Finding out EDEM version of old simulations

WDS

Description:

I have some ‘old’ simulation data and would like to find out in which version of EDEM this was simulated. I have searched into the following files:

• .h5 data file; nothing found about EDEM version
• .DEM; unreadable in notepad
• .dfg; can read in notepad, but nothing found about EDEM version
• .efd; unreadable in notepad
• .ess; unreadable in notepad

Does anyone know where the EDEM version of a simulation can be found?

 Thanks in advance!

Stephen Cole

HI, There is a version number shown if you open the .dem file with a HDF5 viewer however it's not necessarily 'human readable' in that it gives you an integer such as:

You can get the same via EDEMpy:

from edempy import Version

# Path to your DEM file
file_path = "file_name.dem"
 
# Get the file version
file_version = Version.getFileVersion(file_path)
 
# Print the result
print(f"File Version: {file_version}")

You could match this against a file created in a known versions, or compare it if it's higher or lower than another file.

Regards

Stephen