Error 16030 in Feko

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hi

I have received this error in Feko while I wanted to check the current stimulation on a patch antenna with Prob Fed:

'Error 16030: Does not contain axes which can be plotted on a 3D view'

How can I fix it?

Thanks

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  • Mel
    Mel Altair Community Member
    edited March 2019

    Hi Emily

     

    Sounds like an error from POSTFEKO?

     

    Please attach your model, else some screenshots would help.

     

  • ebdaculan
    ebdaculan Altair Community Member
    edited March 2020
  • ebdaculan
    ebdaculan Altair Community Member
    edited March 2020

    my current distribution is odd as well.

  • Mel
    Mel Altair Community Member
    edited March 2020

    The two faces below are set to dielectric properties, not copper. 

    Change them (to copper I presume) as shown in the below image and rerun.

     

    I still cannot reproduce the POSTFEKO error. If you still get the error after the changes, please provide a screen shot.

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>image.png

  • ebdaculan
    ebdaculan Altair Community Member
    edited March 2020

    When I run the FEKO Solver, these warnings and notices popped up.  Will they affect the results?

    Unable to find an attachment - read this blog

  • ebdaculan
    ebdaculan Altair Community Member
    edited March 2020

    This too - after the POSTFEKO loaded.

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>POSTFEKO Error.jpg

  • Mel
    Mel Altair Community Member
    edited March 2020

    If you specify a too large thickness for the lossy metal, the warning will appear. Results could be wrong, but it's difficult to say how wrong. Might be worthwhile to compare with a PEC solution.

    The str file is the file storing the solution. It is sometimes re-written. No need to worry about that.

  • Madelé
    Madelé
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2020

    'Error 16030: Does not contain axes which can be plotted on a 3D view'

     

    Regarding the original error reported in this thread, this error can be triggered in POSTFEKO if the result cannot be plotted on the 3D view. For example, in your model @ebdaculan, the far field cannot be plotted on the 3D view because it contains a single point only. If you increase the number of points in the far field request, the far field pattern can be plotted. Did you get this error when plotting currents? I have not managed to reproduce the error when plotting the currents for your model.

  • ebdaculan
    ebdaculan Altair Community Member
    edited March 2020

    The current plot is actually odd - but no error was reported.

    How do I increase the number of points in the far field request?

     

    Thanks.

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>FEKO Current Plot.PNG

  • ebdaculan
    ebdaculan Altair Community Member
    edited March 2020

    If you specify a too large thickness for the lossy metal, the warning will appear. Results could be wrong, but it's difficult to say how wrong. Might be worthwhile to compare with a PEC solution.

    The str file is the file storing the solution. It is sometimes re-written. No need to worry about that.

     

    I have clicked DEFINE in CADFEKO and set MODEL UNIT in millimeter.  The thickness of the lossy metal is set to 35e-3.  Does that mean 35e-3 millimeters or 35e-3 meter?

  • Mel
    Mel Altair Community Member
    edited March 2020

    The thickness value of 35.3e-3 when you have set the model unit to mm means 35.3 micro meters thickness.

    Modifying/setup of far field requests are covered in the Example Guide, part of your Feko installation.

  • ebdaculan
    ebdaculan Altair Community Member
    edited March 2020

    thanks