I’ve tried freecad and 123D design over the past few weeks.
Here is a video showing an example of a very organic shape made with GrassHopper, that may look like the future of Poppy’s legs The community seems to be very active and growing fast. The Discussion Forum below is the best place to ask any questions about using Kangaroo.
Unlike RhinoScript, Grasshopper requires no knowledge of programming or scripting, but still allows designers to build form generators from the simple to the awe-inspiring.”) GrassHopper: (“For designers who are exploring new shapes using generative algorithms, Grasshopper® is a graphical algorithm editor tightly integrated with Rhino’s 3-D modeling tools.
A friend who has worked for many years in the engineering design of architectural projects told me Solidworks/Catia-like software are now being replaced by a new much cheaper platform called Rhino 3D ( ), and especially with a set of open-source tools/plugins like:
