I’ve been continuing development of the PMG as a side project and the current version 1.4 has been released for over a month now. With over 100 downloads I’m pleased that it is getting out there and being used.
With each new version, there is a time window of use, which is chosen based on my estimation for the release of the next version. This is my low tech way of getting people to update the software!
After some feedback and suggestions from users, there are a couple of features now implemented in PMG 1.4:
- Bubble generation, analysis and exporting using non-spherical algorithm
- Plain weave generation to make mesh and cloth materials
Spherical and non-overlapped algorithms can now be non-truncated while maintaining the specified porosity/volume fraction (i.e. not clipped by the box boundaries)
Particles generated by spherical, non-overlapped and percolating algorithms can be exported as particles in .csv and .vtk.
The particle size distribution of Particles/bubbles generated in the non-overlapping algorithm can be plotted using a “plot distribution” button.
Plain weave structures can be generated, accessed via a new “Weave” tab and button. Pore diameter and fibre diameter can be specified in this case.
As always, the current version of the porous microstructure generator (PMG) is downloadable for Mac and Windows at: https://data.ncl.ac.uk/articles/software/Porous_Microstructure_Generator/20448471
The next update (sometime in November) will include simple pore network simulations using the extracted network or imported network from other software for permeability, diffusivity and relative metric saturation curves.
If you are interested in custom features, please let me know at: daniel.niblett@newcastle.ac.uk
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