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How Do I Calculate the Distance Between Two Points?

• Sep 9, 2015
• FAQ

You can obtain the distance from one point to another using STK.

Radar Cross-section Angles: Computing and Visualizing Rho and Theta in STK

• Apr 19, 2019
• FAQ

This article describes how to compute and visualize radar cross-section rho and theta angle in STK.

Why Doesn't My Satellite Show Up?

• May 22, 2015
• FAQ

Here are some troubleshooting items to resolve the problem.

How to Attach a Compass to an Object in STK

• Mar 29, 2016
• FAQ

This article explains how to add a compass to a vehicle, which provides real-time reporting of that vehicle's direction.

Installing STK to a Drive Other Than C:\

• Aug 7, 2015
• FAQ

How Do I Adjust the Playback Speed of My Animations?

• May 28, 2015
• FAQ

You need to adjust the animation time step when you create a movie.

Changing the Reference System for Displaying Orbits

• Dec 22, 2015
• FAQ

How can I get the latest ARINC424 information for Aviator?

• Sep 10, 2021
• FAQ

Download the Coded Instrument Flight Procedures dataset from the FAA. This contains the latest ARINC data, and you can load it into STK as a master...

File extensions used by STK

• Aug 28, 2018
• FAQ

Attached is a list of all the file extensions STK uses.

What is the highest resolution (minimum time step) allowed in the reported date value?

• May 27, 2015
• FAQ

Dates in STK are accurate to somewhere between 10-100 microseconds. The report tool GUI will not allow a step size smaller than 1 millisecond.

How to use Process Monitor to diagnose system issues with STK

• Sep 15, 2015
• FAQ

What graphics card is needed for STK? Why is STK crashing?

• May 21, 2015
• FAQ

Troubleshooting steps if you are having trouble with your graphics cards or STK is having issues running.

Question: Why doesn’t Bing Maps / Terrain Server / Data Update Utility / Insert Standard Object work?

• May 27, 2016
• FAQ

These internet based options in STK are often blocked until exceptions are put in place by a network administrator. To prevent this, please refer...

Object Visibility Per Window

• Sep 10, 2018
• How To

This article describes how to control an object's visibility on individual display windows.

How to Import DEM terrain in XML Format into STK

• Apr 8, 2022
• How To

How to set up an attitude profile with a restricted roll angle

• Nov 6, 2017
• How To

Air Operations CONOPS Design

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Generate AzEl of a Satellite-to-Object Line of Sight in the Satellite Body Frame

• Mar 21, 2016
• FAQ

STK defaults to generating Az-El-Range values in the VVLH ECI (Earth Centered Inertial) frame. This article provides the steps use STK's Analysis...

Which Operating Systems Support Different Versions of STK

• Oct 29, 2015
• FAQ

This is a table of STK versions and supported OSs.

Ansys Academic Partner Program (Formerly EAP)

• Feb 14, 2017
• FAQ

This article provides answers to common questions regarding the Ansys Academic Partner Program, formerly the Education Alliance Program (EAP).