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Grasshopper vs Dynamo: What are the differences?
What is Grasshopper? The entrepreneur’s phone system. Sound more professional and stay connected with Grasshopper, the Virtual Phone System designed for entrepreneurs. Grasshopper works just like a traditional phone system, but requires no hardware to purchase or software to install.
What is Dynamo? An open source visual programming platform for designers. It is a graphical programming interface that provides designers access to parametric modeling and data-driven customized workflows for building information modeling (BIM). It can run as an addin for Autodesk Revit and Autodesk Vasari, with the ability to manage Revit project files and family definitions, or it can run as a standalone program. It allows users to control complex geometry, construct parametric relationships, manage data, and automate tasks.
Grasshopper and Dynamo are primarily classified as "Phone" and "Diagramming" tools respectively.
Some of the features offered by Grasshopper are:
- Toll Free or Local Number - local or national presence
- Unlimited Extensions - for departments & employees
- Call forwarding to mobile phones - work from anywhere
On the other hand, Dynamo provides the following key features:
- Lightweight visual scripting
- Easily extensible
- Manage data
