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Opossum uses the best-performing optimization algorithms to
enhance your projects in Grasshopper for Rhinoceros® - completely
free.
Yes it’s true! As we want to keep research open to everyone you
do not have to pay anything to use Opossum. Just register with
your email to recieve your license key in under a minute.
3. Login and optimize!
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for your projects. If you're not sure how, watch our
tutorials.
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Contributors
Opossum is developed by the ICD/CA Optimization Team. This development is supported by
the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy -
EXC 2120/1–3908311618 via the Cluster of Excellence Integrative
Computational Design and Construction for Architecture (IntCDC).
Older versions of Opossum have been developed with support from
This is a quick overview of questions regarding the
installation, license and usage of Opossum. We have also
collected many common questions in a more in depth-FAQ.
Will my license expire?
Your license does not expire.
Does Opossum work on mac?
Unfortunately our optimization plugin is only available
for Windows.
Which Rhino versions are supported?
The latest version of Opossum supports Rhino7 & 8.
I didn't receive an email after signing up.
Before you proceed, please check your spamfolder. If you
still can not find it, simply reload your browser and try
to sign up again. As your key is also displayed on the
page after submitting your details, you should be able to
use Opossum despite not getting an email. Should there be
a persistent problem with the signup process please
contact our support.
I lost my license key or changed my email.
No problem! Just fill out the form with your (new)
details. Be aware that if you use your old email again,
you will get the same license key as before, but with a
new email also comes a new key.
Read the original paper on Opossum and its algorithm
here.