Creating Vector Field Plots

A vector plot uses arrows to illustrate the magnitudes of the x-, y-, and z-components of field quantities. Vector plots can be created on surfaces or volumes. The vector plots calculates a good initial spacing (min, max, and spacing range). The initial min, max spacing is based on a percentage of the plot geometry size and they are in model units. You can edit the vector min and max threshold spacing and the arrow representation.

1. Do one of the following:

1. To create a vector surface plot, select the faces on which you want to plot the fields.
2. To create a vector volume plot, select the objects within which you want to plot the fields.

2. Click HFSS Fields>Plot Fields.
3. On the Plot Fields menu, click the vector field quantity you want to plot.
   
4. Follow the procedure for plotting field overlays.

If you select a vector quantity when creating a plot, you can also check Streamline for the plot.

Notes for creating Streamline plots:

1. Before creating the plot, select both starting and ending edges (in 2D) or surfaces (in 3D).
2. In the Creating Field Plot menu, select "In Volume: Region" which is the volume in which the streamlines will appear and is outside of the sources.
3. After the plot is created, on the Attributes/Plot tab reduce "Seeds density" to show more streamlines. If no streamlines appear, reduce this by a factor of 10 (or 100) because the default seeding was too large.