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I read the fine manual regarding mechsim, but couldn't find an
obvious way to do what I want to do.  Is there a way to specify *which*
groups to collide?  Using collision type 2, it will only test for
collisions between elements of different groups, but this still means a
lot of collisions when there are a fair amount of groups.
   This may be a little bit confusing, but the basic setup is a lot of
layers of spheres - like below only in three dimensions.  The only
relevant collisions are between the different groups A-E, but I don't
want it to test A-B, A-C, A-D, A-E, B-C, etc...  All that is necessary
is the collision between adjacent groups.  Hope I made myself clear. 
Thanks in advance.
A B C D E
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 - Ricky
 
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"Reusser" <reu### [at] chorus net> wrote in message
news:010220032308304500%reu### [at] chorus net...
>    I read the fine manual regarding mechsim, but couldn't find an
> obvious way to do what I want to do.  Is there a way to specify
*which*
> groups to collide?  Using collision type 2, it will only test for
> collisions between elements of different groups, but this still means
a
> lot of collisions when there are a fair amount of groups.
>    This may be a little bit confusing, but the basic setup is a lot of
> layers of spheres - like below only in three dimensions.  The only
> relevant collisions are between the different groups A-E, but I don't
> want it to test A-B, A-C, A-D, A-E, B-C, etc...  All that is necessary
> is the collision between adjacent groups.  Hope I made myself clear.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> A B C D E
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> * * * * *
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> * * * * *
>
>  - Ricky
I think this is along the same lines as my question in p.b.a
 
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Reusser wrote:
> 
>    I read the fine manual regarding mechsim, but couldn't find an
> obvious way to do what I want to do.  Is there a way to specify *which*
> groups to collide?  Using collision type 2, it will only test for
> collisions between elements of different groups, but this still means a
> lot of collisions when there are a fair amount of groups.
> [...]
You cannot select specific group combinations to test for collisions but
note that in your example there is no reason why a certain combination of
groups should be unnecessary to test - every mass could collide with every
other under certain circumstances.
Christoph 
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