As a quick proof of concept we prototyped a single pop up using Solidworks. The geometric solver in Solidworks made it really easy to simulate the pop up mechanism. However, Solidworks is not friendly for integration with augmented work spaces. Rhino/Grasshopper was able to meet these needs. Rhino/Grasshopper does not have a geometric solver thus we had to create our own. Our first attempt was to implement an evolutionary solver. Although this did work, it was slow and more complex then it needed to be. We replaced the evolutionary solver with a geometric solver. This geometric solver runs in real time, and is easier to work with.
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