Latest Release: What's New?

OVERALL PROGRAM: NEW FEATURES A new fully streamlined user interface common to CUBECAD and all computational modules with help tips. User defined mathematical functions and expressions. New types of parametric variables including random variables that can be associated with CAD object properties as well as source, domain and mesh parameters. Multivariable parametric sweep with verification of user defined design objectives. Multivariable and multi-objective optimization using classical and genetic algorithms. All-new Data Manager with spreadsheet view and extensive data processing capabilities including data differentiation, integration, least squares fit, etc. All-new Data Generator capable of creating new real, complex, scalar or vector data sets using arbitrary functional expressions of point and mesh coordinates. Custom simulation output in the form of arbitrary functional expressions of standard output parameters. Animation of simulation data with custom controls. CUBECAD FOUNDATOIN: NEW FEATURES New arbitrary work planes. New object links and object connectivity with arbitrary local offsets and rotation angles. Parametric sweep of object links (variable object placement with persistent orientation). All-new solid generator including platonic, polymesh and data-file-based solids. Expanded surface generator including user defined custom functions and data-file-based surfaces and surfaces defined over uniform or non-uniform grids along all principal planes. Expanded curve generator including 3-D parametric and data-file-based curves. Node insertion and deletion in Polyline, Polystrip, NURBS Strip and Curve. Node insertion on faces and edges of Polymesh solids and surfaces with local offset tuning. Flexible (self-adjusting) polyline and polystrip objects with linked nodes. Arbitrary mesh generators (surface triangular and tetrahedral) for CAD structures. Export and import of mesh data files. New Slice tool for splitting, trimming and cropping objects. New Spline Fit tool for converting discretized meshes to smooth objects. PROPAGATION MODULE: NEW FEATURES New expanded indoor propagation capability with better accuracy. Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) calculations and connectivity maps for super-heterodyne transmitters and receivers. Color-coded visualization of all the rays in the scene with individual ray characterization. Native short dipole radiators and user defined radiators with arbitrary, fully polarimetric radiation patterns. Animation of coverage maps for frequency sweeps and mobile transmitters. New streamlined terrain generator with capability to build catalog-based or arbitrary functional terrain profile including random rough surfaces. Statistical analysis of propagation scene. Enhanced Near Ground Field Solver with multiple transmitters and ray visualization of lateral waves. FDTD MODULE: NEW FEATURES Fully anisotropic materials with permittivity, permeability, and electric and magnetic conductivity matrices. New nonlinear diode lumped loads and time domain capacitor and inductor models. New implementation of CPML for modeling semi-infinite or laterally infinite material layers and media. E- and H-field probes for registering time and frequency domain data. User defined scan angles for periodic lumped sources. New Huygens sources and Huygens surface observables. New distributed sources with uniform, sinusoidal and edge-singular field profiles. Ray Sweep for periodic structures using ray data imported from Propagation Module. New Gaussian beam source based on TF/SF formulation. Waveguide sources with higher order TE and TM modes. Animation of FDTD field evolution. Locking regional mesh resolution for local mesh editing. Arbitrary array factor for radiation pattern calculations. MoM3D MODULE: NEW FEATURES Gap sources on polylines with variable offset. Ability to import SBR rays from Propagation Module. New Huygens sources and Huygens surface observables. Short dipole sources and import of wire current solutions. Circularly polarized plane wave sources. Bi-static and mono-static RCS calculations. Arbitrary array factor for radiation pattern calculations. PHYSICAL OPTICS MODULE: NEW FEATURES PO Simulation of scatterers in the presence of a dielectric half-space. New Huygens sources and Huygens surface observables. Circularly polarized plane wave sources. Bi-static and mono-static RCS calculations. PLANAR MODULE: NEW FEATURES A more streamlined definition and visualization of multilayer background structures. Improved and more robust planar mesh generator with control over connections and discontinuities. New separate gap, probe and de-embedded sources. Integrated transmission line calculator. Circularly polarized plane wave sources. Arbitrary array factor for radiation pattern calculations.