XNEC2C(1)

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version 4.4.18 · 5 versions
, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu stonking

💖 XNEC2C(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the XNEC2C manual page, section 1 (User Commands, obviously), and no cap this one is a bop 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

xnec2c — it's a GTK+ graphical interactive version of nec2c, and nec2c is a translation to C of the FORTRAN application NEC2. so like, your antenna math is FORTRAN-coded underneath but the whole vibe on top is sparkly GTK+ ✨🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

xnec2c [-ijhvPVb] <input-file-name>

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

okay so here's the whole rundown of what you can throw at it, bestie, go off 💅

  • -i|--input <input-file-name> — tells it which input file to read, iconic behavior honestly
  • -j|--jobs <number of processors in SMP machine> — how many processors to use on your SMP machine. and listen: -j0 disables forking 🍓
  • --openblas-threads <n> — set the OpenBLAS thread count (default: 1)
  • --mkl-threads <n> — set the Intel MKL thread count (default: 1)
  • --omp-threads <n> — set the OpenMP thread count (default: 1)
  • -b|--batch — enable batch mode, and it exits after the frequency loop runs. lowkey the introvert mode 🙈
  • --optimize — activates the optimizer immediately. main character energy, it does not wait
  • -P|--no-pthreads — disable pthreads and use the GTK loop instead, for debugging
  • -h|--help — print usage information and exit
  • -V|--version — print the xnec2c version number and exit
  • -v|--verbose — increase verbosity, and yes you can specify it multiple times, stack it up bestie 🔥
  • -d|--debug — enable debug output (-dd also includes backtraces 👀)
  • -d|--quiet — suppress debug/verbose output

🧚 the output-file girlies 🧚

so these next ones? they write to an output file after the frequency loop completes, and they're highkey useful to combine with --batch:

  • --write-csv <filename> — write CSV file of measurements
  • --write-s1p <filename> — write S1P file of S-parameters
  • --write-s2p-max-gain <filename> — write S2P file, port-2 is max-gain
  • --write-s2p-viewer-gain <filename> — write S2P file, port-2 is viewer-gain
  • --write-rdpat <filename> — write CSV of the radiation pattern
  • --write-currents <filename> — write CSV of currents and charges

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

full documentation is available at the official website for xnec2c, the Official xnec2c Website ⟨URL: https://www.xnec2c.org/⟩ 🌈

also, the full documentation for xnec2c is maintained as an html document. if the xnec2c program is properly installed at your site, a command like

firefox /usr/share/doc/xnec2c/xnec2c.html

should give you access to the complete manual. go read it, it's giving educated 💅📚

and that's the whole thing, bestie 🫶 this was xnec2c version 4.4.18, dated August 2023, and the manual section is XNEC2C(1). slay, periodt 🌟💖

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