HFSS15: Inserting Line Segments

You can insert line segments of various kinds for existing line objects.

1. Select the line object in the History tree (not the modeler window).

This highlights the object and enables the Insert Line Segment commands in the Draw menu and short-cut menu.

2. Use the cascade menu from the Draw>Line Segment command to or the right-click menu to select whether to Insert Before Line Segment or Insert After Line Segment.

3. Use the next cascade menu to specify the kind of segment to add. These can be: Straight, Spline. 3 Point Arc, or Center Point Arc.

4. If you clicked Straight, follow the procedure for drawing a straight line.

If you clicked Spline, follow the procedure for drawing a spline.

If you clicked 3 Point Arc, follow the procedure for drawing a three-point arc line.

If you clicked Center Point Arc, follow the procedure for drawing a center-point arc line.

5. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each segment of the polyline object. The endpoint of the previous segment serves as the start point for the next segment.

6. Complete the polyline in one of the following ways:

• Double-click the endpoint of the final segment.

• Click Done on the shortcut menu.

The Properties dialog box appears, in which you can modify the object’s attributes by editing the Properties. Those listed under the Command tab describe the commands used to create the object. These commands also appear in the History tree. The Properties listed as line attributes include Name, Orientation, whether a Model object, whether to Display Wireframe, Color, Transparency, and whether to Show Direction as arrows. The Show Direction property is most helpful to unambiguously show the line start orientation when plotting fields along a line.

7. Click OK.