Is there a way to copy creator tree information from one simulation to the other?

Atta Ur Rehman_20840
Atta Ur Rehman_20840 Altair Community Member
edited December 2022 in Community Q&A

I have a lot of similar type of simulation that have same part names and motions, is there a smarter way to do it instead of opening each simulation file one by one and redoing them?

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  • Renan
    Renan
    Altair Employee
    edited December 2022

    Hi Atta,

     

    After you set everything in the Creator, you can go to the Analyst and click on File -> Export -> Simulation Deck and you'll be able to create a copy of the current deck you have in any folder of your computer.

     

    Hope this helps you.

    Best regards,

    Renan

  • Atta Ur Rehman_20840
    Atta Ur Rehman_20840 Altair Community Member
    edited December 2022

    Hi Renan,

     

    That is I am aware of it. I don't need to create a copy, I need to copy motions and remove some geometries. 

     

    For example I have a car simulation with tires moving at different speeds. For a single batch of simulation I am running different types of tires at a constant speed, now I want to change speeds for next batch, do I have to go back and manually do it one by one for each tire in batch or is there a way to do it smartly?

  • Prasad Avilala_20558
    Prasad Avilala_20558
    Altair Employee
    edited December 2022

    Hi Rehman,

    Material properties of particle, geometry and physics contact model can be saved and retrieve using block factory, but geometry and its motion cannot save and retrieve.

    The work around what I would suggest is please import geometry into existing model and copy motions to new geometry and then delete old geometries.

     

     

    Thanks,

    Prasad A

  • Renan
    Renan
    Altair Employee
    edited December 2022
    Atta Ur Rehman_20840 said:

    Hi Renan,

     

    That is I am aware of it. I don't need to create a copy, I need to copy motions and remove some geometries. 

     

    For example I have a car simulation with tires moving at different speeds. For a single batch of simulation I am running different types of tires at a constant speed, now I want to change speeds for next batch, do I have to go back and manually do it one by one for each tire in batch or is there a way to do it smartly?

    Hi Atta,

     

    In this case I'd suggest you use EDEMpy for that. By using EDEMpy you'd be able to loop over your simulations and then change the speed of the tires. Assuming it's a linear translation we're talking about then you'd use the setKinematicTranslationInitVelocityValue function to change the velocity of the tires.

     

    Best regards,

    Renan

  • Ignacio Diez Alonso_21259
    Ignacio Diez Alonso_21259
    Altair Employee
    edited December 2022

    Hello Atta Ur Rehman,

    You could have a look at the EDEM - HyperStudy connector as I believe it may be helpful with what you describe. I am not certain if you can remove geometries but there are options to modify and run with different kinematic settings in batch, which may cover what you are looking for. Have a look at it in the links below and I hope that this helps.

    https://support.altair.com/csm?id=community_blog&sys_id=78fb1a68db970d90e8863978f4961905

    https://community.altair.com/csm?id=kb_article_view&sys_kb_id=c7429ad69717d9d0e3b0361e6253af23

    Kind regards

    Ignacio

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