Can IE3D calculate near field patterns of antennas?

There are functions like pattern calculation (which is far field of course) and near field calculation in mgrid. However, the near field results can be displayed only in a 2D style, the so-called "3D near field distribution" just means display the near field at a specified cut plane. Can I get a "true" 3D near field pattern just like that of far field radiation pattern in IE3D? Thx.

Hi, streamlet:

In a 3D space, you can only display some quantity on a 2D plane. For far field, it is displaying the far field pattern on Theta and Phi. For near field, there are 3 variables there (x, y, z). One of the variables has to be discrete in order to be visualized in a 3D space. That is why you only see the cuts.

Regards,