hey guys I’m fairly new to rhino. I decide to switch over from Ansys since I only use a fraction of the applications and rhino seems good learn as a longterm option: no student license and higher versatility.
My question is what is the best free (or atleast single buy) topology optimization plugin for rhino grasshopper? Sadly I can’t use topOS since i have a amd ryzen 7, ameba and levelOpt by intact are quite expensive and only subscription based. Millipede is interesting but seems only able to perform very basic 3d optimization.
When I say topology optimization I mean taking basically an shape you want, applying loads and constraints, setting goal weight and getting mesh/solid results. Is there a free/singlebuy software to achieve that?
What kind of project do you want to do with the tools? There are not a lot of options withing the limitations of price, hardware limitations.
Not exactly what you asked, but there is this plugin: Crystallon | Food4Rhino
Free CPU path, outside Grasshopper: ToPy (open-source Python SIMP) or CalculiX-based workflows will run SIMP on any CPU with no license at all — export geometry, solve, bring the isosurface back into Rhino and clean it up with QuadRemesh/SubD.
Ameba, LevelOpt, Peregrine — all commercial and subscription-based. Ameba is additionally cloud-computed, so there’s no offline perpetual path.