HFSS Helical Antenna - Simulation Question

[tetches]

I am trying to run the Helix.hfss project that was posted on the board previously and the simulation takes a long time. I had to abort it after 2 solid days of processing. I am trying to simulate from 2.4GHz to 2.5GHz. Is it normal for it to take days or am I doing something wrong? Thanks

 

[peleda]

what is the dimension of your helical antenna.
if it is in the mm /cm range, it should not take long.

did you half way through your design change the units?
what level of accuracy did you set (the delta S).
any mesh refinement??

 

[Azulykit]

If your simulation is running into days you probably have done something wrong. Hours to part of a day is more typical on a large PC. Say around 8 Gb RAM and a 64 bit OS. as typical.

 

[hgc1979]

8 hours is needed when i simulate a helix at 2.4GHz