Potential Array¶
A SIMION potential array (PA) is a 2D or 3D rectangular grid (sometimes called a “mesh”) of points in space. It’s purpose is to store electrode geometries and/or potentials at each point in that geometry.
Each point defines
- a potential (electrostatic or scalar magnetic potential)
- a flag marking the point as an electrode or non-electrode point.
A PA also contains a header section with general information about the PA such as the dimensions of the PA and whether the PA has symmetry or mirroring.
Note
See these additional sections in this topic in the offline SIMION 8.1.0 help file:- File Format
