4.2.3 The output panel

When the `add' button in the output section is pressed, the following pop-up screen appears.

There are four types of outputs supported: the longitudinal electrical field component along a line, a circle, a grid or the bistatic radar cross section (RCS).

• Line output
  • Point1: starting point of the line x ; y.
  • Point2: end point of the line x ; y.
  • Number of points: The number of output points along this line, equidistant from each other.
• Circle output
  • Centre: centre of the circle x ; y.
  • Radius: radius of the circle.
  • Number of points: Number of equidistant points on the circle. The first point is on the right most side of the circle. The circle is traversed in a counter clockwise fashion.
• Bitmap output
  • Lower left point: Lower left point of the bitmap x ; y.
  • Upper right point: Upper right point of the bitmap x ; y.
  • Resolution X: The number of equidistant points along the x-direction. Note that the number of equidistant points along the y-direction is automatically calculated, taken the aspect ratio into account.
• RCS
  • Number of points: Number of equidistant angles in which the bistatic RCS.
  The RCS output file will only contain meaningful results if a single plane wave with default settings is selected as a excitation.

Note that when a certain scene is opened, and a bitmap is selected in the output combobox, it is possible to create a *.bmp file using the `Create BMP' button. This will invoke a dialog screen that is discussed in the next section.