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open

Open metal or dielectric catalog

Since R2021a

    Description

    open(catalog) opens the specified catalog.

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    Examples

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    Open the metal catalog.

    mc = MetalCatalog;
    open(mc)

    Figure Metal Materials contains objects of type uimenu, uitoolbar, uitable.

    List the properties of the metal material Brass.

    s = find(mc,"Brass")
    s = struct with fields:
                Name: 'Brass'
        Conductivity: 15900000
           Thickness: 0.6800
               Units: 'mm'
            Comments: ''
    
    

    Use the material Brass as a metal in a corrugated horn antenna.

    m = metal("Brass");
    ant = hornCorrugated(Conductor=m)
    ant = 
      hornCorrugated with properties:
    
                   FlareLength: 0.0428
                    FlareWidth: 0.0900
                   FlareHeight: 0.0800
                        Length: 0.0229
                         Width: 0.0102
                        Height: 0.0075
                     FeedWidth: 8.0000e-05
                    FeedHeight: 0.0037
                    FeedOffset: [-0.0020 0]
        FirstCorrugateDistance: 0.0160
                CorrugateDepth: [0.0050 0.0100]
                CorrugateWidth: 0.0030
                         Pitch: 0.0060
                     Conductor: [1×1 metal]
                          Tilt: 0
                      TiltAxis: [1 0 0]
                          Load: [1×1 lumpedElement]
    
    

    View the antenna using show function.

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    show(ant)

    Figure contains an axes object. The axes object with title hornCorrugated antenna element, xlabel x (mm), ylabel y (mm) contains 3 objects of type patch, surface. These objects represent Brass, feed.

    Open the dielectric catalog.

    dc = DielectricCatalog;
    open(dc)

    Figure Dielectric Materials contains objects of type uimenu, uitoolbar, uitable.

    List the properties of the dielectric material Foam.

    s = find(dc,"Foam")
    s = struct with fields:
                         Name: 'Foam'
        Relative_Permittivity: 1.0300
                 Loss_Tangent: 1.5000e-04
                    Frequency: 50000000
                     Comments: ''
    
    

    Use the material Foam as a dielectric in a cavity antenna of height and spacing, 0.0060 m.

    d = dielectric("Foam");
    c = cavity(Height=0.0060,Spacing=0.0060,Substrate=d)
    c = 
      cavity with properties:
    
                Exciter: [1×1 dipole]
              Substrate: [1×1 dielectric]
                 Length: 0.2000
                  Width: 0.2000
                 Height: 0.0060
                Spacing: 0.0060
        EnableProbeFeed: 0
              Conductor: [1×1 metal]
                   Tilt: 0
               TiltAxis: [1 0 0]
                   Load: [1×1 lumpedElement]
    
    
    show(c)

    Figure Dielectric Materials contains an axes object. The axes object with title cavity antenna element, xlabel x (mm), ylabel y (mm) contains 6 objects of type patch, surface. These objects represent PEC, feed, Foam.

    Input Arguments

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    Catalog to open, specified as either a MetalCatalog or DielectricCatalog object.

    Version History

    Introduced in R2021a