sand solver for H13

[Artem Smirnov]

Hi. It seems that everyone these days make the sand solvers.
This is the demonstration of a custom sand solver I have developed for Melnitsa Animation. It is erosion based solver.
Mostly implemented with vex. Part of collision algorithm is writen in c++. There are also vex and c++ implementation of erosion nodes. Vex is faster but c++ is more accurate.

It can't produce small nice details as sideFx pbd solver in houdini 14, but it is faster and works in certan situations.

Pros:
- Fast
- Stable
- Produce predictable results
Cons:
- not physically correct
- not all types of concave collision objects are supported
- it is not all-purpose solver

 

[kleer001]

cool stuff! I'm totally impressed. well beyond my abilities at the moment

 

but aren't we getting sand in 14 in a couple weeks?

[Artem Smirnov]

Yes. There will be a new pbd solver in houdini 14. And, obviously, I cant compete with sesi , they are just too stunning. I just posted this to show that everything you can imagine is possible in houdini. You can assemble anything, even if it is not in the feature list. Also my solver have very different underlying principles then sesi pbd solver.

[eetu]

Great work!

Interesting to see that the calculations are done on volumes, if I understood correctly.

Would be fun to see how it all works, hopefully someday..

[Artem Smirnov]

Hi, eetu. Actualy it is not based on volumes. I call it voxels becouse it is very similar to a two dimensional grid. If you are intrested in details, here is a very old paper I've started from.

Edited December 30, 2014 by Artem Smirnov