The Story of FormIt
How did FormIt come to be? It started about a year ago while doing user research for Autodesk Vasari. We were talking with a lot of architects about conceptual design and observed a common pattern:...
View ArticleIntroducing FormIt 2.0
Since releasing FormIt at Autodesk University late last year, the team has been working hard to follow up with some great new features. We are happy to announce today that FormIt has been updated on...
View ArticleWhat have you been up to with FormIt?
Here is another teaser of what is to come in the next version of FormIt. Just some things we have been working on. What about you? What have you been up to with FormIt? Share your work in the comments...
View ArticleNew version of FormIt is now available!
The new version is here! We just got confirmation from Apple that new version of FormIt has been approved. The FormIt team has been working really hard and we are psyched to see what you will do with...
View ArticleA is for Aalto
The wonderful blog ArchDaily posted last week “A to Z” Modernism on their Facebook page. The second Wednesday of every month they will profile four modernist icons. They started, of course, with one of...
View ArticleIntroducing FormIt Web Beta!
This past June at the AIA conference in Denver we announced that we were working on a web-based version of FormIt. After a lot of work We are really psyched to launch our first beta of FormIt Web!...
View ArticleAll gussied up for iOS 7
Greetings FormIteers! The blog has been quiet of late (I really need to grow a new set of hands so I can blog and tweet WHILE getting a new version ready for release!) I am happy to announce we have...
View ArticleNew update for FormIt for Android
Our Android client has just gotten much closer to true feature parity with the iOS client. A new update went live on the Google Play Store today. Here are the significant updates in the update:...
View ArticleFormIt and Revit, Beautiful Together Pt. 2
I was invited to present FormIt to the audience of Revit Radio. RR is an open invitation Goto meeting hosted by Reviteers Brian Mackey (The Revit Geek), Brian Juge, and Stan Hennigh. If you’d like to...
View ArticleCreating the Seattle Central Library with 3D Sketching
Last week we posted a challenge to our users to create the famous Seattle Central Library by OMA and LMN with the new FormIt. Here is a sped-up video showing how I approached the problem. I started by...
View ArticleModel Editing in FormIt Web
Editing a model in FormIt for Web is super easy. The right-click menu pops up a radial selection of context sensitive functions that can be applied. In this video, I demonstrate how to use the typical...
View ArticleVisualization in FormIt for Web
There are some pretty nice ways to look at and study your FormIt model. There is a suite of visual style settings that can be applied quickly to give your model some pizzazz. There is also a...
View ArticleOur biggest release yet for Android
Many of our Android users have been waiting a long time for FormIt to catch up to the functionality on the iOS and Web versions. Your wait is over! Today marks the biggest update we have ever had since...
View ArticleHUGE update to FormIt iOS and Web
The FormIt team has been working incredibly hard on a whole bunch of new features and polish to FormIt. So much so, that we have decided to remove the “beta” label from the web app! The new url for...
View ArticleFormIt for Apple Watch
When we started building FormIt back in 2013, people told us “no-one will want to build 3D models on the iPad!” Well, I would say after a million downloads and many thousands of monthly users – we have...
View ArticleTGIFF
Hi everyone – Thank you for joining us last week at our inaugural FormIt Friday Webinar! We had a great turnout, great questions, and we look forward to seeing you again next week when we continue the...
View ArticleTGIFF episode #2
Hi FormIteers – We had a great webinar turnout on FormIt Friday as we went deeper into FormIt’s modeling tools. The video has been posted so watch at your leisure – or watch a few times in...
View ArticleDispatch from Down Under: FormIt 360 to Revit to Cloud Rendering
Today we have a nice video from our friend and colleague Sam Macalister – Senior Technical BIM specialist in Australia. He does a really nice job of showing how to leverage groups and materials to...
View ArticleFormIt 360 for Android gets Groups and Solar Analysis
Fast following our complete overhaul of the geometry kernel in FormIt 360 back in February – we now have another big update for the Android version. First off, you can create and edit Groups that keep...
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