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Nairnj: /* Combining Particle Plots with Crack Plots */

2023-01-26T21:22:11Z

Combining Particle Plots with Crack Plots

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	# Without closing particle files, open the exported crack VTK files in ParaView (as described above)		# Without closing particle files, open the exported crack VTK files in ParaView (as described above)
	# If the cracks cannot be ~~see~~, add glyphs for crack data by methods similar to above glyph plots, but the size can no be set using <tt>meansize</tt>. Instead, pick a size for good visualization (using smaller than particle sizes).		# If the cracks cannot be seen, add glyphs for crack data by methods similar to above glyph plots, but the size can not be set using <tt>meansize</tt>. Instead, pick a size for good visualization (using smaller than particle sizes).
	# You can toggle crack or particle data on and off to see them separately or together		# You can toggle crack or particle data on and off to see them separately or together

Nairnj: /* Particle Plots using Point Gaussians */

2022-02-01T21:36:23Z

Particle Plots using Point Gaussians

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	# When settings are done, you should see a plot. Sometimes nothing appears (especially in Windows), but can be fixed by clicking view direction icon (right side of the second-row tool bar). Once you have a plot, you can click and drag with mouse to change the viewing position.		# When settings are done, you should see a plot. Sometimes nothing appears (especially in Windows), but can be fixed by clicking view direction icon (right side of the second-row tool bar). Once you have a plot, you can click and drag with mouse to change the viewing position.

	A drawback of these plots is that geometry of point Gaussians for each material point will not transform to reflect deformation ~~of the~~ of the material point. To get that feature, use [[#Particle Plot using "Cells"\|particle cell plots]] instead.		A drawback of these plots is that geometry of point Gaussians for each material point will not transform to reflect deformation of the material point. To get that feature, use [[#Particle Plot using "Cells"\|particle cell plots]] instead.

	=== Combining Particle Plots with Crack Plots ===		=== Combining Particle Plots with Crack Plots ===

Nairnj: /* Particle Plots using Glyphs */

2022-02-01T21:36:13Z

Particle Plots using Glyphs

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	# Choose simulation result to plot from menu in second row of tool bars. (for [[#Vector and Tensor Plotting\|tensor or vector quantities]], choose the component to plot from the second menu).		# Choose simulation result to plot from menu in second row of tool bars. (for [[#Vector and Tensor Plotting\|tensor or vector quantities]], choose the component to plot from the second menu).

	A drawback of these plots is that geometry of the shapes plotted for each material point will not transform to reflect deformation ~~of the~~ of the material point. To get that feature, use [[#Particle Plot using "Cells"\|particle cell plots]] instead. It also seems that plotting 3D glyphs from many points can be slow. The [[#Particle Plot using "Cells"\|particle cell plots]] might draw faster.		A drawback of these plots is that geometry of the shapes plotted for each material point will not transform to reflect deformation of the material point. To get that feature, use [[#Particle Plot using "Cells"\|particle cell plots]] instead. It also seems that plotting 3D glyphs from many points can be slow. The [[#Particle Plot using "Cells"\|particle cell plots]] might draw faster.

	=== Particle Plots using Point Gaussians ===		=== Particle Plots using Point Gaussians ===

Nairnj: /* Particle Plots using Point Gaussians */

2022-02-01T21:34:57Z

Particle Plots using Point Gaussians

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	## Set the "Gaussian Radius" to about 2/3 the particle size (usually about 1/3 grid size). Note that this plot style only works when all particles have the same size. To handle variable size particles use [[#Particle Plots using Glyphs\|glyph plots]] instead.		## Set the "Gaussian Radius" to about 2/3 the particle size (usually about 1/3 grid size). Note that this plot style only works when all particles have the same size. To handle variable size particles use [[#Particle Plots using Glyphs\|glyph plots]] instead.
	# When settings are done, you should see a plot. Sometimes nothing appears (especially in Windows), but can be fixed by clicking view direction icon (right side of the second-row tool bar). Once you have a plot, you can click and drag with mouse to change the viewing position.		# When settings are done, you should see a plot. Sometimes nothing appears (especially in Windows), but can be fixed by clicking view direction icon (right side of the second-row tool bar). Once you have a plot, you can click and drag with mouse to change the viewing position.

