# Background Medium

Background Medium defines the material filling regions of the simulation domain that are not occupied by structures.

The RF GUI uses this value to define the simulation medium. If no background medium is specified, the simulation defaults to vacuum.

# Medium

medium: Background material used by the simulation.

  • Options: any supported RF medium, including Vacuum and media defined in the project
  • Default: Vacuum

Use the edit control beside the selector to open the selected medium definition.

See Medium for RF medium documentation.