Coatings and Supported Solution Methods

View the restrictions when using a coating in a model, since coatings are not supported for all solution methods.

Table 1. Restrictions when using dielectrics.
Solution Method	Coatings
Solution Method	Electrically Thin	Electrically Thick (Single Layer Only)
MoM	Yes	Yes – on closed PEC region
FEM	Yes – inside and outside FEM region	No
FDTD	No	No
PO	Yes	Yes
LE-PO	No	No
RL-GO	Yes	Yes
UTD	Yes	Yes
Faceted UTD	No	No
CMA	Yes	No
CBFM	Yes	No
Dielectric Surface Impedance Approximation	No	No
VEP	Yes	No