Changes

You can change the settings of the planar mesh including the mesh type and density from the planar Mesh Settings Dialog. You can also change these settings while in the mesh view mode, and you can update the changes to view the new mesh. To open the mesh settings dialog, either click the '''Mesh Settings''' [[File:mesh_settings.png]] button of the '''Simulate Toolbar''' or select '''Menu > Simulate > Discretization > Mesh Settings...''', or by right click on the '''Planar Mesh''' item in the '''Discretization''' section of the Navigation Tree and select '''Mesh Settings...''' from the contextual menu, or use the keyboard shortcut '''Ctrl+G'''. You can change the mesh algorithm from the dropdown list labeled '''Mesh Type''', which offers two options: '''Hybrid''' and '''Triangular'''. You can also enter a different value for '''Mesh Density''' in cells per effective wavelength (?λ_eff). For each value of mesh density, the dialog also shows the average "Cell Edge Length" in the free space. To get an idea of the size of mesh cells on the traces and embedded object sets, divide this edge length by the square root of the effective permittivity a particular trace or set. Click the '''Apply''' button to make the changes effective.