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WallMan
The WallMan component offers a convenient facility to generate and edit vector building databases.
Using WallMan
Database Editor
Database Editing (Optional)
Simplification of Objects in an Indoor Database

Welcome
Release Notes
See what's new in the latest release.
Get Started
The WinProp Getting Started Guide contains step-by-step instructions on how to get started with WinProp.
Examples
The Altair installation directory contains a collection of examples that shows you WinProp concepts and essentials.
Introduction to WinProp
WinProp is a complete suite of tools in the domain of wireless propagation and radio network planning. With applications ranging from satellite to terrestrial, from rural via urban to indoor radio links, WinProp’s innovative wave propagation models combine accuracy with short computation time.
Typical Workflow in WinProp
View the typical workflows when working with propagation simulations in specific scenarios, how to add a network planning to a propagation simulation, include a receiver pattern, set up a time-variant scenario, include multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) at both the base station and the mobile station, connectivity analysis of sensor networks and optimization.
WallMan
The WallMan component offers a convenient facility to generate and edit vector building databases.
- Introduction to WallMan
- Introduction to the Interface
- Using WallMan
  - Database Editor
    - Database Creation: Indoor
    - Database Creation: Urban
    - Database Creation: Hybrid Urban / Indoor (CNP)
    - Database Creation: Topographical Database
    - Database Editing (Mandatory)
    - Database Editing (Optional)
      - Simplification of Objects in an Urban Database
      - Simplification of Objects in an Indoor Database
      - Move Objects
      - Rotate Objects
      - Triangulate Objects in an Indoor Database
        Repair or replace objects that would otherwise be considered invalid, such as non-planar ones by triangulating objects.
      - Modification of Corners of Objects
      - Renumber Objects in Database
      - Add Virtual Buildings to Urban Database
      - Combine Objects
      - Group / Ungroup Selected Objects
      - Specify Wall Type in Indoor Database
      - Add Time Variance to Objects
      - Edit Clutter Properties
      - Edit Single Wall in Indoor Database
      - Determine and Show Shape of Buildings
  - Database Pre-Processing
  - Indoor LEGO Tool
  - Miscellaneous
- Materials
- Default Shortcut Keys
  View the default shortcut keys available for WallMan for faster and easier operation.
TuMan
The TuMan tool enables you to generate and modify tunnel scenarios.
AMan
Use AMan to generate, edit and analyze a single antenna. Superimpose multiple antennas radiating similar signals to determine the actual antenna pattern while taking into consideration the local environment.
ProMan
The ProMan component includes wave propagation models for different scenarios and network planning simulators for various air interfaces.
Methods
WinProp includes empirical and semi-empirical models (calibration with measurements possible), rigorous 3D ray-tracing models as well as the unique dominant path model (DPM).
Main Applications
In WinProp various air interfaces and applications are pre-defined: broadcasting, cellular, wireless access, WiFi, sensor networks, ICNIRP and EM compliance.
WinProp Utilities
The WinProp utilities consist of the Launcher utility and the Updater.
Appendix
Reference information is provided in the appendix.

Simplification of Objects in an Indoor Database

WallMan offers a menu item, Edit > Simplify Database. The Simplify Indoor Database dialog is shown in Figure 1

Figure 1. The Simplify Indoor Database dialog.

Several parameters are available to define the behaviour of this function: The Tolerance for displacement describes the maximum value for the displacement between two polygons which will be combined. A condition can be defined for cases where polygons should be combined. Further settings can be defined with the check boxes.

When using very complex vector databases, for example, models of vehicles, the simplify function may lead to problems or may need very long computation times.