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Kangaroo is a Live Physics engine for interactive simulation, optimization and form-finding directly within Grasshopper.
Daniel Piker
See the attached definition for one approach to this.
It uses a combination of springs and an attraction force to pull the curve inwards, and springs with cutoffs for the hard circles.
Feb 8, 2011