Thanks, Bruno, for the major changes! I will try to test it and let you know.
Anton On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 4:39 PM, Bruno Chareyre <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > The branch with optimized contact detection has been merged with trunk in > bzr3000. > According to my last tests and roughly speaking, yade is 3 times faster > after this commit, but the result will be worst or better depending on the > number of particles, the number of threads, the constitutive law used, the > velocity of bodies, and a few other things. > > If you don't compile yade, you can try the new version by installing or > updating the yade-daily package. > A few timings are reported on the wiki at > https://www.yade-dem.org/wiki/Colliders_performace > I would be glad to get feedback on the actual speedup in other simulations. > I can imagine possible slowdown in extreme cases, although it is unlikely to > happen (if it happens, then tuning the collider's parameters should fix the > problem). > If you feel like experimenting, you can play with the three parameters of > the new collider: verletDist, targetInterv, and minSweepDistFactor. > Reports can be very usefull as they will help to decide what is best best > default combination for these parameters. > > I hope we can release a stable version on this basis soon, when it is > confirmed that the new collider is bug-free. > > Best regards. > > Bruno > > -- > _______________ > Bruno Chareyre > Associate Professor > ENSE³ - Grenoble INP > 11, rue des Mathématiques > BP 46 > 38402 St Martin d'Hères, France > Tél : +33 4 56 52 86 21 > Fax : +33 4 76 82 70 43 > ________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yade-users > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yade-users > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yade-users Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yade-users More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
