Temporary Control Variables

A number of the controls have locally defined variables which are assigned by the control while it is executing. These variables can be used in the equations defined for the controls to make the calculations simpler.

The convention of a leading underscore (_) for global variables is the same as is used by the ADS Analog RF Simulator (ADSsim).

Polar Control

• _angle As calculated by the Angle expression for the current step.
• _radius For use in the Offset field only; as calculated by the Radius expression for the current step.
• _angle_start As calculated by the Start expression for the current step.
• _angle_stop As calculated by the Stop expression for the current step.
• _angle_step As calculated by the Step expression for the current step.
• _angle_i Step number that increments from 0 to
  .

User-Defined Control

• _cline_data A two-dimensional array of two points (as in [[x1, y1], [x2, y2]]) which define the construction line (if included) for this control.
• _shape_type The type of shape being operated on. One of the following pre-defined AEL constants:
  PAM_PATH_TYPE
  PAM_POLYGON_TYPE
  PAM_POLYLINE_TYPE
  PAM_PORT_TYPE
  PAM_TEXT_TYPE
• _shape_data The current (x,y) data points for the shape being operated on.
• _shape_init The initial (x,y) data points for the shape being operated on.
• _shape_list The current list of sets of (x,y) data points (the result of a Repeat or Polar control) for the shape being operated on.
• _shape_layer The current layer ID of the shape being operated on.