Next Limit Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 We are happy to inform you that after considering your requests, we have decided that we will continue supporting and developing the form·Z plugin. We estimate that Maxwell 5 for form·Z 8 will be released before the end of the year, and when AutoDesSys launches form·Z 9, we will start developing this plugin for Maxwell 5 too!!Thank you for your patience, understanding and trust. LEARN MORE Now, Maxwell 5 is yours.Now, the time is yours. Be Maxwell 5's campaign image!If you would like to be Maxwell 5's campaign image, send your Maxwell 5 render to: maxwelldesk@nextlimit.com The contestants will be featured on our Social Media every week!Finalists will be featured on Fridays and the winner will be the image of one of Maxwell 5's campaigns!Don't miss this opportunity and send us your work now! Justin Montoya, Jaakko and Des 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 Great! 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkcn Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 The good news is that maxwell 5 is able to import V-Ray scene; it is a major update for the FormZ users' workflow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 I am really happy to hear Next Limit will continue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariel Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 excellent !!!!! thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkcn Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Hello, We update to FZ9 and try to add the Maxwell plugin weused for FZ8, but nothing appears. For the moment, we keep FZ8 for rendering purpose until the Maxwell plugin will be updated... expect not a long a time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) 18 minutes ago, pkcn said: Hello, We update to FZ9 and try to add the Maxwell plugin weused for FZ8, but nothing appears. For the moment, we keep FZ8 for rendering purpose until the Maxwell plugin will be updated... expect not a long a time... Yes, I think the MaxwellZ 5 plugin is being rewritten or updated for FormZ9 at the moment. As soon as this is done I'll be upgrading my Maxwell 4 licenses. Like you, I'll be sticking to FormZ8.6.5 for paying projects although I have upgraded to FormZ9 for one of my licenses to play around with it. It'd be nice to get some news on how it's progressing... Des Edited January 13, 2020 by Des Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pobo Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 I notice Maxwell 5 for FormZ is now available on the Next Limit portal. Does this mean the plug-in is also finished or is the 'glue' between FormZ 9 and Maxwell 5 missing? // Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernieB Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) They've recently sent an e-mail that pre-ordering is ready for the Maxwell Render 5 plugin! Edited January 15, 2020 by BernieB Jaakko and Des 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 12 hours ago, BernieB said: They've recently sent an e-mail that pre-ordering is ready for the Maxwell Render 5 plugin! Yes, that’s great news. I just got the email too. And they’re advertising it on Twitter. Jaakko 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkcn Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Contacted today, Next Limit told us that the Maxwell 5 plugin for FZ 9 would be ready next week. Be patient... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 It's out! Can't wait to try it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkcn Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 We have installed both Studio and FZ plugin. Everything seems working nice, even on FZ 9.03! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Tell me, you had to buy Studio AND the plugin together? I am asking this because I have a discussion with Next Limit about purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkcn Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 We bought Studio and FZPlugin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernieB Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 10 hours ago, pkcn said: We bought Studio and FZPlugin... Did Next Limit offer that as a special package? I don't remember seeing it in any promotions. I only bought the FZ Plugin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 (edited) Next Limit did. Actually they push with promotions. Edited February 8, 2020 by Hugo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 @PKCN Did you buy floating point or node locked version of Maxwell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkcn Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Node locked version. We don't seen any promotion to get both plugin and studio together, unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 I asked because I have only problems with floating point license. With version 4 i had bought formz plugin and they gave the studio version as well. Now with version 5 only the plugin or the studio. the problem with licenses is terrible, nearly all my support cases are going about it. Unfortunately never had a solution!!! The node locked version license is always working for you? and, I really be curious if users have problems with maxwell licenses as well. Hope to hear from all of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pobo Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 I think from Next Limit's perspective, they say that the license is cheaper now that you can buy the plug-in license and Studio separately. I don't actually know whether this is true, since it is such a long time ago that I bought v3 with the plug-in and Studio together. I agree it would be nice to have a special offer to upgrade to a combination of plug-in and Studio. I'm still on version 3, which works for now. In general I find Next Limit's support disappointing. When I start a support case, I typically get a first reply pretty quickly but after that first reply it may hang indefinitely. Some of my problems: v3 refused to run freshly installed on my new MacBook. This was solved remotely after more than a week of emails back and forth. Turned out to be the result of a spelling mistake in a file name and the license file being misplaced in the directory structure which can't have been user error because it was a completely fresh install... I can't access the online materials library anymore with MXED v3. It used to be possible on previous machines. My support case seems to have been abandoned. Next Limit changes the URLs of their support database which means that links in blogs, tutorials and even on their own website tend to be broken. This is a real killer for community building. // Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Ok, interesting! It become a patron I believe. Hope to hear from others about the experience with NextLimit and their policy and support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkcn Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 By the way, Maxwell 5 FZplugin has been updated for FZ9 the 6th of Feb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smarttec Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 On 2/16/2020 at 2:42 AM, Hugo said: I asked because I have only problems with floating point license. With version 4 i had bought formz plugin and they gave the studio version as well. Now with version 5 only the plugin or the studio. the problem with licenses is terrible, nearly all my support cases are going about it. Unfortunately never had a solution!!! The node locked version license is always working for you? and, I really be curious if users have problems with maxwell licenses as well. Hope to hear from all of you. Yes since v4 was released there was a significant rationalisation of the plugins with some being dropped i.e.. Solidworks, Modo & Onshape it became too hard to manage the 3rd party developers and the products were separated; Maxwell 4 Studio is essentially a separate product. It was offered to v3 upgraders as a special - order 2x plugins (same upgrade cost) but they were separate and that offer has now expired. So with Maxwell 5 you must order and pay for each license separately if you want to buy Maxwell 5 | formZ it is a product as is Maxwell 5 | Studio This is the same for most other renderers. They have improved the licensing and installation with Maxwell 5 as well as offering cloud rendering that can allow for much higher speed rendering as an option particularly with this Mac users excluded by Apple from using nVidia CUDA based high speed RTX2xxx GPU rendering. The results from Maxwell 5 are now outstanding and much better than v3 & 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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