Is there a way to import an antenna geometry from Antenna Toolbox into PDE Toolbox?

Is there a way to import an antenna geometry from one of the antennas in the Antenna Toolbox into PDE Toolbox for further refinement and meshing? For example, the dipole antenna as follows:

ant = dipole;

Is this possible?

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

In order to do so, you can follow the steps below:

1. Create an Antenna Object

2. Use 'stlwrite' to write the stl file and mesh. Please refer the following link for more information:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/antenna/ref/platform.stlwrite.html

3. Load it in PDE toolbox. Please refer the following link for more information:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/pde/ug/pde.pdemodel.importgeometry.html

4. You can then manipulate it.

Following are some useful links that might be helpful for you:

1. The functionality introduced in R2020a to create custom 3D antenna object using STL file - https://www.mathworks.com/help/antenna/ref/customantennastl.html

2. Antenna geometry created from scratch to use with PDE toolbox - https://www.mathworks.com/help/antenna/ug/rfid-antenna-design.html