Fill a closed container with spheres

Hi,

I'm wondering if its possible to simulate the filling of an open ended volume (surface or mesh) from the top with small spheres?

Any suggestions on how I might start this??

The hope is to simulate solids falling from above into this slot:

Thanks very much!

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Permalink Reply by Raul Matagringo on November 2, 2015 at 1:35am

Hi,

maybe this can help you ...

http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/inflate-multiple-balloons...

Cheers,

Raul

Permalink Reply by Jonyenns on November 2, 2015 at 8:33am

It is - thank you!

Permalink Reply by nikos tzar on November 2, 2015 at 8:21am

Hello guys,

Jonyenns, I believe you want something like this: http://www.grasshopper3d.com/video/ballscloth-1

So you will need kangaroo physics plugin version 0.099 and you can search the forum (and the kangaroo group) for mesh and sphere collisions. (meshes work much faster than breps).

Then you would have to create a box above your geometry, populate it with points and use these points as particles which drop and fill the mesh volume.

You can also take a look at this pool definition to see how the forces are setup.

cheers,

Nikos

Permalink Reply by Jonyenns on November 2, 2015 at 8:34am

Hi Nikos - this is very helpful. Thank you!

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