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TexGen is open source software licensed under the General Public License developed at the University of Nottingham for modelling the geometry of textile structures. TexGen has been used by the Nottingham team as the basis of models for a variety of properties, including textile mechanics, permeability and composite mechanical behaviour.
A summary of our work involving TexGen can be found on the TexGen Applications page. Please also visit the University of Nottingham Textile Composites Research website for more details about our research group.
On this website you will find all the information necessary to get started with TexGen by using the sidebar for navigation.
Please leave a message on the TexGen forum if you find TexGen to be a useful tool. We are very interested to hear about research conducted with TexGen. The forum is also the place to ask questions, make comments and generally discuss about TexGen with other users.
Specific bug reports, feature requests and patches are always welcome and should be directed to the sourceforge trackers.
News
TexGen 3.5.0 Released!
Version 3.5.0 has been released. This contains a new wizard for automatic creation of idealised orthogonal, angle interlock and layer-to-layer 3d textile weaves. It also contains various bug fixes. A list of changes can be found here. 16:00, 13 October 2011 (GMT)
TexGen 3.4.1 Released!
Version 3.4.1 has been released. This contains minor changes to ABAQUS voxel mesh output and some bug fixes. A list of changes can be found here.
15:09, 22 June 2011
TexGen 3.4.0 Released!
Version 3.4.0 has been released. It contains the addition of periodic boundary conditions to the Abaqus voxel mesh output. The dry fibre volume mesh intersection correction has been improved and an additional option added to regenerate the textile model using the adapted mesh following correction. There are also some bug fixes. A list of changes can be found here.
14:49, 16 March 2011 (GMT)
TexGen 3.3.3 Released!
Version 3.3.3 has been released. It contains new features to save fibre and/or matrix as a voxel mesh in Abaqus format, to assign fibre properties to individual yarns and to adjust for small intersections in dry fibre volume mesh when outputting to Abaqus format. There are also some bug fixes. A list of changes can be found here.
4 November 2010
TexGen 3.3.2 Released!
Version 3.3.2 has been released. It contains new features to save fibre models to Abaqus output, render fibre volume mesh and render interference depth. There are also some bug fixes, in particular a couple to get the GUI working in the Linux version. A list of changes can be found here.
15 June 2010
TexGen 3.3.1 Released!
Version 3.3.1 has been released (currently only Windows versions). It contains a couple of bug fixes and an option to switch output of messages on and off. A list of changes can be found here.
17 March 2010
TexGen 3.3.0 Released!
Version 3.3.0 has been released, it has various bug fixes most notably to the volume mesher and a few new algorithms dealing with geometry prediction based on mechanical behaviour of yarns. A list of changes can be found here.
16:52, 9 April 2008 (GMT)
TexGen 3.2.1 Released!
Version 3.2.1 has been released, this is mainly a bug fix release however there are a few new features. A list of changes can be found here.
04:12, 13 November 2007 (PST)
