Next formit update?

[scott.dickson]

Hi Tobias, 

Was looking forward to some new formit sessions at AU2018 but there doesn’t seem to be any on the website?

also wondered when there would be an. Update with some new features? Anything planned for the near future?

thank in advance

scott

[Tobias_Hathorn]

Good morning, Scott! I hope you enjoyed AU, sorry to miss you there! I was doing research on interoperability between Revit and other applications - similar to workflows that we tested out between FormIt and Revit - but more general so other apps like Excel, Inventor, Infraworks, etc can be involved. 

Josh Goldstein was at AU and I believe he attended a FormIt class - and he's been organizing the latest release of FormIt due out soon - I'll make sure he see's this post!

Thanks,

Tobias

[josh.goldstein]

Hi Scott,

FormIt was featured in a few AU classes this year, as a key part of workflows that connect other apps like Dynamo, Insight, and Revit. We’ll post back with some links to the recordings when they are available!

We are working hard on the next version of FormIt, which is scheduled for release in early 2019 on Web, Windows, and iOS. Below are some of the areas we’re making major improvements to. Note this is not a complete list, not all of these features are available on all platforms, and these items are subject to change before release:

• Performance improvements
• Dynamo integration
• Material modification controls
• Scene customization
• Orthographic views
• New tools and geometry types
• JavaScript Plugin infrastructure

All this, in addition to many refinements to existing functionality, like eliminating the need to use Tab to enter dimensions, new filtering/searching capabilities in lists like Materials and others, improvements to Smart Selection, and tons of bug fixes and general enhancements.

We’re also making major service changes to FormIt – some behind the scenes, others a bit more obvious – as some existing Autodesk services will be retired in the near future. We’ll announce these as we get closer to release.

Thanks for reaching out. The future is exciting for FormIt!

[josh.goldstein]

For anyone interested in AU 2018 classes featuring FormIt, see them all here.

[Anonymous]

Hanging for these updates! Any idea when 2019 they can be expected?

[josh.goldstein]

I can't promise a date at this time, but it will be within the first quarter of this year. Stay tuned!

[arqgnavarro]

Wow, looking forward to Formit - Inventor interoperability.

[josh.goldstein]

Hi all,

We just released FormIt v17! Read about all the new features, or download it now.

[Anonymous]

Brilliant Josh! Thanks a million, just in time for the teaching to start on Monday 😄