Hi Sean,

Thanks but this does not seem to work neither, still the same error message. 
Also, why would you change the source?

Cheers,

Fred


On Aug 9 2007, Sean Hennessee wrote:

>The way I do stuff like this would be:
>
>(define (structure r-local)
>               (append
>                       (list (make block (center 0) (size sx sy h)
>                               (material (make dielectric (index n)))))
>                       (geometric-objects-lattice-duplicates
>                               (list
>                               (make cylinder (center 0) (radius r-local) 
> (height h)
>                               (material air))))))
>
>(do ((r rstart (+ r rstep))) ((> r rstop))
>
>                       (set! geometry (structure r))
>
>                       (run-until 200 (at-beginning output-epsilon)))
>
>However from the look of your error message, I would consider using the 
>functions restart-fields, and change-sources! within the loop.
>
>>From: "F.S.F. Brossard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: meep-discuss <[email protected]>
>>Subject: [Meep-discuss] Error new-meep-fields
>>Date: 09 Aug 2007 13:00:29 +0100
>>
>>Hi Steven and Meep users,
>>
>>I would like to implement a loop in Meep in order to calculate the Q, 
>>frequency, etc of a cavity for different values of hole radius for example. 
>>In MPB, I first define the structure in a function such as
>>(define (structure r) (set! geometry...)) then  create a (do loop for 
>>different values of r) in which I call the function (structure r) and call 
>>(run-te) within the loop and it works fine. However in Meep an error is 
>>returned:
>>In procedure new-meep-fields:
>>No matching method for generic function 'new_meep_fields'
>>It seems that in meep we can't define the geometry within a function in the 
>>same way as in MPB, so what is the correct procedure?
>>
>>Below is an example in meep which fails, the run function is just a test 
>>(no source).
>>
>>Thanks for your help,
>>
>>Fred
>>
>>; square lattice
>>
>>; define cell size
>>
>>(define-param sx 8)
>>(define-param sy 6)
>>(define-param sz 3)
>>(define-param res 20) ; resolution
>>
>>(define-param h 0.75) ; thickness of waveguide
>>(define-param r 0.2) ; radius of holes
>>(define-param n 3.46) ; index of waveguide
>>
>>(define rstart 0.2)
>>(define rstep 0.05)
>>(define rstop 0.3)
>>
>>(set! eps-averaging? false)
>>
>>(set! geometry-lattice (make lattice (size sx sy sz)))
>>
>>; define periodic array
>>
>>(define (structure r)
>>
>>      (set! geometry
>>              (append
>>                      (list (make block (center 0) (size sx sy h)
>>                              (material (make dielectric (index n)))))
>>                      (geometric-objects-lattice-duplicates
>>                              (list
>>                              (make cylinder (center 0) (radius r) (height h)
>>                              (material air)))))))
>>
>>
>>
>>(set! k-point (vector3 0))
>>
>>(set-param! resolution 20)
>>
>>; set-up symmetry
>>
>>(set! symmetries (list (make mirror-sym (direction Y) (phase -1))
>>                                      (make mirror-sym (direction X) (phase 
>> -1))))
>>
>>(do ((r rstart (+ r rstep))) ((> r rstop))
>>
>>                      (structure r)
>>
>>                      (run-until 200 (at-beginning output-epsilon)))
>>
>>
>>--
>>Frederic Brossard
>>Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory
>>Cavendish Laboratory
>>J J Thomson Avenue
>>Cambridge CB3 0HE
>>
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