fix_pour_dev_packing not for 2d simulations?

Hi everybody,

I'm looking for an effective way to generate a dense bed of spherical particles in a 2d simulation.
I hoped that fix_pour_dev_packing could be used for that - also the doc says that - but since one has to use fix_particledistribution_discrete together with fix_particletemplate_sphere which cannot be used in 2d simulation it seems to be not possible.

Is there any other way to generate dense packing in 2d simulations effectively instead of simulating all the pouring process?

Thanks for the help,
kind regards,

Sebastian