Re: [Yade-users] [Question #695461]: How to create a solid polyhedron capable of interacting with gridConnections?

2021-02-11 Thread Rohit John
Question #695461 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/695461 Rohit John posted a new comment: Dear Bruno, I pointed out the fact that pfacet bodies are hollow because I wanted to simulate the dynamics of a solid body as opposed to a hollow one. I could achieve this anothe

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #695461]: How to create a solid polyhedron capable of interacting with gridConnections?

2021-02-11 Thread Bruno Chareyre
Question #695461 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/695461 Bruno Chareyre posted a new comment: > I found that this pfacet body is hollow. Indeed, it is a sort of shell model. It is always possible to add interactions between nodes across the hollow domain, emulating

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #695461]: How to create a solid polyhedron capable of interacting with gridConnections?

2021-02-11 Thread Bruno Chareyre
Question #695461 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/695461 Bruno Chareyre posted a new comment: > This implies the gridConnections do not take part in dynamics. Then why do they have mass? I can't tell precisely. There should be a way to build them with zero- mass by de

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #695461]: How to create a solid polyhedron capable of interacting with gridConnections?

2021-02-11 Thread Rohit John
Question #695461 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/695461 Status: Open => Solved Rohit John confirmed that the question is solved: Dear Jan, Thanks for your answer, I tried that and it worked. Kind regards, Rohit K. John -- You received this question notificati

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #695461]: How to create a solid polyhedron capable of interacting with gridConnections?

2021-02-11 Thread Jan Stránský
Question #695461 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/695461 Jan Stránský posted a new comment: Use O.bodies.appendClumped [1] for bodies that are not already in O.bodies. For already added bodies, use O.bodies.clump [2] I don't know pfacet stuff almost at all, but in pri

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #695461]: How to create a solid polyhedron capable of interacting with gridConnections?

2021-02-11 Thread Rohit John
Question #695461 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/695461 Rohit John posted a new comment: Hello, Is it possible to add the pFacet body to a clump and then assign the clump mass and MMOI? I tried using O.bodies.appendClumped( [O.bodies[i] for i in node_id_list] )

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #695461]: How to create a solid polyhedron capable of interacting with gridConnections?

2021-02-11 Thread Rohit John
Question #695461 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/695461 Status: Answered => Open Rohit John is still having a problem: Dear Jan, >> I found that this pfacet body is hollow > is it a problem? why? If it is possible to set an arbitrary mass to the pfacet, is it po

Re: [Yade-users] [Question #695461]: How to create a solid polyhedron capable of interacting with gridConnections?

2021-02-11 Thread Jan Stránský
Question #695461 on Yade changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/695461 Status: Open => Answered Jan Stránský proposed the following answer: Hello, > I found that this pfacet body is hollow is it a problem? why? > its mass is not scaling as expected you can set any arbitrary

[Yade-users] [Question #695461]: How to create a solid polyhedron capable of interacting with gridConnections?

2021-02-10 Thread Rohit John
New question #695461 on Yade: https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/695461 Hello all, I would like to model the interaction between an arbitrary shape(defined by a gts file) and a flexible rod. I am using gridNodes and gridConnections to model the flexible rod. I thought I could use pFac