HFSS15: Creating Phase Animations

To animate a plot with respect to the phase of the plotted field:

1. Create a field overlay plot to animate.

2. Click HFSS>Fields>Animate.

If you already created an animation, the Select Animation dialog box appears. Selecting an existing animation from that list starts it. To create a new animation, click New.

The Setup Animation dialog box appears.

3. Type a name for the animation in the Name text box or accept the default name.

4. Optionally, type a description of the animation in the Description text box.

5. Under the Swept Variable tab, select Phase from the Swept Variable list.

6. Specify the phase values you want to include in the animation:

a. Type the starting value of the phase in the Start text box.

b. Type the stopping value of the phase in the Stop text box.

c. Type the number of Steps to include in the animation.

For example, if the Start value is 10, the Stop value is 160, and the number of steps is 10, the animation will display the plot at 10 phase values between 10 and 160. The start value will be the first frame displayed, resulting in a total of 11 frames in the animation.

d. If the design has multiple project or intrinsic variables, click the Design Point tab to set the values of the non-animated variables.

1. Click the Design Point tab.

2. Deselect the Use defaults checkbox.

In the table, select the row corresponding to the variable setting of interest.

3. Click OK.

The animation begins in the view window. The play panel appears in the upper-left corner of the desktop, enabling you to stop, restart, and control the speed and sequence of the frames.