What's New in this Release
- The all-new TrueVolume metal model uses fully 3D subsections with volumetric currents to divide the volume of a thick metal model conductor into rectangular metal cubes, and then uses Sonnet's volume subsections to model those cubes, greatly reducing the need for large amounts of metal layers in many thick metal applications. This is a major introduction which blurs the lines between a 3D Planar and a 3D Arbitrary solver.
- The new Sonnet Technology File Editor, is a separate application bundled with the suite, and allows you to directly edit and create Sonnet Technology Files (.stf), which can be saved as templates, applied to projects, and more. Within the technology file editor, a Layer Mapping dialog enables you to map CAD layers and drawing purposes to Sonnet's tech layers. The layer mappings can now be saved to the Sonnet Technology File (.stf) files which now supports CAD Drawing Layers and purposes.
- The User Equation Editor allows you to define custom equations to be added as curves in a graph.
- You may now generate a 3D Antenna Pattern of your project.
- Sonnet now provides you with Graph and Pattern templates which contain settings of a graph, including color, format, port properties, frequencies, angles, or other settings used in your graph. The software provides a few common templates, but you may create your own templates to save them in a template folder for later use.
- Sonnet's ODB++translator now supports ODB++7.x and 8.x. databases.
- Sonnet has a redesigned home page giving you quick and easy access to your recently used projects and session.
- You may now plot more responses in the Current Density tab, including volume currents (in amps per square meter) and the current phase.
- You may now add Line Segment Markers to a graph or antenna pattern.
- When a list of sources becomes too long, you may now remove unused sources which are no longer in use with a simple command.
- The Sonnet Technology File (.stf) format now supports purposes.
- This version includes a number of other fixes; please see the Release Notes for details.