Offers methods to insert or delete user defined entries into the Navigation Tree . The name of the entries is defined by the Name method. Every backslash in this name creates another sub folder.
Adaptation Error, Amplitude Plot, Phase Plot, Smith Chart, Polar Plot
Add command / macro / external script into tree
Reset
Add / Delete
Adds / deletes a previously specified tree item to / from the navigation tree.
UpdateTree
Updates the appearance of the tree on the screen.
EnableTreeUpdate ( bool switch )
Enable or disable the update of the tree. After enabling the tree update, this method does actually update the tree also.
GetFirstChildName ( name sParentTreePath )
Get the name including tree path of the first child item of the specified parent item. An empty string will be returned if no child exists.
GetNextItemName ( name sCurrentTreeItem )
Get the name including tree path of the item following sCurrentTreeItem in the same tree folder. sCurrentTreeItem has to specify the tree folder and the current item name. An empty string will be returned if sCurrentTreeItem is the last item in the tree folder.
RefreshView
Updates the results stored in the tree.
Name ( name sTreePath )
Sets the navigation tree path including item name for the item.
Type ( enum key )
Defines the result type of the tree item. See the Result Type Overview.
Subtype ( enum key )
Defines the result sub type of the tree entry in case of a type = ”XYSignal”. Otherwise this setting has no effect.
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enum key |
meaning |
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”Linear” |
Linear scaled plot |
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”dB” |
Logarithmic scaled plot |
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"Phase" |
Phase over frequency plot |
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"Time" |
Time signal plot |
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"Position" |
Position depended plot |
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"Energy" |
Energy over time plot |
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"Balance" |
Energy balance over frequency plot |
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"User" |
User defined plot |
Title / Xlabel / Ylabel ( name name )
Defines the title / x-axis / y-axis label of the item.
File ( name sResultName )
File name of the result data to be inserted into the tree . If the result name without the project name is given, the corresponding result file of the current project will be taken.
File2 ( name sResultName )
File name of result data containing the phase information of Smith charts or polar plots. The complete complex data is thus handled by this method together with .File.
Macro ( string sCommand )
Sets the string to be evaluated by the VBA Interpreter.
ReferenceImpedance ( double dValue )
Specifies a reference impedance in Ohm, concerning the VBA export of Smith Charts.
DeleteAt ( enum type )
Defines the lifetime of the item.
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enum type |
meaning |
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"never" |
The result will be never deleted. |
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"rebuild" |
Deletion during model update. (default) |
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"solverstart" |
A solver start will delete the result. |
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"truemodelchange" |
A parameter change will delete the results. |
IsResult ( bool switch )
If switch is True, the item is treated like a normal solver result item.
GetTypeFromItemName ( name sTreePath ) string
Returns the result type of the tree item. See the Result Type Overview.
GetFileFromTreeItem ( name sTreePath ) string
Returns the file name of the result file associated with this tree entry. If there is no result file, the return value will be an empty string.
GetTableFileFromItemName ( name sTreePath ) string
Get the file name of the table if the tree item represents a table or an empty string.
The ResultTree VBA Object offers very interesting possibilities to configure the Navigation Tree. It is possible to insert different simulation results as well as VBA macros. The following examples will show its functionality.
Examples to add 1D Views into the tree
The following examples add items into the folder ”My 1D Results”. If this folder does not exist it will be created.
For inserting 1D results into the tree it is possible to import results from other projects. Therefore the complete result file name must be specified with the .File method. If the results of the current project shall be inserted, the project name in the result file name may be omitted.
Add Adaptation Error Plot into Tree: Adds adaptation error plots from current and external project into the folder.
Add Amplitude Plot into Tree: Adds a linear view of the amplitude of an extern S11 S-Parameter into the folder.
Add Phase Plot into Tree: Adds a linear view of the phase of an extern S11 S-Parameter into the folder.
Add Smith Chart into Tree: Adds a Smith Chart view of a S11 S-Parameter into the folder.
Add Polar Plot into Tree: Adds a Polar Plot of the S11 S-Parameter into the folder.
Examples to add field results into the tree
For results others than 1D Results only those of the current project can be inserted into the tree!
Add Field Monitor Result into Tree: Adds a 3D-Vector result into the tree.
Add Farfield Monitor Result into Tree: Adds a farfield monitor into the tree.
Examples to add a VBA code into the tree
Every time a macro is executed from the tree, a VBA command interpreter is started and evaluates the string that has been set by the Macro method. Therefore no variables that are defined within the script that creates the folder entry can be accessed by the macro.
Add Command into Tree: Adds a command to start the time domain solver into the tree.
Add Macro into Tree: Adds a macro into the tree.
Add External Script into Tree: Adds an external VBA script into the tree.
Example: Add Adaptation Error Plot into Tree
Adds adaptation error plots from the current and an external project into one folder. Thus, the plots can be compared by clicking on the folder "My 1D Results".
