Question
How can I present my particles in a plot that easily differentiate particles, e.g., which are stranded and which are not?
Trick
The trick is to import the same particle file multiple times using the Image Manager (Image Manager is an Image Layers Management tool that is inherent in MIKE results applications such as Data Viewer and Result Viewer and is capable of presenting different file types such as xyz, shp, image and particle files), and then use filtering to only show the particles that have specific properties.
Imagine that you have a simulation result where a few of the particles are stranded and others are moving. For a quick overview you can make a plot where the stranded particles are shown by a different symbol compared to the moving particles.
The process is as follows:
#01 - Identify particle numbers
You can add annotations to the particles. Select to show the variable 'Particle number' in order to identify which particles are stranded. In this case the stranded particles are found to be number 17 and number 19.
#02 - Omit the stranded particles from the display by filtering
You can filter the data set to control which particles will be shown. Use the filter to specify that shown particles should NOT be number 17 and NOT number 19.
#03 - Add stranded particles to the display by filtering
Add the same particle track file to the display as before, but for the 2nd file create a filter that shows only particle 17 and 19 from the data set.
The valid particles for this filtered track can then be visualized by a separate symbol.
#04 - Resulting display
In this example the floating particles are shown by circles colored according to z-value, whereas the stranded particles are shown by squares colored solid green.
The display of Annotations has been disabled.
Note: In the shown example the particles are filtered using a Variable filter. It is also possible to filter the shown particles by a Frequency filter. This could e.g., be useful if you want to follow only a selected part of the released particles in the output.
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