Unclear on the limitations of Filo

[scarlet]

By "free" cables, I mean cables that are attached to nothing, hence simulated by themselves. You can attach Filo cables to both dynamic and static objects. Having two dynamic objects attached to the ends a cable is perfectly possible.

The main difference between Filo and other simulators is that Filo does not actually simulate the cable itself. It simulates the effect a cable would have on a list of objects in contact with or attached to the cable. That's why, if there are no objects attached to the cable, there's no simulation to perform. This is also the reason why the cost of the simulation is independent of cable length, and only depends on the amount of objects in contact with the cable.

Just a coincidence, there' no reason that would prevent all objects from being dynamic.


Yes, Filo is a direct implementation of the method described in that paper so everything shown in it can be simulated.

let me know if I can be of further help!

Awesome, thanks for the insight! That's really, really cool.