What type of simulation does the Wire Solver use?

[TimVDB]

Hello all,

I'm using Houdini's Wire Solver for my master's thesis on hair simulation. In the text I want to talk about the way hair is being simulated. Based on the parameters the Wire Solver offers, I expect it to simulate Wire Objects like a mass-spring system. 

When searching the documentation, I can't seem to be able to confirm this. Does anybody here have some confirmation of it using a mass-spring system or have a different intuition about how the Wire Solver works?

Thanks for any reactions,

Tim

[catchyid]

I checked the documentation very quickly and I could not find it as well... I "remember" it was using a Finite Element Solver (FEM), but I am not sure specially that I don't see any reference to it in the documentation... I guess your best bet is to dive inside the wire solver (just double click on it) and see what's inside, this should give you some hints...

[animatrix]

You can't dive inside the Wire Solver. It's an HDK operator.