Current Density Tab Options

Select View > Options from the Current Density tab main menu to modify the behavior of the Current Density tab. These settings are saved for future Current Density tab instances if the Remember Settings checkbox is enabled. To temporarily change your view options, use the option available in the View menu.

General (2D View)

Subsections: Selecting the subsections checkbox will show the subsections of your circuit as analyzed by the EM solver.

Mesh Type: Selecting the Mesh Type checkbox will show the mesh type used in the circuit instead of the current density. Each mesh type is assigned a different color which is displayed in the Scale panel. These colors may be customized in the Colors pane.

  • Mesh Type - Via: Selecting this checkbox will show the vias in the meshing plot.

GLG Metal: Selecting this checkbox will show the GLG Metal used in your circuit. GLG metal is used to model Components and Co-calibrated ports.

Visibility (2D View)

The Visibility pane allows you to disable and/or enable display of object types.

All objects: Selecting this radio button will make all objects visible.

Only objects checked below: Selecting this radio button will allow you to choose which objects to make visible.

Colors (2D View)

The Colors pane allows you to set the colors of your Current Density Plot. In addition, it allows you to set the color palette used.

Palette: The following options are available for palette choices:

  • Spectrum: Spectrum follows the visible light spectrum. Red is high current density, and blue is low current density.
  • ViridisViridis uses a perceptually uniform color map, with monotonically increasing luminance with a pleasant smooth arc through blue, green, and yellow hues. It is easier to read by those with colorblindness. It also prints well in gray scale. It was developed.by Eric Firing, Nathaniel J. Smith, and Stefan van der Walt and is in the Public Domain, CC0.
  • Inferno: Inferno is a perceptually uniform color map with monotonically increasing luminance with a pleasant smooth arc through blue, purple, and yellow hues. It is easier to read by those with colorblindness. It also prints well in gray scale. It was developed by Nathaniel J. Smith and Stefan van der Walt and is in the Public Domain, CC0.
  • Grayscale: Grayscale is used for black and white publications. Black is low current density, and white is high current density.

Window Background: Sets the color of the area surrounding the Analysis Box.

Substrate: Sets the background color of your circuit.

Subsection: Sets the color of the lines used to show subsections (if enabled).

Mesh Colors: When Mesh Type is enabled in the General pane, these settings control the color of each mesh type 

3D Options

Hide/Show Objects

This section of the dialog box contains checkboxes for various circuit elements. If the checkbox is selected, then that type of object is displayed in the 3D view. If the checkbox is cleared, then that type of object is not displayed.

Effects

This section of the dialog box contains checkboxes for various effects that can be enabled for the 3D viewer.

Fast Rotate: When the checkbox is enabled, a wireframe is shown while rotating the view. This is useful if rotating the view is slow.

Perspective: When this checkbox is enabled, perspective is used to display the 3D view

Transparent: When this checkbox is enabled, the colors are transparent. This is useful if metal obscures your view of other metal.

Wireframe: When this checkbox is enabled, the view changes to a wireframe model.

Shading

Select the type of shading method you wish to use in the 3D viewer by clicking on the desired radio button.

Average: Simply displays the average current density of the subsection over the whole subsection. This updates the fastest but provides the least accurate picture of the current density.

Smooth: Uses the current density data at the edges of the subsections and provides a gradient between subsections. This updates fast but is less accurate.

Textured: The Textured setting displays the current density calculated at each point in a subsection. It takes the longest to update as you change your view.

Colors

See Colors (2D View) above for an explanation of these fields.

Z-Scale

This section of the dialog box controls how the dielectric layers are displayed in the Z-direction. This is useful if your Z dimension is much smaller or larger than your X and Y dimensions.

Magnification factor: You may enter a magnification factor followed by clicking on the Set Scale button.

Set Auto Scale: Returns to the default magnification of one.

All Levels Appear Equal: Displays all the dielectric layers as equal thicknesses.