Scripting Examples

This page contains a number of example scripts which show off some of the more advanced classes used to achieve specific tasks within TexGen.

Geometry Solver

The theory behind the geometry solver is described in a paper submitted to "The First World Conference on 3D Fabrics and Their Applications" held in Manchester on the 10-11th of April 2008 titled "Prediction of textile geometry using strain energy minimisation". A longer more detailed version of this will shortly be submitted as a journal paper.

# Read in a textile
ReadFromXML('800s4.tg3')
Textile = GetTextile()

# Create an instance of the geometry solver
Solver = CGeometrySolver()

# Set some parameters
Solver.SetContactStiffness(1e6)
Solver.SetDisabledStiffness(1e-6)
Solver.SetSeed(1.0)
# Create the system of equations to be solved
Solver.CreateSystem(Textile)
# Solve the system
Solver.SolveSystem()
# Save the result to a VTK file for viewing purposes
Solver.SaveToVTK("GeomSolve")
# Deform the textile
Solver.DeformTextile()
# Save the result back to a TG3 file
SaveToXML('Def-800s4.tg3')