how to plot a 3D sphere for antenna radiation pattern

[zhiweisim]

phi theta antenna

Hi all,

I have obtained a dataset of an antenna containing:

1) phi (from 0 to 360 degree)
2) theta (from 0 to 180 degree)
3) magnitude at respective point (phi, theta)

May I know how to plot a 3D sphere (antenna radiation pattern) using MATLAB? Is there any other better software to use to plot it easily? Please advice. Many thanks.

Sim

 

[asturias]

sphere antenna

Hello,

Yes, you can do it by using matlab,I've tried and I think that it works. If I understood well you want to plot your E-field or H-field or Gain (it is the same) as a function of phi and theta. you just have to plot A=f(theta,phi) what I suggest is to tranform your funtion in xyz coordinate system and then plot A as a function of x,y,z. When you do it I have a question of you that you may can have a suggestion

 

[zhiweisim]

antenna radiation pattern plotting

hi asturias,

What MATLAB function that I can use after I converted them into xyz?

Attached is my spreadsheet file. Can you explain how do you convert them into xyz and how do you plot them showing a 3D sphere? Please help.

Thanks.

 

[asturias]

xyz plot matlab

Hi,

I can not open your file,maybe it is saved in an old version..store them again and send them to me by pm or email. I guess it is just some values refering to an amplitude for all the correspondin theta,phi. A 2-d matrix. I'll make and m-file and send it to you

 

[zhiweisim]

plot a sphere

hi asturia,

Can you provide me your email address? Also, I have PM you with a re-attached winrar file containing the data (in txt format). Pleae let me know whether you can open the file. Thanks.

 

[aamnamasood]

hey I have similar set of data set, had you succeeded in ploting radiation pattern in matlab with the data set. please reply