platform
Description
The platform
object creates a platform to install an
antenna. You can import platform geometry from the STL, STEP, and IGES file
formats.
Installed antenna analysis involves an electrically large structure called a platform. Antenna elements are placed on this platform at desired locations. You can analyze the effects of the platform on the antenna performance. Installed antenna analysis is commonly used in aerospace, defense, marine, and automotive applications. Common platforms are airplanes, satellites, drones, ships, trains, trucks, and cars.
Another common application of installed antenna analysis is to determine and mitigate the interference between multiple antennas operating at different frequencies on a large platform.
Creation
Description
creates a
platform object for an installed antenna setup. The default platform is a
rectangular reflector in the xy-plane stored in the
plat
= platformplate
STL file.
sets
Properties using
one or more name-value arguments. plat
= platform(Name=Value)Name
is the property
name and Value
is the corresponding value. You can
specify several name-value pair arguments in any order as
Name1
=Value1
,...
,
NameN
=ValueN
. Properties that you
do not specify retain their default values.
For example, ant =
platform(FileName="reflector.stl",Units="m")
creates a
platform object defined by the data in the file reflector
STL file and sets the unit of measurement to meters.
Output Arguments
Properties
Object Functions
show | Display antenna, array structures, shapes, or platform |
mesh | Mesh properties of metal, dielectric antenna, or array structure |
meshconfig | Change meshing mode of antenna, array, custom antenna, custom array, or custom geometry |
stlwrite | Write mesh to STL file |