dump_modify command

Syntax:

dump_modify dump-ID keyword args ... 

• dump-ID = ID of dump to modify
• one or more keyword/arg pairs may be appended
• keyword = orient

    orient arg = yes or no 
  

Examples:

dump_modify 1 orient yes 

Description:

Modify the parameters of a previously defined dump command.

The orient keyword determines whether 3 orientation values are added to each particle in the dump file. These could be used for visualization purposes. For 2d species, the 3 values will be the normal vector components for the current location of the particle on its 2d surface (region or triangulated surface). For 3d species, the 3 values will be 0.0.

Restrictions: none

Related commands:

dump

Default:

The option defaults are orient = no.