The Particles sub-section allows you to modify and configure the display settings for
all the Particles and Particle Types in the simulation. You can expand this section to
select individual particle types.
To display the Particles sub-section:
Configure the following options for each of the Geometries in the
simulation:
Select the Display checkbox to enable or disable
the display of the selected particle types.
Select a representation from the Representation
dropdown list to represent particles.
Options are: Default,
Cone, Vector,
Stream, or
Template.
Option
Description
Default
By default, particles are displayed the way they
are defined in EDEM
Creator.
Cone
Particles are displayed as cones. Set the direction, length, and base width of
the cone to represent the following particle
attributes:
Direction
Represents
velocity, torque, total force, angular velocity,
or custom property (consisting of exactly three
values).
Length
Represents
velocity, total force, Moment of Inertia, kinetic
energy, mass, rotational kinetic energy,
compressive force, torque, volume, angular
velocity, or a custom particle property.
Base width
Represents
velocity, total force, compressive force, torque,
mass, kinetic energy, rotational kinetic energy,
volume, moment of inertia, angular velocity,
charge, electrostatic force, or a custom particle
property.
Vector
Particles are displayed as vectors. Set the direction and length of the vector to
represent a variety of particle attributes.
Direction
Represents
velocity, torque, total force or angular velocity,
or custom property (consisting of exactly three
values).
Length
Represents
velocity, total force, moment of inertia, kinetic
energy, mass, rotational kinetic energy,
compressive force, torque, volume, angular
velocity, or a custom particle property.
Stream
The path of the particle is displayed as a stream
with variable coloring.
Number of
Steps
Define the number of Time
Steps the particles should be streamed for. The
number indicates that the streams will be drawn
for the previous n Time Steps up to and including
the current Time Step.
Stream All
Steps
Streams are drawn across all
Time Steps.
Stream Fade
Fades the
color intensity of the streams.
Template
Particles are displayed using one of the
currently imported templates.
Click Options to further configure the display
attributes and then specify the following details:
For
Specify
Opacity
Sets the particle opacity level from 0 (fully
transparent) to 1 (opaque). Select the checkbox and set the
value of opacity to between 0 and 1.
The following example
shows particles colored by Velocity with Opacity set to
0.25:
Coloring
Color by:
Select the element to color from the Color
by: dropdown list and then select the
attributes.
For more information about the attributes
and their components available for each element, see the
Coloring Attributes table.
Color by: Uniform
Allows
you to color the selected particle or particles as
a whole with a single color.
Uniform
coloring is used to set the standard color for any
element. The following image shows particles in
three separate selection groups, each colored
differently using the
Uniform option.
Color by: Attribute
Allows
you to color any particle of the model with a
particular attribute. The following image shows
all the particles colored by velocity.
The particles with the greatest
velocity are colored red, and those with the
lowest colored are colored blue.
Color:
Select the color from the dropdown list.
Component:
Select the component from the dropdown list.
Smooth Colors
Select the checkbox to enhance the images and even out
the background color of an image.
Log Scale
Select to scale the coloring of particle attributes
logarithmically for better color distribution. You can also
change the coloring from linear to logarithmic, and is
applicable only for particle Mass and Volume.
Levels
Select the number of color levels used in the color
grading from the dropdown list.
Max Color:
Select the color that the maximum attribute value will be
displayed as from the dropdown list.
Mid Color:
Select the color that the middle attribute value will be
displayed in from the dropdown list.
Min Color:
Select the color that the minimum attribute value will be
displayed in from the dropdown list.
Min Value:
Specify the value at which the Min Color will be
displayed. All particles with attribute values lower than
this value will be displayed using the Min Color.
Auto Update
Select the checkbox to automatically update this value to
be the same as the minimum value found in the simulation at
this Time Step.
Max Value:
Specify the value at which the Max Color will be
displayed. All particles with attribute values greater than
this value will be displayed using the Max Color.
Auto Update
Select the checkbox to automatically update this value to
be the same as the maximum value found in the simulation at
this Time Step.
Hide Out of Bounds
Select the checkbox to hide the particles that fall
outside of the specified min and max values.
Show Legend
Select the checkbox to show or hide the legend.
Position Legend
Select the checkbox to show or hide the position of the
legend.
Legend Options...
Click to set the legend options such as the width,
height, intervals, alignment, decimal, title, and text color
and then click OK.
The following table shows the available attributes and their components
for each element:
