Capability to plot antenna measurement data?

[Eric_EE]

Hello,

Can you tell me if Labview has the capability to plot antenna pattern data?
I have included the first few lines of the data I would like to plot:


COL3 = LHCP, COL4 = RHCP, COL5 = DELTAPRIME
GAIN CALIB = TRUE ISOTROPIC VALUES (DBI)
Comments:MAIN RDP FOR FULL SPHERICAL POLARIMETRY RDP
Date: 07/02/97
Time: 13:29:11.22

0.00 0.04 -8.6 -7.4 349.8
0.00 2.08 -8.1 -6.9 346.9
0.00 4.06 -7.5 -6.4 343.9


Thank you for any insight regarding Labview capabilities specific to
plotting pattern data.

[ian_fung]

Are you refering to Polar Plot?
There is Polar Plot capability using LabVIEW but unfortunately it is not with Base Package.

You may wanna contact your local NI office for this.
Perhaps, someone else here in the forum have solution(s) for you.

[JRA]

I am not very familiar with antenna pattern data. However, if you know what type of plot you are wanting to use, I can help you out with that. For example, 3D Graph, Polar Plot, etc. Just let us know and we'll look into it for you.

[Chazzzmd]

JR,

Saw this old string, thought you might be able to help if you are still local to this board. So I've pretty much maxed out all the linear 2D capabilities labview offers. I do test antennas, and collect the following column data
azimuth angle | source angle | azimuth roll | freq | amplitude | phase | real | imaginary

Now the source angle and azimuth roll are 2 additional axis I just implemented. So now I've got amplitude data for each frequency point for 3 points of interest. I've updated my linear data accordingly and was wondering if I could get help plotting 3D data. Didn't know if you had a quick example to look at or some common issues to look out for. I've looked at Labviews example, but no luck so far.

Thanks in advance. Let me know if you'd lik me to post anything. Working with V8.2.

-Chazzzmd

[Jared_B]

Chazzzmd,

How are you wanting to view your 3D data?  Which LabVIEW examples have you looked at thus far?  If you could provide a VI that has your three arrays of data that you are wishing to graph, I can take a look at them and guide you further.