			A drawback of these plots is that geometry of point Gaussians for each material point will not transform to reflect deformation of the of the material point. To get that feature, use [[#Particle Plot using "Cells"\|particle cell plots]] instead.

	=== Combining Particle Plots with Crack Plots ===		=== Combining Particle Plots with Crack Plots ===

Nairnj: /* Particle Plots using Glyphs */

2022-02-01T21:34:23Z

Particle Plots using Glyphs

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	# Choose simulation result to plot from menu in second row of tool bars. (for [[#Vector and Tensor Plotting\|tensor or vector quantities]], choose the component to plot from the second menu).		# Choose simulation result to plot from menu in second row of tool bars. (for [[#Vector and Tensor Plotting\|tensor or vector quantities]], choose the component to plot from the second menu).

	A drawback of these plots is that geometry of the shapes plotted for each material point will not transform to reflect deformation of the of the material point. To get that feature, use [[#Particle Plot using "Cells"\|particle cell plots]] instead.		A drawback of these plots is that geometry of the shapes plotted for each material point will not transform to reflect deformation of the of the material point. To get that feature, use [[#Particle Plot using "Cells"\|particle cell plots]] instead. It also seems that plotting 3D glyphs from many points can be slow. The [[#Particle Plot using "Cells"\|particle cell plots]] might draw faster.

	=== Particle Plots using Point Gaussians ===		=== Particle Plots using Point Gaussians ===

Nairnj: /* Particle Plots using Glyphs */

2022-02-01T21:33:20Z

Particle Plots using Glyphs

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	# Once all settings are made, click "Apply" to get the plot (often ParaView does nothing when you change something until you click "Apply"). Sometimes nothing appears (especially in Windows), but can be fixed by clicking view direction icon (right side of the second-row tool bar). Once you have a plot, you can click and drag with mouse to change the viewing position.		# Once all settings are made, click "Apply" to get the plot (often ParaView does nothing when you change something until you click "Apply"). Sometimes nothing appears (especially in Windows), but can be fixed by clicking view direction icon (right side of the second-row tool bar). Once you have a plot, you can click and drag with mouse to change the viewing position.
	# Choose simulation result to plot from menu in second row of tool bars. (for [[#Vector and Tensor Plotting\|tensor or vector quantities]], choose the component to plot from the second menu).		# Choose simulation result to plot from menu in second row of tool bars. (for [[#Vector and Tensor Plotting\|tensor or vector quantities]], choose the component to plot from the second menu).

			A drawback of these plots is that geometry of the shapes plotted for each material point will not transform to reflect deformation of the of the material point. To get that feature, use [[#Particle Plot using "Cells"\|particle cell plots]] instead.

	=== Particle Plots using Point Gaussians ===		=== Particle Plots using Point Gaussians ===

Nairnj: /* Particle Plots in ParaView */

2022-02-01T21:11:42Z

Particle Plots in ParaView

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	To plot using point sprites (which might be faster than glyphs but has few options), do the following:		To plot using point sprites (which might be faster than glyphs but has few options), do the following:

	# Open the ~~exports~~ particle VTK files in ~~ParView~~ (as described above)		# Open the exported particle VTK files in ParaView (as described above)
	# In properties for the opened files		# In properties for the opened files
	## Choose "Point Gaussian" from the "Representation" menu		## Choose "Point Gaussian" from the "Representation" menu
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	## Set the "Gaussian Radius" to about 2/3 the particle size (usually about 1/3 grid size). Note that this plot style only works when all particles have the same size. To handle variable size particles use [[#Particle Plots using Glyphs\|glyph plots]] instead.		## Set the "Gaussian Radius" to about 2/3 the particle size (usually about 1/3 grid size). Note that this plot style only works when all particles have the same size. To handle variable size particles use [[#Particle Plots using Glyphs\|glyph plots]] instead.
	# When settings are done, you should see a plot. Sometimes nothing appears (especially in Windows), but can be fixed by clicking view direction icon (right side of the second-row tool bar). Once you have a plot, you can click and drag with mouse to change the viewing position.		# When settings are done, you should see a plot. Sometimes nothing appears (especially in Windows), but can be fixed by clicking view direction icon (right side of the second-row tool bar). Once you have a plot, you can click and drag with mouse to change the viewing position.

