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+function DumpFF2VTK(filename, farfield, thetaRange, phiRange, scale)
+%  DumpFF2VTK(filename, farfield, thetaRange, phiRange, scale)
+%
+%  Dump 3D far field pattern to a vtk file
+%
+%   example:
+%       see examples/NF2FF/infDipol.m
+%
+% See also CreateNF2FFBox, AnalyzeNF2FF
+% 
+% openEMS matlab interface
+% -----------------------
+% author: Thorsten Liebig
+
+
+if (nargin<5)
+    scale = 1;
+end
+
+t = thetaRange*pi/180;
+a = phiRange*pi/180;
+
+fid = fopen(filename,'w+');
+
+% set nan values to zero
+ind = find(isnan(farfield));
+if (~isempty(ind))
+    warning('openEMS:Dump2VTK','field contains nan, setting to zero');
+    farfield(ind)=0;
+end
+
+% set inf values to zero
+ind = find(isinf(farfield));
+if (~isempty(ind))
+    warning('openEMS:Dump2VTK','field contains inf, setting to zero');
+    farfield(ind)=0;
+end
+
+
+fprintf(fid,'# vtk DataFile Version 3.0\n');
+fprintf(fid,'Structured Grid by matlab-interface of openEMS\n');
+fprintf(fid,'ASCII\n');
+fprintf(fid,'DATASET STRUCTURED_GRID\n');
+
+fprintf(fid,'DIMENSIONS %d %d %d\n',1,numel(t),numel(a));
+
+fprintf(fid,'POINTS %d double\n',numel(t)*numel(a));
+
+for na=1:numel(phiRange)
+    for nt=1:numel(thetaRange)
+            fprintf(fid,'%e %e %e\n',...
+                scale*farfield(nt,na)*sin(t(nt))*cos(a(na)),...
+                scale*farfield(nt,na)*sin(t(nt))*sin(a(na)),...
+                scale*farfield(nt,na)*cos(t(nt)));
+    end
+end
+
+
+
+fprintf(fid,'\n\n');
+
+fprintf(fid,'POINT_DATA %d\n',numel(t)*numel(a));
+
+fprintf(fid,['SCALARS gain double 1\nLOOKUP_TABLE default\n']);
+fclose(fid);
+dumpField = farfield(:);
+save('-ascii','-append',filename,'dumpField')
+