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Fixing the position and spawn of 1 large particle.

Hello, I am trying to run a simulation with one large particle that is in the shape of a rectangle. I want the particle to spawn in a specific location with a specific orientation but every time I run it the particle has spawned at a different location on the factory. Is there a way to know exactly where my one particle will spawn?

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jerrinjobs

Hi Dylan

In the Factory settings, you can choose the 'Orientation' to be fixed and choose the orientation you require.
You can also choose the position (spawn) to be a specific setting (I like bcc for one particle) and specify the location where you want to generate the particle.

Thanks,
Jerrin Job

RWood

Just to add to what Jerrin said, which is definitely the way to do this for individual or maybe even 10s of particles, if you want to specify the exact positions of, say, 100+ particles, it would probably be easier to do it in a custom factory using an API plugin.

Food for thought.

Richard

Renan

Just to add to what Jerrin said, which is definitely the way to do this for individual or maybe even 10s of particles, if you want to specify the exact positions of, say, 100+ particles, it would probably be easier to do it in a custom factory using an API plugin.

Food for thought.

Richard

Just to add to what Richard said, you can accomplish the same the goal using EDEMpy.

Best regards,
Renan