The Radar Object

The Radar object models the characteristics of a radar system and its environment. Select one or more of the following to model a Radar and impose constraints:

Basic properties
2D Graphics properties
3D Graphics properties
Constraints
RF properties

Basic Properties

Property	Description
Definition	Define the characteristics of the radar.
Refraction	Model atmospheric refraction.
Processing Delay	The summed time values of the processing delays specified by each object in the strand plus the light time delay between object pairs in the strand. The light time delay between object pairs is computed simply based on the objects positions divided by the speed of light.
Description	Record useful information about the antenna.

2D Graphics Properties

Property	Description
Contours	Define the display of contour lines and radar patterns.
Boresight	Define the display of boresight graphics.

3D Graphics Properties

Property	Description
Attributes	Control the display of contour lines and radar patterns.
Vector	Control the display of vectors and other geometric elements related to the radar.

Constraints

Property	Description
Active	Impose constraints on access from the following available constraint categories for a Radar object: Basic: The most commonly used constraints Angle: Constraints that involve an angular measure Geometry: Constraints that use a geometric measure (other than angle), such as range, altitude, and grazing altitude Analysis Workbench (AWB): Constraints that involve an Analysis Workbench (AWB) component (Angle, Calculation Scalar, Condition, or Vector) Central Body: Constraints involving the location of the Sun, planets, and moons Multifunction Radar: Constraints pertaining to a multifunction radar Multifunction Radar Jamming: Constraints pertaining to a multifunction radar in the presence of jamming transmissions Plugins: Your own plugin constraints, which compute a plugin-defined metric that you define Radar Bistatic: Constraints pertaining to a bistatic radar Radar SAR: Constraints pertaining to a SAR radar Radar SAR Jamming: Constraints pertaining to a SAR radar in the presence of jamming transmissions Radar SearchTrack: Constraints pertaining to a search/track radar Radar SearchTrack Jamming: Constraints pertaining to a search/track radar in the presence of jamming transmissions RF Loss: Constraints used to measure radio-frequency losses Temporal: Constraints related to specified time-of-day or time intervals In addition to selected constraints, Radar objects always include the Radar Light Time Delay constraint, which automatically appears by default in the Active Constraints list. This is read only, so you can neither delete it nor clear its Enable check box.
Settings	Select access constraint conditions that apply generally to access computations involving a Radar object.

Property

Description

Active

Impose constraints on access from the following available constraint categories for a Radar object:

Basic: The most commonly used constraints
Angle: Constraints that involve an angular measure
Geometry: Constraints that use a geometric measure (other than angle), such as range, altitude, and grazing altitude
Analysis Workbench (AWB): Constraints that involve an Analysis Workbench (AWB) component (Angle, Calculation Scalar, Condition, or Vector)
Central Body: Constraints involving the location of the Sun, planets, and moons
Multifunction Radar: Constraints pertaining to a multifunction radar
Multifunction Radar Jamming: Constraints pertaining to a multifunction radar in the presence of jamming transmissions
Plugins: Your own plugin constraints, which compute a plugin-defined metric that you define
Radar Bistatic: Constraints pertaining to a bistatic radar
Radar SAR: Constraints pertaining to a SAR radar
Radar SAR Jamming: Constraints pertaining to a SAR radar in the presence of jamming transmissions
Radar SearchTrack: Constraints pertaining to a search/track radar
Radar SearchTrack Jamming: Constraints pertaining to a search/track radar in the presence of jamming transmissions
RF Loss: Constraints used to measure radio-frequency losses
Temporal: Constraints related to specified time-of-day or time intervals

In addition to selected constraints, Radar objects always include the Radar Light Time Delay constraint, which automatically appears by default in the Active Constraints list. This is read only, so you can neither delete it nor clear its Enable check box.

Settings

Select access constraint conditions that apply generally to access computations involving a Radar object.

RF Properties

Property	Description
Environment	Apply environmental factors that affect the performance of a communications link or a radar system.