Add Binder
Realistic models of nonwoven fibrous structures (for example for the technical textile industry) or of sintered structures (as for binding additives in grain packs, ceramics, and hard-metal sintering processes) can be generated by Add Binder. Binder is used to provide structural integrity.
Add Binder to a structure consists of adding material in the shape of a concave meniscus in locations where surfaces in that structure’s material are close together.
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For hollow fibers, such as Short Hollow, Short Cellulose, Infinite Hollow, Infinite Cellulose, Curved Hollow, and Curved Cellulose, and also for hollow objects, such as hollow spheres, the algorithm under Add Binder needs analytic object data (GAD file) to discern that the empty voxels inside these objects are not part of the pore space. Without analytic data, i.e., when using voxel models, binder is also added inside the hollow objects, which might be inaccurate. |
Clicking the Options’ Edit… button opens the Add Binder dialog.
At the top of the Add Binder dialog, the name for the file containing the results of adding binding can be entered in the Result File Name (*.gdr) box. The default name can be kept, or a new name can be chosen, fitting the current project.
Clicking OK in it closes the dialog and returns to the module section. Clicking Generate starts the process.
The parameters are organized in two tabs: |
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