Sphere
The observation sphere may be defined as a full closed sphere or only an spherical sector specified. Multiple concentric spheres (or spherical sectors) may be defined within the same entity. The following parameters are required:
- Name to define the name of this type of observation points. The name must be different of the already defined ones.
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Parameters:
- Center Point X, Y and Z coordinates where the sphere will be centered on.
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Radius radius of the sphere. A radius sweep may be
defined to generate multiple concentrical spheres.
- Initial Radius radius of the first generated sphere, which is the only one if the sweep is not configured.
- Increment Radius step between two adjacent spheres. It is only considered when the sweep is configured.
- Radius Samples number of concentric spheres to be generated, it must be an integer number. The radius sweep is enabled when this parameter is higher than 1.
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Theta Coordinates to set the spherical range where te
observation points are generated, in theta dimension.
- Number of points defines the number of samples to be taken in theta dimension along the specified angular range.
- Initial angle defines the angular angle (in degrees) of the first theta point to be generated.
- Final angle defines the angular angle (in degrees) of the last theta point to be generated.
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Phi Coordinates to set the spherical range where te
observation points are generated, in phi dimension.
- Number of points defines the number of samples to be taken in phi dimension along the specified angular range.
- Initial angle defines the angular angle (in degrees) of the first phi point to be generated.
- Final angle defines the angular angle (in degrees) of the last phi point to be generated.
The total number of observation points to be generated in the sphere is ( Radius Samples) x ( Number of Points) Theta x ( Number of Points) Phi.
Click on the "OK" button to insert the observation points from the sphere, or abort the insertion by clicking on the "Cancel" button.