antenna.Polygon

Create polygon on X-Y plane

Description

Use the antenna.Polygon object to create a polygonal board shape centered at the origin and on the X-Y plane. You can use antenna.Polygon to create single-layer or multilayered antennas using pcbStack.

Creation

Syntax

polygon = antenna.Polygon

polygon = antenna.Polygon(Name,Value)

Description

polygon = antenna.Polygon creates a polygonal board shape centered at the origin and on the X-Y plane.

polygon = antenna.Polygon(Name,Value) sets properties using one or more name-value pair. For example, polygon = antenna.Polygon('Name','mypolygonboard') creates a polygon board shape of the name 'mypolygonboard'. Enclose each property name in quotes.

Properties

Name — Name of polygon board shape

'mypolygon' (default) | character vector | string

Name of the polygon board shape, specified a character vector or string.

Example: 'Name','Polygon1'

Example: polygon.Name = 'Polygon1'

Data Types: char | string

Vertices — Cartesian coordinates of polygon vertices

3-by-3 matrix (default) | N-by-3 matrix

Cartesian coordinates of polygon vertices, specified as a N-by-3 matrix with each element measured in meters, N being the number of points.

Example: 'Vertices',[-1 0 0;-0.5 0.2 0;0 0 0]

Example: polygon.Vertices = [-1 0 0;-0.5 0.2 0;0 0 0]

Data Types: double

Object Functions

add	Boolean unite operation on two shapes
area	Calculate area of shape in square meters
subtract	Boolean subtraction operation on two shapes
intersect	Boolean intersection operation on two shapes
rotate	Rotate shape about axis and angle
rotateX	Rotate shape about x-axis and angle
rotateY	Rotate shape about y-axis and angle
rotateZ	Rotate shape about z-axis and angle
translate	Move shape to new location
show	Display antenna or array structure; display shape as filled patch
mesh	Mesh properties of metal or dielectric antenna or array structure
removeHoles	Remove holes from shape
removeSlivers	Remove sliver outliers from boundary of shape

Examples

Create and Transform Polygon

Create a polygon using antenna.Polygon with vertices at [-1 0 0;-0.5 0.2 0;0 0 0] and view it.

p = antenna.Polygon('Vertices', [-1 0 0;-0.5 0.2 0;0 0 0])

p = 
  Polygon with properties:

        Name: 'mypolygon'
    Vertices: [3x3 double]

show(p)
axis equal

Mesh the polygon and view it.

mesh(p,0.2)

Move the polygon to a new location on the X-Y plane.

translate(p,[2,1,0])
axis equal