I've tried to use the popGrains node without much success
![](https://i.imgur.com/8XxQMhc.png)
Have a look at the reference image, my goals are simple:
1) A wind force should bend and move the flower.
2)The movement of the whole flower should be influenced also by the weight/size of the ovary (green sphere).
3) the branches/petals attached to the ovary should move and bend accordingly
So far I sort of managed to move and bend the main stem inside a popnet with popGrains and attach the ovary-sphere to the end point of the stem. I cheated a bit to simulate the weight of the sphere, by dealing down the weight of the end point of the stem.
To simulate the branches/petals attached to the ovary, I tried to reproduce this setup found in Grain Solver for wires [www.tokeru.com] (file by Matt Estelahere [www.tokeru.com] ).
I got crazy results when I tried to use the @targetP attribute to drive the stiffness of my wires. I guess there is some conflict going on. Also probably it's not the way to go…
Anybody want to have a look at the attached project file?
Thanks!