FDS+EVAC: agents color

[Michele]

I want to modify agents color as well as their color when they "die".

I tried by using the commands "AVATAR_RGB" and "DEAD_COLOR" on the PERS line, but doesn't work, agents are always blue.

I also verified the output files and I'm sure they are death. When I declare OUTPUT_FED=.TRUE. I can also see in smokeview that the FED value of the agents is greater than 1.

Do I miss some commands?

 

Michele

 

[brad c]

Michelle,
i uploaded input file IceSkating and image IceSkating Fire-- at the
top of the input file is instrutions for showing simulations-
it is not enough to LOAD- EVAC- Meshes...---- then go to SHOW/HIDE---
to see colors--- I did this Ice Skating for fun Christmas before
last-- i did not want to upload it because i felt like it did not show
the awesomeness of FDS+EVAC, but now i see more posts about it, maybe
it will be fun for someone...

[TimoK]

Yes, you need to use the Smokeview menu "Show/Hide" ==> "Humans".
Note: "Humans" is there only if you have already loaded the Humans
in. The "Show/Hide" ==> "Use Avatar" changes how the agents are
shown. Not all choises will color the agents, some uses just
default color. The "avatar" types, whihc will change color
according to the "load/hide ==> humans" are: human_altered_with_data,
disk, ellipsoid. These also change the size of the avatar:
the body sizes, see the manual for the radii of the different
circles used to describe the body shape. Also the height of
the avatars is changed. (height is directly proportional to
the radius of the body circle).

And you should have (at some PERS line) a keyword
COLOR_METHOD=X, the default is -1, i.e., you will not
see user colors in Smokeview:

COLOR_METHOD How agents are shown in Smokeview. -1: use standard
colours in
Smokeview, 0: use avatar colours given on the EVAC lines, 3: use
avatar colours
given on the PERS lines, 4: colour the agents according to the target
door/exit
colours, 5: colour the agents according to the exit selection
algorithm, see Table 2.
The default is -1.

OUTPUT_FED If .TRUE. then the FED doses of the agents are saved in the
ouput file
to be shown in Smokeview as a colour bar.

TimoK