# Welcome to Karamba3D Karamba3D is an interactive, parametric engineering tool that allows you to perform quick and accurate Finite Element Analysis (FEA). It has been specially tailored to the needs of design professionals in the early design phases. Karamba3D is embedded in the parametric environment of Grasshopper in the 3d modelling program Rhino3D. This makes it easy to combine parameterized geometric models, Finite Element calculations and optimization algorithms like Galapagos, Octopus, Wallacei and many more. Karamba3D can also be used as a standalone .NET library for integrating Finite Element functionality into your scripts. This v3 manual is currently available in English only. The Chinese manual is available for version v1. The Japanese manual (v1) can be downloaded from our [website](https://karamba3d.com/resources/). ## Citing Karamba3D In case you use Karamba3D for your scientific work, please cite the following paper: > Preisinger, C. (2013), *Linking Structure and Parametric Geometry*. Architectural Design, 83: 110-113\ > DOI: 10.1002/ad.1564. ## Disclaimer Although being tested thoroughly Karamba3D probably contains errors – therefore no guarantee can be given that Karamba3D computes correct results. Use of Karamba3D is entirely at your own risk. Please read the [license agreement](https://karamba3d.com/license-agreement/) that comes with Karamba3D in case of further questions. This manual is written by Clemens Preisinger except when noted otherwise.\ Editing by Georg Lobe & Matthew Tam & Sara Rodiqi.\ Chinese translation by Lei Feng. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://manual.karamba3d.com/readme.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.