---
title: "Node Properties"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/GVHAIR_PROXIMITY-ID_GVPROPERTIES.html"
section_path: "Simulate Menu > The Simulation System > Hair > Hair Nodes > Hair Proximity > Node Properties"
element_id: "GVHAIR_PROXIMITY"
group_id: "ID_GVPROPERTIES"
description: "Drag the corresponding Hair object into this field, whose guides or hair should be checked for proximity."
---

## Node Properties

### Reference

Parameter ID: `GV_HAIR_PROXIMITY_OBJECT`

Drag the corresponding Hair object into this field, whose guides or hair should be checked for proximity.

### Mode

Parameter ID: `GV_HAIR_PROXIMITY_MODE`

Use this setting to define which guides or hairs will be used:

- Guides: The **normal** guides in their state of rest.
- Dynamic Guides: The guides affected by Hair dynamics.
- Hairs: The hairs themselves.