			=== Combining Particle Plots with Crack Plots ===

			By exporting crack data to VTK files (the <b>-C</b> with <b>-V</b> options in [[ExtractMPM]]), you can plot them both. Furthermore, [[ParaView]] will synchronize the two data sets particle and crack data for the same time will plot together. After getting on the the above plots

			# Without closing particle files, open the exported crack VTK files in ParaView (as described above)
			# If the cracks cannot be see, add glyphs for crack data by methods similar to above glyph plots, but the size can no be set using <tt>meansize</tt>. Instead, pick a size for good visualization (using smaller than particle sizes).
			# You can toggle crack or particle data on and off to see them separately or together

	== Mesh Plots ==		== Mesh Plots ==

Nairnj: /* Particle Plots in ParaView */

2022-02-01T21:06:11Z

Particle Plots in ParaView

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	The preferred visualization to exported to an unstructured grid (<b>-U</b> option in [[ExtractMPM]]) where each material point becomes a cell in the grid. Furthermore, the cells are transformed to reflect the particle deformation. Plotting such files is easy:		The preferred visualization to exported to an unstructured grid (<b>-U</b> option in [[ExtractMPM]]) where each material point becomes a cell in the grid. Furthermore, the cells are transformed to reflect the particle deformation. Plotting such files is easy:

	# Open the exported particle VTK files in ParaView (as described above)		# Open the exported particle VTK files in ParaView (as described above). The plot should appear when you click "Apply: to finish the opening.
	~~# When~~ click "Apply~~" after~~ opening, the plot ~~should appear~~.		# Once you have a plot, you can click and drag with mouse to change the viewing position.
			# Choose simulation result to plot from menu in second row of tool bars. (for [[#Vector and Tensor Plotting\|tensor or vector quantities]], choose the component to plot from the second menu).

	=== Particle Plots using Glyphs ===		=== Particle Plots using Glyphs ===

Nairnj: /* Particle Plot using "Cells" */

2022-02-01T21:04:23Z

Particle Plot using "Cells"

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	# Open the exported particle VTK files in ParaView (as described above)		# Open the exported particle VTK files in ParaView (as described above)
			# When click "Apply" after opening, the plot should appear.

	=== Particle Plots using Glyphs ===		=== Particle Plots using Glyphs ===

Nairnj: /* Particle Plots in ParaView */

2022-02-01T21:02:30Z

Particle Plots in ParaView

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	By extracting particle data to VTK files (either using the "Export Particle VTKs..." option in [[NairnFEAMPM]] or in [[NairnFEAMPMViz]] or by running [[ExtractMPM]] on a command line), you can also use ParaView to view particle-based plots. This section gives to examples to get started with particle plots.		By extracting particle data to VTK files (either using the "Export Particle VTKs..." option in [[NairnFEAMPM]] or in [[NairnFEAMPMViz]] or by running [[ExtractMPM]] on a command line), you can also use ParaView to view particle-based plots. This section gives to examples to get started with particle plots.

			=== Particle Plot using "Cells" ===

			The preferred visualization to exported to an unstructured grid (<b>-U</b> option in [[ExtractMPM]]) where each material point becomes a cell in the grid. Furthermore, the cells are transformed to reflect the particle deformation. Plotting such files is easy:

			# Open the exported particle VTK files in ParaView (as described above)

	=== Particle Plots using Glyphs ===		=== Particle Plots using Glyphs ===
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	The most advanced particle plots use glyphs. Here is an some steps to get started:		The most advanced particle plots use glyphs. Here is an some steps to get started:

	# Open the ~~exports~~ particle VTK files in ~~ParView~~ (as described above)		# Open the exported particle VTK files in ParaView (as described above)
	# Choose icon to add "Glyph" in the tool bar (it is also in the "Filters" menu along with many more options)		# Choose icon to add "Glyph" in the tool bar (it is also in the "Filters" menu along with many more options)
	# In the "Glyph Properties" window, make the following settings:		# In the "Glyph Properties" window, make the following settings: