Going All-In on Open Source: The ShapeDiver Viewer is Now Public
The ShapeDiver Viewer, our WebGL engine, is now open source on GitHub. Why we opened it and how it completes the open stack with the App Builder SDK.
Michael Oppitz
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Customer stories, product updates and Grasshopper know-how, written by the team that builds ShapeDiver and by the designers and engineers who use it.
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The long and winding road to SOC 2 Type 2 as a small team
How ShapeDiver, a small team, reached SOC 2 Type II: a false start, then choosing the platform and the auditor and getting the team on board.
Mathias Höbinger
Getting to know... CORE studio: Scaling Computational Design at Thornton Tomasetti!
Eesha Jain of CORE studio on how Thornton Tomasetti turns Grasshopper scripts into scalable engineering tools with ShapeDiver.
ShapeDiver
Getting to know… OrthoSolid: 3D Printed Orthoses and Prostheses!
OrthoSolid replaces plaster casts and hand layups with a scan-or-measurement workflow: clinicians design custom orthoses and prostheses online in minutes.
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How the Divers Plugin was born
Why a decade of Grasshopper scripts became the public Divers Plugin: to skip compilation delays on the web, share logic, and track changes in version control.
Edwin Hernández
Getting to know… Index Enclosures!
indEx Enclosures lets customers configure a custom ATEX enclosure in the browser and get an instant price, built with Grasshopper, Rhino, and ShapeDiver.
ShapeDiver
Code to Concrete: Scripting Kilometers of Highway Walls
Our team automated the design of precast concrete noise barriers for a manufacturer, from C# components in Grasshopper to a cloud app for the shop floor.
ShapeDiver and Edwin Hernández
No More Broken Grasshopper Models: Automate Your App Builder Tests
Our open-source App Builder Testing Framework, built on Playwright, automates browser tests, user interactions, and visual checks for Grasshopper apps.
Michael Oppitz
Everything you need to know about Grasshopper plugins on ShapeDiver
ShapeDiver supports more than 70 plugins, including professional ones, and lets Enterprise users deploy their own.
ShapeDiver
Getting to know… Impact Acoustic!
Learn how Impact Acoustic took their Canvas tool online to promote their products and help their customers understand them better.
ShapeDiver
Supercharge Your Coding Agents: Introducing ShapeDiver Agent Skills
ShapeDiver Agent Skills give AI coding assistants such as Cursor, Copilot, and Claude Code the ShapeDiver knowledge they need, loaded only when needed.
Michael Oppitz
Stop sharing your Grasshopper files!
Four problems with sending .gh files to clients and colleagues, from IP exposure to support requests, and how a ShapeDiver app solves each.
ShapeDiver
Getting to know… CD Peacock: When Heritage Fuels Innovation!
Kelly Jacobson of CD Peacock, Chicago's jeweler since 1837, on its bridal ring configurators built with Rhino, Grasshopper, ShapeDiver, and iJewel.
ShapeDiver
Getting to know… Frame Maker: Custom-fit Eyewear for On-Demand 3D Printing!
Industrial designer Andrés Roppa on Frame Maker, which turns 2D outlines into 3D-printable custom-fit frames with Grasshopper, ShapeDiver, and App Builder.
ShapeDiver
The ShapeDiver Retreat 2025
ShapeDiver's team grew this year, so we took a trip to the countryside to reflect, plan, and get to know each other better.
Mathias Höbinger
High-Complexity 3D Configurators: Automate Manufacturing Output with ShapeDiver + Grasshopper!
Learn the difference between simple and high-complexity 3D configurators and why ShapeDiver shines with the latter.
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