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Calculate Distance To Path

Description

This process calculates the distance from a path modelpart to a given modelpart.

Parameters & Defaults

{
    "distance_model_part_name" : "",
    "path_model_part_name"     : "",
    "distance_variable_name"   : "DISTANCE",
    "brute_force_calculation"  : false,
    "radius_path"              : 0.0,
    "distance_tolerance"       : 1.0e-9,
    "search_parameters"        :  {
        "allocation_size"         : 100,
        "bucket_size"             : 4,
        "search_factor"           : 2.0,
        "search_increment_factor" : 1.5
    }
}

`distance_model_part_name`

Name of the modelpart into wich the distance is going to be calculated.

`path_model_part_name`

Name of the modelpart containing the path.

`distance_variable_name`

Variable to store the Distance. Default DISTANCE

`brute_force_calculation`

If set to true will calculate the distance without using an advance search structure. Default to false

`radius_path`

Radius of the path search. Larger values will expand the search radius.

`distance_tolerance`

Tolerance for the intersection between an element and a path.

`search_parameters`

Parameters for the Search Structure. See SearchStructures