Thank you, that was exactly what I was looking for. On Friday, January 13, 2023 at 8:42:26 AM UTC-8 Radu Serban wrote:
> Wei – this is not what the original poster asked for. > > > > Whop42 – we do not have a function for exporting the deformed state of an > SCM terrain patch as a heightmap. I’d be curious to know why you would want > that in the first place. Nonetheless, you can generate a heightmap image > yourself (e.g., with STB which is what we use to initialize an SCM patch > from a heightmap). To do that, you can extract the current height of the > SCM terrain at the locations you are interested in > (SCMDeformableTerrain::GetHeight) or else grab the current visualization > mesh ( SCMDeformableTerrain::GetMesh) and then convert these heights to > grayscale and load an image pixel-by-pixel, effectively doing the reverse > of what we do in SCMDeformableSoil::Initialize > <https://github.com/projectchrono/chrono/blob/9ba226bf4866ef13b6c3dce3ae9f16d3ab55acea/src/chrono_vehicle/terrain/SCMDeformableTerrain.cpp#L389> > . > > > > --Radu > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On > Behalf Of *[email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, 13 January 2023 16:21 > *To:* ProjectChrono <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [chrono] Re: Outputting the heightmap of a > SCMDeformableTerrain? > > > > Take a look at this demo at line327 > <https://github.com/projectchrono/chrono/blob/main/src/demos/vehicle/wheeled_models/demo_VEH_HMMWV_DefSoil.cpp#L327>, > > I think that might be what you would like to find. > > > > Thank you, > > Wei > > On Wednesday, January 11, 2023 at 7:17:47 PM UTC-6 [email protected] > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm simulating an object deforming soil, and would like to have the data > in the form of a heightmap. I have a simulation rendering properly with a > SCMDeformableTerrain instance, but how do I get the information out of that > into a .png or something similar? > > > > Thanks, > > whop42 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ProjectChrono" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/projectchrono/76724687-dbbb-48b0-a730-87b088f21cf6n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/projectchrono/76724687-dbbb-48b0-a730-87b088f21cf6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ProjectChrono" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/projectchrono/1112eedf-97ac-44ee-912a-c901a5dbd6f4n%40googlegroups.com.
