CST2013: Material Parameters: default - Wire mesh

Modeling: MaterialsNew/EditNew MaterialWire mesh

Edit Object Properties (navigation tree: Materials:material1PropertiesWire mesh)

This is a dialog page of the Material Parameters dialog box. It is only visible for "Default" and "High Frequency" material sets.

Conductor  frame

Conductivity: Setting for the conductivity of individual wires, or conductors,  of the material.

Thickness: Setting for the thickness of the conductor. The thickness of the conductor is the dimension normal to the layer of material. For expanded foil (diamond-shaped holes), the thickness is that of the original material.

Width: Setting for the width of the conductor. The width of the conductor is the dimension in the plane of the layer of material. For expanded foil (diamond-shaped holes) width is the space between slits before expansion.

Mesh properties frame

This section allows you to specify geometrical properties of the wire mesh holes.

Hole shape:  Here you select the shape of the opening. Diamond, rectangular aligned, rectangular staggered, circular or whichever of these best approximates the actual hole shape.

Holes per unit length X dir: Setting for number of holes in the X direction.

Holes per unit length Y dir: Setting for number of holes in the Y direction.

If hole shape is diamond or rectangular staggered or number of holes in X and Y direction are different, wire mesh will be modeled as anisotropic. For anisotropic wire meshes, these X and Y directions then map to the U and V vectors of a solid coordinate system attached to the object.