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Enivob
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Does anyone know what units cloth mass density are in?

The tool tip claims “This is the amount of mass per volume.”

What does this mean?
How do I relate this value to the size of my piece of cloth?
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My guess is that it's density of a matter per unit volume, which is cubic meter in Houdini:

1000cm3 of water weights exactly a ton, because density of water is…, well, 1000kg/m3

In case of cloth:

cloth_weight = area of the polygons * thickness of the cloth * material density.
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Hmm..I still don't understand what the units are, even if I solve the equation.

Using the equation let's assume I have an area of 1 and a thickness of 1 and I am using the default 1,000 for my Mass Density.

How much does that weigh?
I think I still need to know what is the unit of Mass Density. If it is Kg then my 1x1 grid weight 2,200 pounds. Does that seem right?

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Using the equation let's assume I have an area of 1 and a thickness of 1 and I am using the default 1,000 for my Mass Density.
How much does that weigh?

1000kg == 1m2*1m*1000kg/m3
I think I still need to know what is the unit of Mass Density. If it is Kg then my 1x1 grid weight 2,200 pounds. Does that seem right?
Unit of mass density is not kg, but kg per volume, like unit of speed is distance per time interval.

Density unit is mass/volume, so in Houdini it is kg/m3.
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additionally you can look at the units tag in the Type Properties or Edit Parameter Interface windows when you select certain parameter
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Ok, the math still does not make sense to me.

How about this…

How much does a 1x1 default grid weigh if I turn it into cloth with a density of 1000?
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How much does a 1x1 default grid weigh if I turn it into cloth with a density of 1000?

With default thickness (0.001m) its wight will be 1kg.

1m2*0.001m*1000kg/m3 = 1kg
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So that is 2.2 pounds.

When you write a series of symbols on the screen like 1m2 what does that mean in coding language? Is that one times the variable m to the second power?

I don't understand math symbols but I do understand code.
how do I convert “1m2*0.001m*1000kg/m3 = 1kg” to a function?
float result = 1 * m^2 * cloth_thickness * cloth_density / (m^3);
Is that right?
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The series of ‘symbols’ is so that one know what the parts of the equation stand for.

So expressed in code:

float      size = 1;   // 1m2 or 1x1
float thickness = .001 // .001m
float density   = 1000 // 1000kg/m3

float result    = size * thickness * density; // result represents kg because of the units used in the formula
                                              //ie. m2, m and kg/m3
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