WaveFarer^® Automotive Radar Simulation Software

User-defined library containing Parts, Sources, Materials, and more

Full parameterization

Scripting interface with built-in editor

Macros

Custom project templates

Feature-based modeling

Live-updating results

Flexible, customizable project tree

Simulation queue

Interactive graph manipulation

Real-time error checking with feedback

Native multi-platform UI on Windows and Linux

Import SAT/SAB files

Import DXF files

Import VDA-FS files

Import STL files

Import STEP files

Import IGES files

Import Pro-E files

Import CATIA V4 and V5 files

Import Inventor files

Export to SAT files

Export to STEP file

Export to IGES file

Export to CATIA file

Export to STL file

Export to DXF file

Editing of imported CAD objects

Three-dimensional ray-tracing with special features to target detailed target models

Near field scattering using PO and MEC

Multipath with roads and structures based on UTD

Diffuse scattering from rough surfaces 

Extensive options for defining material properties:

• Dielectrics and magnetic materials (finite thickness or half-spaces)

• Perfect electric conductors

• Perfect magnetic conductors

• Perfect absorbers

• Constant coefficients

• Free space (air or vacuum)

• Multilayer materials, combining any of the above

Diffuse scattering to capture additional clutter from rough surfaces

Atmospheric absorption

3D solid modeler

2D sketcher with constraints

Feature-based modeling

Arbitrary extrudes, revolves, sheets, and wire bodies

Complex geometry modification of created and imported geometries:

• Wrap

• Booleans

• Chamfer edges

• Blend edges

• Shell solids

• Remove faces

• Offset faces and sheet edges

• Remove holes

• Thicken sheets

• Loft

• Stretch

• Twist

• Bend solid geometry

• Project a sheet

• Scale/translate/rotate/reflect/shear

• Linear and circular patterns

Primitive geometric shapes:

• Sphere

• Cylinder

• Cone

• Cuboid

• Torus

• Pyramid

• Prism

• Frustum

• Helix

Locators to easily reposition geometries

Cutting plane to reveal inner structure

Transmitter/receiver sets defined through individual points

Built-in antenna types

• Directional

• Isotropic

• Halfwave dipole

Far zone patterns imported from XFdtd

User-defined antenna patterns

GPU acceleration using NVIDIA’s CUDA architecture

Multiprocessor threading for unlimited cores

Radar Cross Section (RCS)

• Monostatic or bistatic RCS

• Option for High Range Resolution (HRR)

Received power

Path loss and path gain

Complex impulse response

Delay spread

Received power vs. angle of arrival or departure

RMS angle spread (arrival or departure)

Propagation path data export

Custom results using scripting API

Export results into MATLAB for post-processing

Export results into CSV text format