IE3D question on shift the shapes

how can i control and change the position of each of the shape in IE3D?

is there some align function in IE3D? just like the align function that control the shapes of the structure in ansoft designer or AWR.

i have a shape in trace plane, and a DGS in Ground plane. i try adv edit/ change dimension scales in IE3D, but that ask me for the value of X/Y/Z-scale Center, if i leave the value of default 0. the result shift the shape not at the center position before it was at.

somebody can solve the problem or do some help? thank in advance.

Hi, sensen9966:

There are multiple ways to control the shape and location of structures in IE3D.

1. MGRID:

MGRID is polygon based editor. You can construct a structure as a set of polygons. You can select some vertices or some polygons and use the EDIT->MOVE command to move the objects or change the shapes.

You can also define the selected vertices or polygons as optimization variables (Optim->Variable for Selected Object) to define the location of the vertices as optimization variable. Then, you can use optimization variables to control the shape for tuning and optimization.

2. IE3DLIBRARY:

IE3DLIBRARY is a high level layout editor with parameterized objects. You can parameterize a structure as a set of objects. By changing the tuning variables used to parameterize your objects, you are able to change the shapes and locations of the objects including polygons and vertices. Please check the files in c:\program files\zeland\ie3d\ie3dlibrary_examples\*.ie3 using IE3DLIBRARY. You will see how it works. There is an IE3DLIBRARY User's Manual in ZELAND FOLDER\DOCUMENTS.

Regards,

learned a lot, thank you jian.

sometimes it looks like asking is a good way to getting improvement. happy here. :D