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This dialog is opened when you press the Grid formula... button in the Field dialog.
OpenMaXwell computes the locations of the grid points in the global Cartesian coordinate system XYZ from three formulae.
The grid formulae can contain 3 variables, v1, v2, v3. Instead of these variables, you can use the predefined abbreviations, x:=v1:=x coordinate of the current grid point, y:=v2, z:=v3.
Grid formulae can contain the parameters p1, p2, … p5. The meaning of these parameters is indicated in the dialog box.
Grid formulae can contain the constants c0, c1, …c8. The meaning of the constants, c0…5 is indicated in the dialog box. The constants, c6…8 are user-definable.
Define the formulae for the evaluation of the X, Y, Z components of the grid points in the corresponding edit boxes.
When you press the Check formula button, OpenMaXwell will perform some simple checks on the syntax of the formula. When a syntax error is detected, OpenMaXwell will put an exclamation mark in front of the corresponding formula and display a warning.
Press the Read… button to read grid formula data from a file. A file name dialog will allow you to select a file name to read from.
Press the Write… button to write grid formula data to a file. A file name dialog will allow you to select a file name to write to.
Press the Close button to close the dialog. Note that the data in the dialog becomes effective upon closure.
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Last update
17.02.2014