Ernest Burden III Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 wadayaknow, NextLimit has released a plugin for FormZ to use their aledgedly upcoming Maxwell Render engine: Formz plugin released for Mac and windows. MAXWELLZ 0.5.2.0 RELEASE NOTES: - The plugin runs only with FormZ 5.5. It does not run in Form 5.0 or earlier versions. I will use MWR via the Cinema4D plug, but I could now also use the SketchUp, Rhino and FormZ hosts (if I were to upgrade to FZ5.5). Think of it this way--now there is 'one good reason' to upgrade to FZ5.5! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Mac Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Think of it this way--now there is 'one good reason' to upgrade to FZ5.5! If i hadn't finally succumbed and switched to a better piece of software (Cinema) I would currently be jumping for joy... ... a shame really, as although I haven't even looked at FZ in well over six months now, I still am rather fond of it as an architectural modeller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 does maxwell have a free of trial version? ....we are on subscription/family plan for formZ. i don't think we have received formZ 5.5 yet, or at least i haven't seent he disk if we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted August 25, 2005 Author Share Posted August 25, 2005 does maxwell have a free of trial version? No. And we are past the =pre-order' pricing. But you can have a look at the maxwellforum site for many examples of what it can do. MWR is doing wonderful things (especially in the hands of Fran Davey) out of Rhino, which is similar to FZ in being more a modeler than render app. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbr Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Damn, and I was convinced Maxwell was all hype. I do love FMZ for modeling - Max is a just a lazy beast that works so horribly with OpenGL. Wow, all these renderers are really going to stir things up. Anyone know how the animation is in the new FMZ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adehus Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 Anyone know how the animation is in the new FMZ? No new animation features in 5.5, but supposedly significant enhancements (including object animation) in 6.0: http://www.formz.com/products/version_6_0/version_6_0.html 5.5 has added a few new modeling features and a Lightworks update, but the real attraction for me, aside from Maxwell compatibility, is that it's much more polished and seemingly more stable that 5.0 was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adehus Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 No. And we are past the =pre-order' pricing. I think you can still get Maxwell for $495 (vs $995 in October) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now