CST Microwave Studio Manual - Getting Started
sergag said:
Sorry - I new user in MWS... Where I can find a manual on MWS?
I've uploaded the MWS Advanced Topics Manual recently in another topic here:
I will upload the Getting Started and Tutorials manuals shortly.
eckypting
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This manual is primarily designed to enable a quick start to CST MICROWAVE
STUDIO®. It is not intended to be a complete reference guide to all the available
features but it will give you an overview of the key concepts. Understanding these
concepts will then allow you to learn how to use the software efficiently with the help of
the online documentation.
The main part of the manual is a so-called Quick Tour (Chapter 3) which will guide you
through the most important features of CST MICROWAVE STUDIO®. We strongly
encourage you to study this chapter carefully.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 — INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................ 3
Welcome.................................................................................................................................... 3
How to Get Started Quickly?...................................................................................................3
What is CST MICROWAVE STUDIO®? ..................................................................................3
Who Uses CST MICROWAVE STUDIO®?..............................................................................4
CST MICROWAVE STUDIO® Key Features............................................................................... 5
General ..................................................................................................................................5
Structure Modeling..................................................................................................................5
Transient Simulator.................................................................................................................5
Frequency Domain Simulator..................................................................................................6
Eigenmode Simulator..............................................................................................................7
Modal Analysis Simulator........................................................................................................7
Visualization and Secondary Result Calculation.....................................................................8
Result Export ..........................................................................................................................8
Automation.............................................................................................................................8
About This Manual ...................................................................................................................... 9
Document Conventions...........................................................................................................9
Your Feedback.......................................................................................................................9
Contacting CST – Computer Simulation Technology................................................................ 10
CST Headquarters ................................................................................................................ 10
Worldwide Distribution Agents ..............................................................................................10
Technical Support .................................................................................................................11
CHAPTER 2 — INSTALLATION............................................................................................................... 12
Installation Requirements.......................................................................................................... 12
Software Requirements.........................................................................................................12
Hardware Requirements .......................................................................................................12
Licensing Options ..................................................................................................................... 12
Installation Instructions ............................................................................................................. 13
Providing Password Information ............................................................................................... 14
CHAPTER 3 — QUICK TOUR .................................................................................................................. 15
Starting the software ................................................................................................................. 15
Overview of the User Interface’s Structure................................................................................ 16
Creating and Viewing Some Simple Structures ........................................................................ 17
Create a First “Brick”.............................................................................................................17
An Overview of the Basic Shapes Available .........................................................................20
Selecting Previously Defined Shapes, Grouping Shapes into Components and Assigning
Material Properties................................................................................................................20
Changing the View................................................................................................................24
Applying Geometric Transformations....................................................................................26
Combine Shapes by Using Boolean Operations ...................................................................28
Pick Points, Edges or Faces from Within the Model .............................................................30
Chamfer and Blend Edges....................................................................................................32
Local Coordinate Systems ....................................................................................................39
2 CST MICROWAVE STUDIO® 5 – Getting Started
The History List .....................................................................................................................42
The History Tree ...................................................................................................................44
Curve Creation......................................................................................................................46
Local Modifications ...............................................................................................................50
Trace Creation ......................................................................................................................52
The First Real World Application Example................................................................................ 54
The Structure ........................................................................................................................54
Start CST MICROWAVE STUDIO®.......................................................................................55
Open the Quick Start Guide..................................................................................................55
Define the Units ....................................................................................................................56
Define the Background Material............................................................................................57
Model the Structure...............................................................................................................57
Define Ports ..........................................................................................................................65
Define the Frequency Range ................................................................................................67
Define Boundary and Symmetry Conditions .........................................................................68
Visualize the Mesh................................................................................................................70
Start the Simulation...............................................................................................................72
Analyze the Port Modes........................................................................................................75
Analyze the S-Parameters ....................................................................................................77
Adaptive Mesh Refinement...................................................................................................80
Analyze the Electromagnetic Field at Various Frequencies ..................................................83
Parameterization of the Model and the Automatic Optimization of the Structure ..................88
Summary............................................................................................................................104
Which Solver to Use? ............................................................................................................. 105
Antenna Computations ........................................................................................................... 108
Simplifying Antenna Farfield Calculations...........................................................................111
Digital Calculations ................................................................................................................. 112
Frequency Domain Computations........................................................................................... 115
Eigenmode (Resonator) Computations................................................................................... 117
Modal Analysis Computations................................................................................................. 120
Discrete Ports ......................................................................................................................... 122
SPICE Network Model Extraction ........................................................................................... 123
Model Order Reduction Based Network Parameter Extraction ...........................................123
Transmission Line Based Network Parameter Extraction ...................................................127
CHAPTER 4 — FINDING FURTHER INFORMATION............................................................................. 131
The Quick Start Guide ............................................................................................................ 131
Tutorials ................................................................................................................................. 132
Examples ............................................................................................................................... 133
Online Reference Documentation ........................................................................................... 133
Referring to the Advanced Topics Manual .............................................................................. 133
Access Technical Support....................................................................................................... 133
Macro Language Documentation............................................................................................ 134
History of Changes ................................................................................................................. 134
APPENDIX A— LIST OF SHORTCUT KEYS......................................................................................... 135
General Shortcut Keys Available in Main Structure View........................................................ 135
Shortcut Keys Available in Edit Fields..................................................................................... 136