At the top of the Grow Sediment dialog, the name for the files containing the generation results 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.

Control how many threads are used for the computation. Parallelization is possible if your license and hardware allow it.

The Parallelization Options dialog opens when clicking the Edit button and you can choose between Sequential, Parallel (Shared Memory), or Automatic Maximum of Threads.

Selecting Sequential will not apply parallelization and only one thread is used for the computation.

When Parallel (Shared Memory) is selected, the Number of Threads can be entered. Below, the Number of CPU Cores that the current machine has, the maximum number of Licensed Threads and the number of those licensed threads that are available (Available Threads) are shown in the dialog. Of course, the maximal number of parallel processes you can use, is the smallest of those three numbers.

If Automatic Maximum of Threads is selected, the number of parallel processes is automatically selected for optimal speed, based on the CPU cores and licensed parallel processes.

The Automatic Local Maximum of processes is automatically selected, which is the minimum of Number of CPU Cores, Licensed Threads, and Available Threads.

Observe the effect of increasing Exceed SVP´/ (%) from 20%, to 60% and then to 90%, when growing sediments on a structure made of spheres.

Observe the effect when selecting the Coating Thickness to be 2.2e-06 m (2.2 µm), 1.5e-05 m (15 µm), and 2.5e-05 m (25 µm).

If Find Grain Interfaces is checked, the Interface Material of the sintered objects can be chosen from the GeoDict material database by clicking the button.

This results into a different material ID being assigned to the entire grain surface, including the interfaces with other objects.

As mentioned for the Sinter & Crystallization feature, the geometry information can be saved as binary in *.g32 format by checking Save Voxel-Geometry with Object Indices.

The grain orientation can be saved as *.gof file by checking Save Grain Orientation.

Load the resulting data from the Data Visualization tab in the Result Viewer.