Can I bulid a 3D woven tube in TexGen?

[bluezoe]

Hello,

I know that I can use the vector to repeat the RVE in x, y, z direction. Is it confined to be Cartesian coordinate in TexGen?
Can I apply it as the Cylindrical coordinate to obtain a tube ?

[louisepb]

Hello,

There is a thread about creating a domain which repeats at an angle here http://texgen.sourceforge.net/phpBB3/vi ... main#p6875

I have been working recently on creating prismatic domains which take a set of points as input, thus enabling creating of concave domains. It's a bit of a work in progress but there is a PhD student at Nottingham working on using this to create an angled repeat for a braided textile. With your permission I could put you in touch with him?

Best wishes,
Louise

[bluezoe]

Hello, Dr.Louise

Thanks for your reply. I have read the link in the post.

It seems that I should try on the domain including 2 curved and 4 flat plane.I'd be glad if you can give me the contact information of the PhD student.

Best wishes
Zoe

[louisepb]

Hi Zoe,

If you want to try out the facility for creating the curved domain using a polygon section you'll have to download the code for the domain branch on Github and build TexGen. You can follow the method for the thread that I sent using the standard release.

I'll send the contact email in a private message.

Best wishes,
Louise

[bluezoe]

Hi Dr.Louise,

I received your private massage, and I'd like to thank for your kindness again.

Best wishes

Zoe

[cai157]

Hello Louise, Zoe,

I am new to Texgen and I am trying to build a 3D knitted tube. It has been a few months since this subject was posted. I am not sure if you have implemented the angled repeat function in Texgen. I would really appreciate it if you can give me some help with it, like an example .py file or anything. Thank you!


Regards,
Xiaorong

[louisepb]

Hi Xiaorong,

This is still something of a work in progress but the code is available in the Domain branch on GitHub. The postgrad who is working on braiding has managed to use this to create a curved domain with boundary conditions. He created a curved unit cell for the braided structure so you would need to work out how to do something similar for your knitted textile.
I can send you a private message with his email address if you would like to get in touch with him. (I'll check with him that its' ok first).

Best wishes,
Louise