sci-electronics
tomjbe@gentoo.org
Thomas Beierlein
xnec2c is a GTK+ graphical interactive version of nec2c. It incorporates
the nec2c core which it uses for reading input files and calculating
output data, but it does not need and indeed does not produce an output
file by default. Since xnec2c incorporates the nec2c core, it has access
to all internal buffers, including structure data, frequency-related
data (structure currents, input impedance, gain etc) and radiation
pattern data (for the far field and near field). It therefore has the
ability to graphically display user-requested data directly, as the
frequency loop progresses or after input from the user. Graphs of
frequency-related data and the current or charge distribution evolve as
the frequency loop progresses, and radiation patterns (far and near
field) are sequentially drawn for each frequency step. A new frequency
can be entered by the user from spin buttons in the main or radiation
pattern windows or by clicking on the graphs of frequency-related data.
New output data are then computed and displayed in text and graphical
form.