{"id":234735,"date":"2022-09-08T01:05:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T01:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/hfss-lumped-port-issue\/"},"modified":"2022-09-09T03:48:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T03:48:32","slug":"hfss-lumped-port-issue","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/hfss-lumped-port-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"HFSS Lumped port issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p>When I draw either a wire dipole or a planar strip dipole,&nbsp; I receive the following message\/note when I set the excitation for a lumped port &#8211; &#8220;multiple references conductors touching a port must all be connected in the plane of the port.&#8221;&nbsp; This error prohibits me from orientating the current on the port.&nbsp; &nbsp;I have centered the strip between the two dipole arms in the plane and made sure the size of the excitation strip is the diameter of the wire and the length of the gap.<\/p>\n<p>Is there a way to snap the individiual elements (2 dipole arms and the port) together so they are in the same plane and touch?<\/p>\n<p>I appreciate any assistance\/sugestions.<\/p>\n<p>Regards.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/08-09-2022-1662598179-HFSS 3D dipole.GIF\" alt=\"wire dipole\" width=\"1175\" height=\"683\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-234735","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-hfss"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["185003","28551"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.192.164.18"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["4700"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["234735"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27793"],"_bbp_engagement":["28551","185003"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["4"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["234813"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["234813"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2022-09-09 01:07:45"]},"test":"kduncan"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/234735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/234735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}