GSD/HOOMD file exporter — OVITO User Manual 3.16.0 documentation

# GSD/HOOMD file exporter

## Python parameters

If you export a scene to the GSD/HOOMD file format with the `export_file()` Python function, the following specific keyword parameter is available:

export_file(pipeline, file, "gsd/hoomd", dtype=numpy.float32, ...)
  Parameters:

    dtype (numpy.typing.DTypeLike) – The numpy data type used to control the precision of the exported data. Can be `numpy.float32` or `numpy.float64`. The default value is `numpy.float32`. Not all versions of HOOMD support 64-bit floating point numbers.