Drawing a Polygon in the Layout Editor

A polygon is an arbitrarily shaped, closed object with three or more sides.

  1. From the Draw menu, select Primitive > Polygon.
  2. Select the first point of the polygon in one of the following ways:
  1. Select the next point of the polygon using the mouse or the keyboard. Notice that HFSS draws a line between the two points.
  1. Repeat step 3 for each point to be entered e that HFSS draws a line between the first point and the last point entered to close the object.
  2. Complete the polygon in one of the following ways:

The polygon is added to the active layer.

Note:

HFSS no longer displays the "Linewidth" property for primtives in the Properties Window. In order to make modifications to the linewidth, you must use the "Expand" function. Note that a zero-width line is ignored by the Meshmaker.

Curving Polygon Edges in the Layout Editor
  1. Follow steps 1-5 in Drawing a Polygon in the Layout Editor.
  2. Hold Ctrl and drag the center handle of an appropriate edge to curve it.