Tech Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Dear formZ 8 Users, We are pleased to announce that the formZ 8.0.1 update is now available. This update fixes a number of issues that have been reported, including one with the automatic update feature. As such, this update will need to be manually downloaded from here: www.formz.com/update (Please click on the formZ 8 Pro or Student Edition link, and follow the instructions on that page.) Fixes and improvements include (but not limited to): Automatic Updates fixed Maxwell Render no longer causes RenderZone Materials to change to Plastic Reflection Cancel Generation of Sun Animation enabled Improvements to NURBS objects Improvements to Controlled Rounding Improvements to Workspaces and Tool Dock Palettes now update their visibility / locked / snap-able status when multiple entities are toggled Improvements to Components stored in external libraries Excessive Ghosted Operand crash on certain windows fixed Radio button issues on certain Mac Palettes fixed Import / Export format improvements Missing image map files no longer prevent other maps from being saved when using the Save A Copy As command Network Licensing improvements We are working hard on more improvements that will be released in the near future. If you have reported an issue in the past and it is not fixed with this release, rest assured that we are working to get it addressed. If you have any new issues or other feedback, please send an email to support@formz.com with the details so we can investigate it. Thanks for all the great feedback from everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrngr Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Update worked flawlessly on Mac OS 10.9.5. Held existing License in place so i did not need to re-enter. Dan S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanjl Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 Thanks for all the hard work Support. I do have to report though, that on the mac, writing a .dae file from a simple cube doesn't quite work well yet. I assigned a formZ predefined brick material to the cube, exported it as .dae, and when imported into sketchup, the brick material does not come in. All works well on formZ 7 (on the mac) as well as formZ 8.01 on win8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisA Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 So far so good! Glad some of reported bugs were fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 On my MacBook Pro the tool dock and the coordinates/distance palette still not working properly. Many times the tool dock got 4 rows instead of 3 as i want, the coordinates/distance palette disappears behind the tool dock when modeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 Hi Allan, Yes, the SKP and DAE will require considerable work for formZ 8 on OS X, but we are working on it. For now, if you use formZ v7 for Importing or Exporting these formats, you should be able to work around it. Hi Hugo, Sorry you are having issues with your dock. It sounds like you do not have your Input Palette actually in the dock (if you did, it would not go behind). If that is not a complete solution, please see the following portion of our previous post: -- If you have any new issues or other feedback, please send an email to support@formz.com with the details so we can investigate it. Please also include your system info, and a screen capture of before and after the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonmoore Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Good to see the updates rolling out Tech, You've mentioned in another thread that you've found the cause of the normals based smoothing errors I've reported on a few occassions. Is the fix expected in the next update revision? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etroxel Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 I get the same results as Allanarch3. I get a reversed-normal transparent blue cube in SU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 Hi Jon, Yes, the fix for the smoothing issue is quite extensive, but that is the plan. Hi Evan, Yes, the DAE and SKP formats pretty much require a complete re-write now that it is 64 bit, but we are working on this for the not too distant future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonmoore Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Thanks for the status update Tech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Hi support, I just want to mention that the update went fine other than if the startup action (in formZ prefs) is set to "open" instead of "new project". One has to go to file > New Project > to make the register dialogue come up. It had me stumped for a few minutes there.... Regards, Des Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 Hi Des, Yes, that should be available regardless of whether a project is open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Also, maybe you should remind users to copy their plugins across as well, before they dump the old version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted November 10, 2014 Author Share Posted November 10, 2014 Hi Des, Yes, and the auto-update that this version restores will automatically keep these in the future... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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