In article <397### [at] hotmailcom>, Pabs <pab### [at] hotmailcom> 
wrote:

> I think when considering *Solid Particles* or balls/spheres we are 
> getting out of the _particle_ domain (aren't particles 1D not 3D) & 
> into the physics of solid objects a bit more, which is a lot more 
> complex than that of particles.

A 1D particle would be a point on a line, with no mass, no velocity, 
etc. Not very useful.
And there is no reason to restrict particles to points...it is just that 
inter-particle collisions aren't necessary or wanted in liquid 
simulations.

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