12.3 LC display

12.4 Export/Import

12.4.1 Exporting effective media parameters

12.4.2 Exporting mesh view as a picture

12.4.3 Importing FDTD mesh

12.4.4 Importing effective media parameters

12.5.1 Mesh Inspect

12.5.2 Go to layer

12.5.3 Go to Cell

12.5.4 Geometry

12.5.5 Media Info

12.5.6 Dispersive Media Info

12.5.7 Medium Info

12.5.8 Lumped Impedances Info

12.5.9 Lumped Element Info

12.5.10 Points/Probes Info

12.5.11 Point/Probe Info

12.5.12 Transmission Line Ports Info

12.5.13 Transmission Line Port Info

12.5.14 Plane Wave Boxes Info

12.5.15 Plane Wave Info

12.5.16 Absorbing Boundary Conditions Info

12.5.17 ABC Info

12.5.18 NTF Boxes Info

12.5.19 NTF Info

12.5.20 Fields Monitors Info

12.5.21 Monitor Info

12.5.22 Warnings Info

12.5.23 Warnings Statistics

12.5.24 Export Settings

12.5.25 Save File Options

12.5.26 LC Drawing Options

13 Multithread versions of QW-Simulator

13.1 General Information

13.2 QW-OMP Simulator

14 GPU versions of QW-Simulator

14.1 General Information

14.1.1 Installation

14.1.2 Requirements

14.1.3 Supported GPU platforms

14.1.4 Limitations

14.2 QW-Simulator GPU

14.2.1 Configuration

14.2.2 Examples

14.3 QW-Simulator MultiGPU

14.3.1 Subregions

14.3.2 Examples

14.3.4 Limitations

14.4 Bibliography

15 Advanced regimes of QW-Simulator

15.1 Batch operation and generation of tasker files

15.2 Syntax of tasker files.

15.2.1 RUN commands

15.2.2 SAVE commands

15.2.3 VIEW commands

15.2.4 OPTIMISER commands

15.2.5 MODIFY MEDIA commands

15.2.6 S-PARAMETERS commands

15.2.7 Other commands

15.2.8 Commands not included in Breakpoints

15.2.9 Tasks for running QProny module

15.2.10 Tasker commands in alphabetic order

15.3 Breakpoints

15.3.1 Add or Edit Breakpoint

15.3.2 Commands

15.3.3 FD-Probing Settings

15.3.4 Select Contour Name(s)

15.3.5 Contour Settings

15.3.6 Antenna Fixed Angle Settings

15.3.7 Line Envelope Settings

15.3.8 Time Probes Settings

15.3.9 ExH Time Integral Settings

15.3.10 Plane Envelope Settings

15.3.11 Plane Instantaneous Settings

15.3.12 Set Cell or Layer

15.3.13 Volume Envelope Settings

15.3.14 Volume Instantaneous Settings

15.3.15 Volume Integrated Settings

15.3.16 Volume Limit

15.3.17 Save to File Options

15.3.18 Save Power and Q

15.3.19 Save Power and Q (ReIm)

15.3.20 Save Power and Q (ReIm, Media)

15.3.21 Save Enthalpy (ReIm)

15.3.22 Save Enthalpy (ReIm, Media)

15.3.23 Dense Media

15.3.24 Fields Monitor Settings

15.3.25 Fields Monitor 3D Settings

15.3.26 Fields Monitor 3D Choice

15.3.27 Prony Module Settings

15.3.28 Modify Media Settings

15.3.29 Modify Media Settings (T)

15.3.30 Rotation and Heating

15.3.31 Set Time

15.3.32 Subcircuit Name

15.3.33 S-Parameters Settings

15.4 Simultaneous subtasks mode of tasker

15.5 Batch run for simulations

15.6 Freeze function

15.7 Multisimulator regime for Smn postprocessing

15.8 Antenna Array postprocessing

16.1 Preferences

16.2 Import Preferences

16.4 QuickWave Variables

16.6 Import Recent Files

16.7 BHM Settings

16.8 Automatic Z Changing

16.9 Change Frequency and Amplitude

16.10 Refresh Settings

16.11 Slow Down

16.12 QuickWave Updates

16.13 QuickWave Licence Manager

16.14 End User Licence Agreement

16.16 Colour Palettes Configuration

16.17 Colour Palette Configuration

16.18 Memory Usage

16.19 Command line options

16.20 File name extensions

16.21 Resources needed to run a project

16.21.1 Memory requirements

16.21.2 Forecasting the computing time

16.22 Files created or used by QW-Simulator

16.22.1 Files created by QW-Editor

16.22.2 Environment files