HFSS15: Drawing a Straight Line Segment

To create an object with one or more straight line segments, use the Draw>Line command.

1. Click Draw>Line.

2. Select the first point of the line in one of the following ways:

• Click the point.

• You can accept the point or change it by editing its coordinates in the X, Y, and Z boxes in the status bar.

To delete the last point that was entered, click Undo Previous Segment on the shortcut menu. After using the undo feature, you can also use Redo Previous Segment on the shortcut menu.

3. Select the endpoint of the line by clicking the point or typing the coordinates in the text boxes in the status bar.

The endpoint serves as the start point for a subsequent line segment.

To delete all points and start over, press ESC or click Escape Draw Mode on the shortcut menu.

4. Complete the line in one of the following ways:

• Double-click the endpoint.

• Click Done on the context (right-click) menu.

• Press Enter.

If the Modeler option for editing properties of new primitives is checked, 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.

5. Click OK to close the Properties dialog.