A simple Python module to generate and randomize typical nanoparticle shapes using Blender.

pip install .

See the demo notebook.

Following shapes are available:

• Basic
  • Bipyramid
  • Box
  • Cylinder
  • Ellipsoid
  • Icosahedron
  • Octahedron
  • Prism
  • SphericallyCappedCylinder
• Shapes typical for FCC materials
  • Bipyramid
  • Cube
  • Decahedron
  • Hexagon
  • Icosahedron
  • Octahedron
  • Rod
  • Sphere
  • Square
  • Triangle
  • Truncated octahedron
  • Truncated triangle

FCC shapes are also implemented as a randomized generator containing reasonable ranges of variable shape parameters (aspect ratio, smoothing degree, etc.)

Every shape can be modified using the following (+native Blender modifiers):

• Translation
• Rotation
• Scaling
• Edge smoothing

These transformations are also implemented as a randomized generator with suitable parameter ranges.