How to run different populations of RBCs in HemoCell

[neelkatariya27-ship-it]

Hi, I am trying to run different populations of RBCs in HemoCell with different parameters of stiffness. The problem is when I run the simulation they overlap each other and don't really follow the same mechanics of RBCs. If anyone has done this, how were you able to create the different xml file.

[gzavo]

Hi,

I think the problem is that you generate two independent position files for the two distributions.Then you will have overlapping positions. One way could be that you create a single position file, and then select the lines (1 line is 1 cell) manually to two different files for the two different populations. This would make sure that there are no overlapping positions.
Another more involved option is to create an additional cell population in the initial position generator.

Hope this helps,
Gabor

[neelkatariya27-ship-it]

Hi Gabor,
Thanks for responding. I ended up going with your first suggestion: generated the positions as one combined set (came bundled with the pipeflow example, in my case), shuffled the lines, then split them into the two subpopulations so there's no overlap. Renamed the files to match my cell type names in the C++ setup and it's working well now.
Really appreciate you taking the time to respond!
Best,
Neel