2007 AIA Firm Award

May 16, 2007

Leers Weinzapfel Architects, form·Z users are the winners of the 2007 AIA Firm Award. To read more, Click Here.

form·Z Demo Videos now available

April 26, 2007

A series of videos that demonstrate how form·Z can be effectively used in a variety of modeling, rendering and animation tasks are now available. The videos can be viewed on this site or on YouTube. Click Here to see the list of demo videos.

form•Z RenderZone Plus User Beta Released

March 29, 2007

form·Z RenderZone Plus (v. 6.5) is a new product that represents a major evolutionary step toward global illumination, which is now supported by different techniques, including final gather, ambient occlusion, and improved radiosity. These can be used separately or they can be combined to complement one another. Click Here for more information and details on how to participate.

form•Z Joint Study Award winner featured in Cadalyst

March 27, 2007

form·Z Joint Study Award of Distinction winner for Product Design, Luke Johnson and his Flare Storm flashlight radio are featured in Cadalyst magazine's March 2007 issue. Read the article : "Tech Trends-Calming NURBS with the Flare Storm" by Kenneth Wong.

Maxwell plugin for form•Z 6.1 Released

February 5, 2007

NextLimit has released an updated Maxwell plugin for form·Z 6.1.
This version features integration with the form·Z display and Surface Style interfaces.
It also includes support for OSX Universal Binary. For full details, see: http://www.maxwellrender.com/news/formz.html.

Macworld, San Francisco

January 17, 2007

ANOTHER form•Z MOMENT

AutoDesSys exhibited at Macworld,San Francisco, January 9-12, 2007.
It showed off version 6.1 which includes the universal binary version of form•Z on the Mac, along with the recently updated features.

The demo of swimming penguins captivated the audience that marvelled at the new animation tools and effects, like whimsical swims in arctic lakes and the trail of bubbles left behind in water. See the movie here »