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[Václav Šmilauer <eudoxos@xxxxxxxx>]

> as I understood distanceFactor is for first 1-2 steps when YADE
> defines cohesive particles? It makes "spheres wider" for a moment when
> distanceFactor>1?

Yes, it makes spheres wider. It has nothing to do with cohesivity
though; constitutive law governs that. Interaction geoemtry functors
(like ef2_Sphere_Sphere_Dem3Dof) only create interaction geometry (and
thus bring the interaction in real existence), but never delete it.

HTH, Vaclav