Indeed.
Admin, thanks for the quick response. With few of the tutorial videos you convinced me to purchase the program. Not only you guys explain well the features in Gem. Your explanations on programs like Rhino, Sketchup and other Cad programs are great too.
I can see this is a great pedagogical tool crafted for the teaching of architecture from a very analytical standpoint. In our class of structure we have the exercise to define a structural system for a given surface. With your program problem looks trivial. However we are forced to compute the static equation for the truss members by hand and with a basic computer program.
And yes our school is the UPR School Of Architecture localized in Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus. The dean of our school is Francisco Rodriguez and he is willing to incorporate digital tools such as 3d printers, a better laser cutter and scanning tools to our design studios.
Link:
http://archweb.uprrp.edu/
The approach to tessellations, topological surfaces and the study of aggregates is well explained through your program. Seeing your approach I supposed that you are well aware of the crystallographic groups, zonohedra, transpolyhedra, and symmetric groups.
Link:
http://www.mi.sanu.ac.rs/vismath/tennant/index.html
With this you help to review the Islamic architecture, help to comprehend better the work of Catalan architect Antonio Gaudi and revive the work of M. C. Etcher.