With the object tracking option, a *.g32 file with the object indices for all objects in the structure is created for each deformed geometry. This way, the deformation of each object in the structure can be tracked during the deformation.

Object Mode

The choice for Object Mode depends on the available information: If a structure with analytic object information (e.g. from GeoDict’s structure generator modules FiberGeo, GrainGeo, FoamGeo, …) is used, this information can be used with Use Analytic Objects (gad). In this case, a *.g32 file with object indices is automatically created and saved in the results folder. If no analytic object information is available, Load Object Information from File (*.g32) must be selected and a *.g32 file must be loaded. A *.g32 file can be created e.g. with GrainFind for all grains in the structure.

In the example below, a weave structure from WeaveGeo with the corresponding object indices is shown before and after deformation in ElastoDict. These structures can be loaded directly from the result viewer with the corresponding buttons (shown below).