TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

 

Below is a list and comparison of NEC-Win Basic, NEC-Win Plus and NEC-Win Pro features.

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[Commands] [General Specifications] [Geometry Visualization] [Printing] [General Plotting]

[Polar Plots] [Rectangular Plots/Smith Chart] [Surface Plots]

 

 

Commands Nec-Win Basic Nec-Win Plus Nec-Win Pro
Comment (CM) x

x

 x
Comment End (CE) x

x

 x
Catenary Wire (CW) -

-

 -
Wire Arc (GA) -

-

 x
Continuation Data for Tapered Wires (GC) -

-

 x
End Geometry (GE) x

x

 x
Read NGF (GF) -

-

 x
Generate Helix (GH) -

-

 x
Coordinate Xform (GM) -

-

 x
Suppress Geometry (GP) -

-

 x
Generate Cylinder (GR) -

-

 x
Scale Dimensions (GS) x

x

 x
Wire Specification (GW) x

x

 x
Reflection Planes (GX) -

-

 x
Surface Patch (SP) -

-

 x
Multiple Surface Patch's (SM) -

-

 x
Maximum Coupling (CP) -

-

 x
Thin Wire Kernel (EK) -

-

 x
End of Run (EN) x

x

 x
Excitation EX) x

x

 x
Frequency (FR) x

x

 x
Add. Ground Param. (GD) -

-

 x
Ground Parameters (GN) x

x

 x
Insulate Wire (IS) -

-

 -
Junction Charge Distribution (JN) -

-

 -
Interaction Approx. (KH) -

-

 x
Loading (LD) x

x

 x
Near Electric Field along a Line (LE) -

-

 -
Near Magnetic Field along a Line (LE) -

-

 -
Near Electric Fields (NE) -

-

 x
Near Magnetic Fields (NH) -

-

 x
Networks (NT) x

x

 x
Data Storage for Plotting (PL) -

-

 x
Print Charge on Wire (PQ) -

-

 x
Print Electrical Lengths of Segments (PS) -

-

 x
Print Current on Wires (PT) -

-

 x
Radiation Pattern (RP) x

x

 x
Transmission Line (TL) x

x

 x
Upper Medium Parameters (UM) -

-

 -
Include End Caps (VC) -

-

 -
Write NGF File (WG) -

-

 x
Execute (XQ) -

-

 x
Next Structure (NX) -

-

 x
General Specifications Nec-Win Basic Nec-Win Plus Nec-Win Pro
 Number of Segments(32 bit core w/DMA) 10,000

10,000

 10,000
16 bit NEC2 engine x

-

 x
32 bit NEC2 engine w/DMA x

x

 x
32 bit NEC3 engine -

-

 -
16 bit NEC4 engine -

-

 -
32 bit NEC4 engine w/DMA -

-

 -
Geometry checking for NEC violations -

x

 -
NEC core console spooling -

x

 -
Windows Interface x

x

 x
Ability to use external editor (Windows/DOS) -

-

 -
Cut x

x

 x
Copy x

x

 x
Paste x

x

 x
Rotate (group & single wire) x

x

 x
Translate (group & single wire) x

x

 x
Scale (group & single wire) x

x

 x
Wire Assist-Interacts w/commercial spreadsheets -

-

 x
Graphical Ground Specification x

x

 x
Sommerfeld Ground Option x

x

 x
Frequency (sweep and single) x

x

 x
Graphical Pattern Plot Spec. x

x

 x
Graphical Source/Load Spec. x

x

 x
Individual Wire Conductivity x

x

 x
Unit Scaling x

x

 x
On-line Help x

x

 x
NecVu: Antenna Geometry Visualization Nec-Win Basic Nec-Win Plus Nec-Win Pro
Mouse Control x

x

 x
Keyboard Control -

x

 x
Rotation x

x

 x
Pan x

x

 x
Zoom x

x

 x
DOS Based x

-

 -
Windows Based -

x

 x
Display 5000 segments x

x

 x
Display 32000 segments -

-

 x
Quick Load for large models -

x

 x
Geometry Checking -

x

 -
View thermal plot of currents on wire -

x

 x
- linear -

x

 x
- log -

x

 -
- phase -

x

 -
- real -

x

 -
- maginary -

x

 -
Scale thermal plot of currents -

x

 -
Print thermal plot of currents -

x

 -
View antenna w/Surface Pattern -

x

 x
View in a Window -

x

 x
Wire Identification -

x

 x
Source Identification -

x

 x
Load Identification -

x

 x
Current Identification -

x

 x
Display Segments x

x

 x
Display Trans. Lines -

x

 x
Display Networks -

x

 x
Display Sources -

x

 x
Display Loads -

x

 x
Display Axes x

x

 x
Display Ground Plane x

x

 x
Save as Bitmap x

x

 x
Save as Flat File -

x

 x
Save Screen or Area to Clipboard x

x

 x
Printing x

x

 x
Custom Display Colors x

x

 x
Custom Print Colors x

x

 x
Export VRML file -

x

 -
General PLOT Capabilities Nec-Win Basic Nec-Win Plus Nec-Win Pro
Variable Line Width x

x

 x
Variable Line Type x

x

 x
Customized Colors x

x

 x
Multiple File Plotting x

x

 x
Linear Scale x

x

 x
Logarithmic Scale x

x

 x
Automatic Scaling x

x

 x
User Defined Scale x

x

 x
Gain Probe x

x

 x
Delta Gain Probe x

x

 x
Pattern Analysis x

x

 x
Export to Clipboard x

x

 x
Save Graph x

x

 x
Custom Title x

x

 x
Custom Legends x

x

 x
Custom Page Layout x

x

 x
Font/Style/Size Selection x

x

 x
Printing x

x

 x
Resizable Graph x

x

 x
Polar Plotting Nec-Win Basic Nec-Win Plus Nec-Win Pro
Power Gains x

x

 x
Electric Fields -

-

 x
- Linear -

x

 x
- Linear/Normalized -

x

 x
- Log -

x

 x
- Log/Normalized -

x

 x
- Linear Log x

x

 x
- Linear Log/Log x

x

 x
- Linear Log/Normalized -

x

 x
Rectangular Plotting Nec-Win Basic Nec-Win Plus Nec-Win Pro
- VSWR vs. Frequency -

x

 x
- Input Impedance -

x

 x
- Power Gain vs. Angle -

-

 x
- Radiated Electric Fields -

-

 x
- Electric Field vs. Angle -

-

 x
- Polarization (Axial Ratio and Tilt Degree) -

-

 x
- Currents -

-

 x
- Received Patterns -

-

 x
- Nearfield Plots -

-

 x
Smith Chart -

-

 x
Spline Smoothing -

-

 -
Printing Nec-Win Basic Nec-Win Plus Nec-Win Pro
Print Antenna Layout x

x

 x
Print Pattern Plots x

x

 x
Print Surface Plots x

x

 x
Print Rectangular Plots -

x

 x
Print Smith Charts -

-

 x
Print Tabular Data x

x

 x
Customized Reports x

x

 x
Surface Plots Nec-Win Basic Nec-Win Plus Nec-Win Pro
Specify 3-D Surface Plot x

x

 x
Rotate up to 5000 segments x

x

 x
Rotate up to 32000 segments -

-

 x
Selectable Plot Area x

x

 x
Surface Pattern Rotation x

x

 x
Surface Pattern Zooming x

x

 x
Surface Pattern Panning x

x

 x
Surface Pattern Printing x

x

 x
Plot Log of Surface Pattern -

x

 x
View Antenna w/ Surface Pattern -

x

 x

 

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