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My experience with users using Win 7 when they upgrade to Win 10 a lot issues go for formZ, Maxwell & V-Ray. The clocking is ticking down for Win 7 EOL.

The old question about using high end graphics cards that support CUDA, is supported on these cards (1080Ti / 1080 Titan X / 1070ti/1060 and better coming) well and generally cheaper with these GTX cards than the high end spec Quadro cards ( more expensive ) used by Catia and Solidworks etc - but there are some very high end Quardro cards now (Quadro P5000), much more powerful than the gaming GTX cards. Both will work but I suggest most new GTX cards offer a cost effective GPU rendering and video output solution. Rob

Has your graphics problem been fixed...? if not try support@formz.com

Has your graphics problem been fixed...? if not try support@formz.com

Hope so or something new and better... and reliable.

on Support.... - I think Paul was a unique talent that had a long term knowledge that may now be hard to replicate internally. Internally they have just had to replace the rendering capacity that was RenderZone with V-Ray; a major project that took some time and they are now back on track with v9 development. Who knows what will happen with the 'components' there certainly has been a lot of 'noise' rightly about it's functionality (sic) but we can only hope the new world of v9 ( sooner than later ) includes a whole new direction - it needs it to keep up! They don't have a big development team and the more sales they get from new users to buy software, updates and support the better to fund more staff... ... by the way keeping the formZ up to date ie. 8.6.2 now and its increments is best to check new functionality or fixes. Yep time to change Windows 7 it goes back to 2013 - time to get used to the new world. Rob

Have you tried 8.6.2? Rob

It looks like formZ just crashes - are you using formZ 8.6.2 and latest Vray 3.6.1 - What Mac OSX version? It looks like the render is well advanced before the crash - and how long has it taken to this stage? Does it render OK in Progressive?

Sorry I meant LESS active... I personally want them to spend more time and personnel on developing v9

Sorry you are having problems - you are probably right about formZ support being more active as they sell a separate annual support plan called 'the Family Plan' as you only get 4 months from purchase support. Also it is the 'Memorial Day long weekend holiday'.... I did see that you are using a very old OS Win 7 ??? ( going dead soon ) and I think v8.5.3 is not the latest v8.5. I'd recommend looking at v8.6.2 (http://www.formz.com/products/formz/update/formz_86_Pro.html) as they have improved Open GL support. You can run both versions. Rob

It's probably that version. The next version 8 and the subsequent 8.5 upgrades were major rewrites and I know they completely redid the 'core' database. The current version is 8.5/8.6

Yes there was a problem with that build - it's now 100027 They're coming thick and fast. I think they need a better referencing system for these updates as I downloaded this (100027) yesterday.

I think there is a problem with V-Ray Animation

You say you're using formZ PRO 8 -if you are still using form v8.02 then what you say is probably frustratingly true. But the current version is formZ PRO 8.5.7 and apart form the fact that internally the database was rewritten this version is quite stable. I suggest you look at v8.5.7 which will also give you a path to the new v8.6 which is again a significant update that is WIP. To me v8.5.7 is one of the best versions I have had. Rob

Andre, I'm surprised.... All current Family Plan members have support included - so I'd be calling them about it - if this is the case and you have poor or no responses. All Family Plan members go to the top of the queue for support. That being said there is a lot of activity with the updated v8.6 coming out and V-Ray at the moment. Rob