Rhino
NURBS modelling for the geometry other tools can't describe.
What it does
Rhino is a general-purpose NURBS modeller used across architecture for form-finding, complex geometry and facade studies — the shapes a BIM tool's wall-and-slab vocabulary cannot express directly.
With Grasshopper, its visual programming environment, it also became the standard entry point to computational and parametric design in architecture. It is a one-time purchase rather than a subscription, and it runs on Mac and Windows.
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