Creating the Dipole
Create the bent dipole using a polyline with three corners. Define the dipole on a new workplane to allow for easy translation.
- On the Construct tab, in the Create curve group, click the Polyline icon.
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Create a polyline.
- Corner 1:
- U: lambda/4*cos(alpha_rad)
- V: 0
- N: lambda/4*sin(alpha_rad)
- Corner 2:
- U: 0
- V: 0
- N: 0
- Corner 3:
- U: lambda/4*cos(alpha_rad)
- V: 0
- N: -lambda/4*sin(alpha_rad)
- Label: Bent_dipole
Note: Point-entry allows a variable or named points to be entered by pressing Ctrl+Shift+left click on a variable in the model tree. - Corner 1:
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Modify the orientation of the polyline.
- On the Create polyline dialog, click the Workplane tab.
- Change the local origin to (d,0,0).
- Under the Rotate workplane group box, enter a value of 180 below the icon and click the icon once.
The workplane is rotated 180° around the V axis.