Sand falling in a Hour Glass

Support Particles and Physics Simulations
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Am trying to model a scene of Hour Glass where in the sand is falling from the top section into the lower section

So I started with sand simulation using particles. The sand is bouncing too much. Why is that?

What all settings should I do to make it look like a realistic sand?

Also I researched but there was only one youtube video made in 2.57, which seemed to be having different variables for fluid option than what I had in my 2.67b

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You can change the bouncing of a particle by selecting your collision mesh and click on physics tab > collision > and increase particle damping factor.

3

Thank you so much Kevin :slight_smile:
That was a great help

4

And how to render them as particles of sand instead of smoke. I tried rendering and it is looking more like smoke

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I got it. Have to use Dupliverts in particles.

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Have you manage to see some volume of the sand piling up at the bottom of the hourglass?
I’m trying to do that, but I can’t seem to get it,…