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Please back my  kickstarter project to connect Processing and Grasshopper see description below:

Chrysalis: 

The power of Processing in the hands of Grasshopper users

Fabripod's Chrysalis in action

Fabripod has just launched a Kickstarter project for Chrysalis, a tool for translating designs made in Grasshopper into Processing sketches that can be used as web apps for digital making.

Basically, if you’re a visual designer, Chrysalis will make it possible for you set up a web storefront that lets people customize a design and then export it to another service (like Ponoko) for making.

Also, because Processing is a free, open source tool, Chrysalis will enable the sharing of 3D sketches in a way that just isn’t practical via Grasshopper. For example, the deployment of an interactive art installation is a lot more practical when it can be used on any operating system without the need for additional software licenses.

Check out the project here

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Grasshopper seems nice, but the Web site is a bit messy... Good point: on the top-left corner, there is a short blurb explaining what the site is about. Something missing in a surprisingly big number of (amateur) sites!
But after a quarter hour exploring here and there (tutorial, FAQ, download page...), I cannot see if it is freeware, open source, commercial (and how much it costs).
There are lot of tutorials, which is good, but not even a link to the Rhino tool!
Given the amateurism of the situation, and the sub-1.0 version number, I suppose it is free.

Rhino itself is a professional tool, costing some 995 € (ouch! easier if you are student or teacher: 195 €). At least, we can see that easily in the home page.
That's not for me (lack of funds and lack of time), but it is a well known, reputed tool.

Chrysalis is clear too: it is open source and searching for funding, hence the presence here instead of Exhibition. Seems like a good idea, I hope you will reach your objective (sorry, I can't help...).

One thing, though: you write that Chrysalis is an open source project, but I saw no link to the sources / the project.
Did I miss it or did you forgot it? A mention of the license would be nice too.
One of the interests of open source is to be able to get work / contributions from other people. If you don't advertise it, you won't get them.
Hi  phi.lho
I am making slow but steady progress on a proof of concept for this project ( this is the processing-writing-processing post you helped me with over the weekend) I'm finally ready to begin thinking about how to structure the project around open source contributions by other "programmers" (I use quotes because I'm not one).  I'll probably license the project under the typical creative commons C-3 license. 
 
One thing, though: you write that Chrysalis is an open source project, but I saw no link to the sources / the project.  ...  One of the interests of open source is to be able to get work / contributions from other people. If you don't advertise it, you won't get them.
 Really, I have no idea how to begin. I've looked into sourceforge, github, google code and a few others for hosting the code, but that's about as far as I've gotten. I have no idea how a project like this is organized: how to keep track of code snippets, contributors, resources and the rest!  Can you  recommend a good  "for dummies" book or website (preferably free) to help in planning and implementing an open source project of this type (type=processing library)? Thanks!
Hi phi.lho, Thanks for responding! 

You are quite right: Rhino is not free, However it is priced much lower than many other industry standard CAD programs. It is also available for a student rate, as you said, and as a free 30 day trial download. Grasshopper is a free plug-in for Rhino with a thriving community that continually makes contributions to its functionality (like some other communities I know....).

There are no links to sources yet because we have not begun them. That is an excellent point to ask for help developing this project as well as funding it and one that I had not thought of. We had planned to achieve funding through kickstarter first and then release the source and the beta together under one of the creative commons licenses. Anyone who might be interested in helping out with this project, please respond here, or contact me at chris@biosarch.com
Thanks!

PS Please let me know if this is in fact the correct forum to post this in. Also, please spread the word! 
Check out the project here
Well, as I wrote, it is OK here, as it is a call for an opportunity to help you...