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Dear EDEM community,Is there a way (e.g. using EDEMpy) to "automatically" take screenshots of EDEM simulations without the need to open the simulation?Best,Ahmed
Hi Ahmed
You can use the Image Generation tool in the Simulator to create images during the simulation running.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,Jerrin Job
Many thanks, Jerrin! I was unaware of this feature as I am using EDEM version 2022.3 and this image generation has been added to the latest version (i.e. 2023.1).
An issue here; This feature takes screenshots from Simulator windows but I want it to take screenshots from Analyst tab (since I want to colo. Is there a way to do that?
Hi Ahmed,What is your application? If you have the Analyst opened then you can use the built-in tools to export images from your simulationYou can also record videos of your simulation with the Recording tool. You can learn more about this tool in the EDEM eLearning course (https://learn.altair.com/course/view.php?id=147) lessons 17.2 and 17.3Best regards,Renan
Dear Renan,Thanks for your reply.Indeed I am familiar with the manual method that you mentioned to take the screenshot. However, I want to do this automatically without the need to open EDEM. I want to do this automatically since this is part of my calibration strategy and if I want to do this manually it is very time-consuming. Also. it prevents the automated calibration process.
With the new feature, i.e. it becomes possible to automatically take screenshots, but it captures the scenes from the "Simulator" view, while I want the screenshot from the "Analyst" tab (since I need to assign different colours to particles).Best,Ahmed
Dear Renan,Thanks for your reply.Indeed I am familiar with the manual method that you mentioned to take the screenshot. However, I want to do this automatically without the need to open EDEM. I want to do this automatically since this is part of my calibration strategy and if I want to do this manually it is very time-consuming. Also. it prevents the automated calibration process. With the new feature, i.e. it becomes possible to automatically take screenshots, but it captures the scenes from the "Simulator" view, while I want the screenshot from the "Analyst" tab (since I need to assign different colours to particles).Best,Ahmed
Hi Ahmed,
Unfortunatelly it is not yet possible to export Analyst scenes but this feature is in the roadmap.
For now the only way to automatically generates images from command line would be via EDEMpy.
Best regards,
Stefan
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