Most embedded particle solvers will require the user to create and set properties for the particles, walls, and the particle system. Properties are values such as contact properties, material properties, and particle mass and inertia properties. RecurDyn provides a GUI for embedded particle solvers for this purpose. This GUI allows the particle solvers to define the types of properties for that particle solver, and allows users to create property elements and associate them with the entities that need them.
The user creates property type elements. An element of a property type is called a Property Group. The user creates Property Groups and sets the property values in the Property Groups. The particle solver requires that certain types of property groups be assigned to particle sets, walls, and the particle system.
Figure 1 Properties icon of Particle Solver group in the Embedded SPI tab
The process for creating Property Groups
1. Open the Property Groups dialog box.
2. Choose the Property Type for the new Property Group.
3. Add a new Property Group.
4. Set the name of the Property Group.
5. Set the property values of the new Property Group.