With ResultTree
.Reset
.Name "My 1D Results\ExtProj" ' Entry name and its destination folder
.Title "Error versus Passes"
.File "ExtProj^adapt_error.sig" ' Name of external result file
.Type "XYSignal"
.XLabel "Pass"
.Add
End With
With ResultTree
.Reset
.Name "My 1D Results\ThisProj" ' Entry name and its destination folder
.Title "Error versus Passes"
.File "^adapt_error.sig" ' Name of result file from current project
.Type "XYSignal"
.XLabel "Pass"
.Add
End With
Example: Add Amplitude Plot into Tree
Adds a linear view of the amplitude of the S11 S-Parameter from the project ”ExtProj” into the folder. ExtProj is supposed to be located in the directory of the current project.
With ResultTree
.Reset
.Name "My 1D Results\S11 (lin)" ' Entry name and its destination folder
.Title "S11 (linear)"
.File "ExtProj^a1(1)1(1).sig" ' Name of signal file
.Type "XYSignal"
.XLabel "f/Hz"
.Subtype "Linear"
.Add
End With
Example: Add Phase Plot into Tree
Adds a linear view of the phase of the S11 S-Parameter from the project ”ExtProj” into the folder. ExtProj is supposed to be located in the directory of the current project.
With ResultTree
.Reset
.Name "My 1D Results\S11 (phase)" ' Entry name and destination folder
.Title "S11 (phase)"
.File "ExtProj^p1(1)1(1).sig" ' Name of signal file
.Type "XYSignal"
.XLabel "f/Hz"
.Subtype "Phase"
.Add
End With
Example: Add Smith Chart into Tree
Adds a Smith Chart view of the S11 S-Parameter from the current project into the folder.
A value has to be given to which the values in the plot are normalized.
With ResultTree
.Reset
.Name "My 1D Results\S11 (Smith Chart)" ' Entry name and destination folder
.Title "S11"
.ReferenceImpedance "50" ' Impedance to which the Values will be normalized
.File "^a1(1)1(1).sig" ' Result files with the amplitude and phase values
.File2 "^p1(1)1(1).sig"
.Type "SmithSignal"
.Add
End With
Example: Add Polar Plot into Tree
Adds a Polar Plot view of the S11 S-Parameter from the current project into the folder.
With ResultTree
.Reset
.Name "My 1D Results\S11 (polar)" ' Entry name and destination folder
.File "^a1(1)1(1).sig" ' Result files with the amplitude and phase values
.File2 "^p1(1)1(1).sig"
.Type "PolarSignal"
.Add
End With
Example: Add Field Monitor Result into Tree
Adds a field monitor result of the electric field from the current project into the folder ”My Field”.
With ResultTree
.Name "My Field\E_Field" ' Entry name and destination folder
.File "^e1_1.m3d" ' Result file name
.Type "Efield3D"
.Add
End With
Example: Add Farfield Monitor Result into Tree
Adds a farfield monitor result from the current project into the folder ”My Field”.
With ResultTree
' The entry name and its destination folder
.Name "My Field\Farfield" ' Entry name and destination folder
.File "^ff1_1.ffm" ' Result file name
.Type "Farfield"
.Add
End With
Example: Add Command into Tree
Adds a command into the ”Userdefined” folder that starts the time domain solver.
With ResultTree
.Name "Userdefined\Macro1" ' Entry name and its destination folder
.Macro "Solver.Start" ' String to be evaluated by VBA interpreter
.Type "Macro"
.Add
End With
Adds the previously defined control macro ”AutoTest” into the tree.
At first a string will be defined that contains a VBA command that executes the control macro. The command is ”RunMacro” that takes a string (the name of the control macro) as its argument. However, strings have to be specified within quotes. Unfortunately quotes are special characters which are not recognized as normal characters. They mark the start and the end of a string. Therefore the variable a is defined with a single quote as its only content. With this quote the entire command string can be constructed.
Dim a As String
a = """
a = "RunMacro " & a & "AutoTest" & a
' Now a contains the string: RunMacro "AutoTest"
With ResultTree
.Name "Userdefined\Macro2" ' Entry name and its destination folder
.Macro a ' String to be evaluated by VBA Interpreter
.Type "Macro"
.Add
End With
Example: Add External Script into Tree
Adds an external VBA script into the tree. Let the name of the external macro be ”Macro1.bas” that will be located in the directory of the current project.
At first a string will be defined that contains a VBA command that executes an external VBA script file. The command is ”MacroRun” that takes a string (the name of the script) as its argument. However, strings have to be specified within quotes. Unfortunately quotes are special characters which are not recognized as normal characters. They mark the start and the end of a string. Therefore the variable a is defined with a single quote as its only content. With this quote the entire command string can be constructed.
Dim a As String
a = """
a = "MacroRun " & a & "Macro1.bas" & a
' Now a contains the string: MacroRun "Macro1.bas"
With ResultTree
.Name "Userdefined\Macro3" ' Entry name and its destination folder
.Macro a ' String to be evaluated by VBA Interpreter
.Type "Macro"
.Add
End With