How laser scanned particles as particles in liggghts simulation

Submitted by yyu on Tue, 12/13/2016 - 13:21

Hi CFDEMers/Liggghtsers,

Recently, I had scanned some non particles (like corn) by 3D laser scanner, and the output format of particles is .STL or others. But how to use the scanned particles in liggghts? This quesition puzzled me for a long time, even I searched and went through the related topics in the forum.

Is it possible to use the scanned particles rather than the multi spherical particles by clumping spheres?

Any comment or clue about this is appreciated,

Cheers!
Wei-Han