[[Image:FDTD132.png|thumb|200px300px|An example of the 3D radar cross section of a PEC plate.]]
At the end of an FDTD simulation, in the far field section of the Navigation Tree, you will have the θ and φ components of RCS as well as the total radar cross section: σ<sub>θ</sub>, σ<sub>φ</sub>, and σ<sub>tot</sub>. You can view a 3D visualization of these quantities by clicking on their entries in the Navigation Tree. The RCS values (σ) are expressed in m<sup>2</sup>. The 3D plots are normalized to the maximum RCS value, which is displayed in the legend box. The 2D RCS graphs can be plotted in '''EM.Grid '''exactly in the same way that you plot 2D radiation pattern graphs. A total of eight 2D RCS graphs are available: 4 polar and 4 Cartesian graphs for the XY, YZ, ZX and user defined plane cuts. at the end of a sweep simulation, [[EM.Cube]] calculates some other quantities including the backscatter RCS (BRCS), forward-scatter RCS (FRCS) and the maximum RCS (MRCS) as functions of the sweep variable (frequency, angle, or any user defined variable). In this case, the RCS needs to be computed at a fixed pair of φ and θ angles. These angles are specified in degrees as '''User Defined Azimuth & Elevation''' in the "Output Settings" section of the '''Radar Cross Section Dialog'''. The default values of the user defined azimuth and elevation are both zero corresponding to the zenith.