updated V1.0 screwConveyor

tutorials/sphereGranFlow/screwConveyor/settings/particlesDict

@@ -6,35 +6,72 @@ objectName 	particlesDict;
 objectType 	dictionary;
 fileFormat 	ASCII;
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-
-// positions particles 
-positionParticles
-{
-	method empty;     		// creates the required fields with zero particles (empty). 
-
-	maxNumberOfParticles 	50000; // maximum number of particles in the simulation
-	mortonSorting 			Yes;    // perform initial sorting based on morton 
-
-}
-
 setFields
 {
+	/*
+	    Default value for fields defined for particles
+
+		These fields should always be defined for simulations with 
+
+		spherical particles.
+	*/
+
 	defaultValue 
 	{
-		// linear velocity (m/s)
-		velocity 	realx3 	(0 0 0);
-
-		// linear acceleration (m/s2)
-		acceleration 	realx3 	(0 0 0);
-
-		// rotational velocity (rad/s)
-		rVelocity 	realx3 	(0 0 0);
-
-		// name of the particle shape
-		shapeName 	word	sphere1;
+		velocity 	    realx3 	(0 0 0);         // linear velocity (m/s)
+		
+		acceleration 	realx3 	(0 0 0);         // linear acceleration (m/s2)
+	
+		rVelocity 	    realx3 	(0 0 0);	     // rotational velocity (rad/s)
+		
+		shapeName 	    word	sphere1;         // name of the particle shape
 	}
 
 	selectors
-	{}
+	{
+		shapeAssigne
+		{
+			selector 	stridedRange; 	         // other options: box, cylinder, sphere, randomPoints 
+ 
+			stridedRangeInfo
+			{
+				begin 	    0;			         // begin index of points
+
+				end 	5000;		 			 // end index of points 
+
+				stride      3;			 		 // stride for selector 
+			}
+
+			fieldValue  					     // fields that the selector is applied to 
+			{
+				shapeName 	word    sphere1;     // sets shapeName of the selected points to largeSphere
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }
+
+positionParticles                                // positions particles 
+{
+	method       ordered;     		             // other options: random and empty
+
+	mortonSorting    Yes;                        // perform initial sorting based on morton code?   
+
+	orderedInfo
+	{
+		diameter     0.01; 						 // minimum space between centers of particles
+
+		numPoints   5000; 	                     // number of particles in the simulation 
+
+		axisOrder (z y x);                       // axis order for filling the space with particles
+	} 
+
+	regionType box;                              // other options: cylinder and sphere  
+
+	boxInfo  				                     // box information for positioning particles 
+	{
+		min (-0.08 -0.08 0.015);                 // lower corner point of the box 
+
+		max     (0.08 0.08 1);	             // upper corner point of the box 
+	}
+}
+