Help for Using FEKO
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The name Feko is an abbreviation derived from the German phrase
Feldberechnung bei Korpern mit beliebiger Oberflache. (Field
computations involving bodies of arbitrary shape.) The website
is http://www.feko.info

This and other news about running Feko at Concordia is posted at
http://www.ece.concordia.ca/~paknys/feko.html

To run Feko at home (2021):

Get the binary from the Feko/Altair website and install it on your PC.
In the windows settings, make an environment variable
ALTAIR_LICENSE_PATH 6200@localhost
In a Putty terminal make a tunnel for port 6200 to the license server
Source Port L6200
Destination license-hyperworks.encs.concordia.ca:6200
Press Add. Save it. Log in to login@encs.concordia.ca

To run Feko in the ENCS lab:
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<P>The computer lab H-921 is open 8am-11pm. To use it,
read: <A HREF="hall.html"> hall.html</A>

(1) In the Linux terminal, type: module load feko

(2) then type: cadfeko&

(3) If you experience a problem with the solver runfeko then make sure the
parallel option is turned off.

(4) To use the parallel option, go to Solve/Run and select
"Parallel". Then go to Run/launch (slightly below the "Remote"
icon). Find the FEKO tab and check the box: Parallel execution-- use
shared memory.

(5) The first time you run cadfeko it will ask about rendering. For me, I
asked for software rendering. You can always change it later on the cadfeko
menu item Options->Rendering

Dipole Example:
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  See <a href="http://www.ece.concordia.ca/~paknys/feko-dipole.pdf">here</a> for the ELEC 456 dipole example.

Other Examples:
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  Feko models are stored as *.cfx files. Find them with

  find $FEKO_HOME -name '*'.cfx

There are many examples (2013): (1)Dipole (2)Dipole in front of a cube
(3)RCS of a thin dielectric sheet (4)RCS and near field of a
dielectric sphere (5)Shielding factor of a sphere with finite
conductivity (6)Exposure of muscle tissue using MoM/FEM hybrid (7)A
monopole antenna on a finite ground plane (8)Yagi-uda above a real
ground (9)Pattern optimisation of a yagi (10)Microstrip patch
(11)Proximity coupled patch with microstrip feed (12)DRA on finite
ground (13)A forked dipole (14)Different ways to feed a horn (15)A
microstrip filter (16)Dipole in front a UTD/GO/PO plate (17)A lens
antenna with GO for dielectrics (18)Field coupling into a shielded
cable (19)Magnetic field probe (20)S-parameter coupling in a stepped
waveguide (21)Using the MLFMM for electrically large models
(22)Antenna coupling on an electrically large object (23)Antenna
coupling using ideal receiver antenna (24)Point source and ideal
receiving antenna (25)Horn feeding a large reflector (26)Using a
non-radiating network to match a dipole (27)Subdividing a model using
non-radiating networks (28)Log-periodic antnenna (29)Periodic boundary
conditions for FSS (30)Periodic boundary conditions for array analysis
(31)Scattering width of an infinite cylinder (32)Windscreen on
automobile (33)A TIMEFEKO example.

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Last update April 7, 2021 by R. Paknys
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