Question #175606 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/175606
Chiara Modenese proposed the following answer: On 2 November 2011 12:50, Chareyre <[email protected]>wrote: > Question #175606 on Yade changed: > https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/175606 > > Chareyre posted a new comment: > Chiara, I was guessing this function was orphan since nobody was > explaining its usage, but there is no reason to remove if it is used by > someone (you). It is your decision. > > There are still things unclear that could maybe be fixed: > - why mandatory name=""? > It should be removed (sorry). > - why must we give psd and meanRad at the same time? it is annoying > because defining the latest is non-trivial > Because we need an estimate of the initial volume of solids (the latter could be the unknown in fact). > - why your passing doesn't start at 0 and end at 100? > It is just an example. > - running your example script, I get 505 spheres, why not 390? > Precisely because we are initially just guessing the volume of solids by the number of particles and the meanRadius. > > I again improved makeCloud a bit in r2953. It is now very flexible: > - 2D/3D > - periodic or not > - uniform or psd-based size distributions > - distributions by mass or by number > - target packing by meanRad OR by number, in arbitrary size of box. > Oh excellent! Then I will try your function and perhaps we can remove mine which would be only redundant. Chiara > > -- > You received this question notification because you are a member of > yade-users, which is an answer contact for Yade. > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yade-users > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yade-users > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- You received this question notification because you are a member of yade-users, which is an answer contact for Yade. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yade-users Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yade-users More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
