Overview
form•Z Core’s simple, smart, and fun interface reveals unexpected capabilities and tools that complement and enhance creativity. Embedded tutorial videos facilitate the learning at one’s own pace and without the need for expensive training sessions. Intuitive tools include descriptive step-by-step guides and interface hints for a productive workflow. |
Highlights
Interior Design From intimate residential to multistory office, designers trust form•Z from sketch though documentation. |
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Architectural Visualization Use form•Z to clarify design intent and environmental impact to stakeholders. |
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Product design Design any product you can imagine with polygonal meshes, ACIS solids, NURBS surfaces, and subdivision surfaces. Iterate quickly and precisely with parametrically controlled objects. form•Z’s solid modeling representation is ideal for fabrication and manufacturing. |
Features
- Manage Complexity – Store and recall Scenes for rendering, walkthroughs, or construction phasing. Named Objects, Groups, Layers, and Layer Groups. Component instancing, Reference Files, and Information management.
- Ease and Speed – Automatic modeling plane detection. Sophisticated snap combinations. Temporary and persistent smart guides. Dynamic object reshaping.
- Creative Partner – Support you creativity with a wide array of specialized modeling approaches, from live symmetrical modeling, to formula-defined NURBS surfaces, to object morphing. form•Z Pro supports Python scripting for full creative control.
- Core Tools – From generic parametric solids to architectural specialties like stairs, form•Z has you covered.
- Accuracy – form•Z is backed by the robust ACIS 3D modeling kernel and double-precision floating point numbers. Metric and English unit support. Enter and display values as decimal, feet and decimal inches, or even as fractions.
- Interoperability – form•Z is a team player. Seamlessly integrate with your existing pipeline with built-in importers and exporters.
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Rendering – Present your project in its best light with V-ray or
RenderZone. From stylized to photo-real, these optional renderers have you covered with a wide variety of visualization options. - Twinmotion Direct Link – Wait no more. With form•Z and Twinmotion, you can render and animate in real time. Incorporate thousands of assets like plants, animated vehicles and people. With Direct Link enabled, changes made in form•Z are immediately reflected in Twinmotion.
- Digital Fabrication – Directly export your model in industry standard formats for use with 3D printers and CNC manufacturing equipment. Our water-tight representation ensures that your model is ready for prototyping and production.
- Live Sections – Clarify intent with real-time clipping planes. Make sections permanent at any time.
Compare
Compare AutoDesSys formZ Versions
formZ Core | formZ Pro |
Intuitive user interface Mesh modeling Machining tolerances Reshape (push/pull faces) Powerful booleans Fast, accurate sun studies Dynamic, non-destructive clipping planes 2D and 3D sections Dimensioning and callouts 3D print export 10+ file exchange formats ACIS (smooth) Modeling NURBS Subdivision surfaces Parametric Primitives Architectural Tools Deformers and Rounding Components (block instances) Twinmotion Directlink V-Ray and RenderZone Support (as optional plugins) Python scripting |
Intuitive UI with keyword Assist Mesh modeling Machining tolerances Reshape (push/pull faces) Powerful booleans Fast, accurate sun studies Dynamic, non-destructive clipping planes 2D and 3D sections Advanced Dimensioning and callouts 3D print export 20+ file exchange formats ACIS (smooth) Modeling Advanced NURBS Advanced Subdivision surfaces Advanced Parametric Primitives Advanced Architectural tools Advanced Deformers and Rounding Components (block instances) Twinmotion Directlink V-Ray and RenderZone Support (as optional plugins) Python scripting Animation Batch and Network Rendering Layout Application for documentation Custom Workspaces Hatches, line styles and weights Lab Technology Preview Plugins (available by subscription only) |
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