Why Zometool and not some other modeling material?
Every modeling system has its strengths and limitations. Zometool is however by far the most advanced modeling system currently available and one of the best ways to construct geometric shapes that would be prohibitively time-consuming using balsa, balls and dowels, or (heaven forbid) toothpicks and gumdrops. The pre-set angles for the struts make it easy to simply snap in the pieces. One mathematician told us that he had built a hyperdodecahedron in 4 hours with Zometool. It had taken him several months to do the same thing with wooden rods.
