form.Z 5.0 delivers native Mac OS X support
updated 10:30 am EST, Thu November 11, 2004
form.Z 5.0 announced
auto.des.sys Inc. this week announced , a major update to its 3D modeling application that incorporates an unreleased 4.5 upgrade and offers native Mac OS X support. Version 4.5, which was only released to a group of beta testers and plugin developers, offers a new API technology and script language for form·Z. The API includes over 3,000 functions and supports nine types of extensions, all of which are available for plugin development. Some of the other new features introduced in form.Z 5.0 include: four new primitives of parametric surfaces, new star and frame tools, a smooth screws/bolts plug-in, a Formula Surface tool, and an Object and Project Doctor.
form·Z 5.0 is based on LightWorks v. 7.4, which, in addition to a number of bug fixes, contains a few new rendering features, such as map types that can be used with spherical and cubic environments to produce reflections, a new 'environment light' type, and support for HDRI and OpenEXP image types. form.Z 5.0 is slated for release by the end of the year, though pricing information is not yet available.
