Tech Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 We have been hard at work on form•Z 10 and we are really excited about this major new version. We will be releasing the first beta soon but we thought it was time to share what we have been working on. Here is what to look forward to in the first v10 beta. macOS Native on Apple Silicon M-Series processors Apple Metal rendering for interactive modes Support for Dark Mode Support for macOS Ventura and macOS Sonoma macOS and Windows Cloud-based licensing. This allows instant access to your form•Z, RenderZone, and V-Ray licenses via a single sign-on. Purchasing and fulfillment are streamlined, and there are no license codes to enter. Updated Smooth modeling operations based on ACIS 2023. Updated Step Translator. Updated DWG/DXF translator Updated SKP translator including 2023 Python scripting now uses Python 3 H264 and MPG-4 animation export We’ve found Dark Mode to be very easy on the eyes! Metal is performing beyond our expectations! There are a number of new tools and other improvements in progress that will be coming in subsequent beta releases….. We look forward to sharing the details of this beta with you soon! Jaakko, Mike_Concentric, vva and 11 others 7 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Montoya Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 This is AWESOME! I sure hope Windows can have Dark mode support as well. Let me know when you're ready for Beta testing! Alan Cooper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 Thank god, what a nice update. And thank god my feeling is wrong…(see post it’s quiet) 👍🏼 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 lets goooo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Oooh nice! This news has totally cheered me up today 🤘 Sign me up for Beta testing..... palarsen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaakko Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Totally great news! 🤩 I'm interested of beta testing too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wal054 Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 I am also interested in Beta testing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 This is fantastic news!!! The summer just got better. Let us know where to sign up for Beta testing. 🙂 Mike_Concentric and C-Man 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsOne Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Great News!!! I am very excited to try it out. Mike_Concentric 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbuxton Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 That brightened my day, thank you Autodessys for a fantastic update! C-Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHDD Designer Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! GREAT! Jaakko, Des and C-Man 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setz Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Excellent! Looking forward to the beta! Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZTEK Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 One more “GREAT!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Man Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Wow, what a pleasant way to start my weekend. Seriously looking forward to playing around with this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatMNTishman Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 Well this is a nice read. Looking forward to seeing v10 being available for testing. Please keep equal emphasis for Windows. Youve come a long way since v2 when I got on the bus. Alan Cooper, Jaakko and Justin Montoya 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnalexander1571 Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dworks Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 (edited) Great news! If you need a beta tester... And as a first suggestion: please include an automated bug / crash reporting. It will most likely help getting issues solved easier than with the obsolete email report system, especially if user base is relatively small and support staff is reduced (my guess). Edited July 19 by 3dworks ¢hris £und 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trick Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 This makes me mildly enthousiastic. I remember first talk about beta 9 somewhere in 2017 with start of beta in sept 2019. So I will be more happy if things go a little faster now. Hugo and 3dworks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJD Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 are there any plans to update the Youtube channel with some videos to show the highlights of the 'major' update? The vast majority of stuff there is over 10 years old - the most recent is 3 years old and most of that is about Vray/FZ Martin Malinski 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 The screenshot looks quite intriguing. Is that some kind of parametric grow function? The dark mode looks awesome! Does that look like a new tool on the bottom right of the tool palette? Also, just wondering (seeing that you're working on the interface), will there be a lock palette in place function? For years now, dragged out palettes seem to move on their own accord slightly. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 About dark screen. Hopefully they will make it as an option, because for reasons a white screen is very efficient. Think about creating high resolution screen dump to use in Affinity Publisher. This way of working in 3D is so efficient, you can skip 2D Layout completely. And, not unimportant, the drawings are awesome to look at... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 Very excited about this news as well! After updating to the new Mac architecture, I had to abandon FormZ. very much looking forward to seeing how this new version is on Mac and hopefully I'm able to return to the program! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weitewelten Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Hello, any news / eta on this ? Mike_Concentric, 3dworks and Hugo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archigraphica Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 I would just be happy if this update has an interface that I didn't have to reset 3 times a day. Hugo, C-Man, allanjl and 5 others 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceagency Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 On 8/12/2023 at 9:50 AM, archigraphica said: I would just be happy if this update has an interface that I didn't have to reset 3 times a day. The 'dark mode' looks nice but forget new features. A stable/reliable interface that runs on the latest operating systems is really all I hope for in the new version. I've lost count of the number of times I've had to rebuild the workspace from scratch. 3dworks, Hugo and graham_g 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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