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There are really two kinds of CAD: one for drafting, another for design. Where drafting involves delineating known quantities, design requires nonlinear problem-solving and exploration. When it comes to three-dimensional, design CAD, form•Z is the tool of choice, offering the most powerful and vesatile set of modeling tools found today.

Supported on both Windows and Macintosh platforms, form•Z is used throughout the field of 3D design, from city and regional planning to product design, illustration to advertising, automotive design to motion picture special effects. The program was used to design the new World Trade Center, to create the spaceships in Star Wars, StarTrek and Space Cowboys. Mattel, Hasbro, Walt Disney's Imagineers, Apple Computer are just a few of the many companies using formZ today.

Having been initially developed as a tool for architecture, form•Z is also the architect's essential design tool of choice, used by firms large and small throughout the world. In recognition of its excellence, the program received the Best of Show Award from Cadalyst Magazine at the American Institute of Architects Convention of May 2001.



"I've been working and teaching in the 3D creation/visualization business since 1995 and have worked with several leading CAD and modeling programs, including AutoCAD, 3D Studio Max and Viz. Since switching to form•Z for modeling I have been able to reduce production time and model the most complex geometry. Without question, form•Z is the most powerful, versatile efficient modeler I have used."

John Francis Leo
Principal
Maraizon International
john@maraizon.com




WHY BUY FROM ARCHITECTS TOOLBOX?

Aside from our competitive pricing, here are three great reasons to purchase form•Z through Architects Toolbox.

Why go anywhere else?

OUR EXCLUSIVE
Customized form•Z Interface-FREE

Purchase form•Z through Architects Toolbox
and you'll also receive our exlusive Customized form•Z Interface, which makes learning far easier for those new to the program, far faster for the already initiated.

OUR EXCLUSIVE
form•Z QuickStart Guide-FREE

A 25-page guide to not only the customized interface, but an excellent guide that will get you up and modeling in form•Z. This guide covers basic modeling and navigation along with the intuition behind the program. A $50 value.

OUR EXCLUSIVE
Workshop Discounts

In addition to our reduced price on the program, save 10% off our form•Z Demystified Workshops when mentioning this page at the time of ordering the program. Also, save 60% off on the Compendium Package, normally $250, only $99 when enrolling in the form•Z workshops.




THE
THREE
VERSIONS
OF
FORM•Z 4

The program comes in three different versions: form•Z, FZ RenderZone and FZ RadioZity, each version adding additional features onto the previous.

form•Z 4

This is the full modeling program, which includes all surface and solid modeling tools, including nurbz, patches and metaformz modeling. Includes, walk-through animation and basic, flat-shaded rendering capabilities.

FZ 4 RenderZone

RenderZone includes all the features described in form•Z (left) and adds photorealistic rendering and lighting and ambiant shadows, allowing you to apply photorealistic textures, either created within the program or imported from photos.

FZ 4 RadioZity

RadioZity includes everything in form•Z and RenderZone, but adds radiosity, calculating lights individually, including the "bleeding" of color from one surface to the next, as seen above, just above the "o" in form•Z.




PRICES

List Price:

Our Price:

form•Z 6

$1495

$1395
includes a $99 credit towards any item in the compendium package

RenderZone

$1995

$1895
includes a $99 credit towards any item in the compendium package

RadioZity

$2390

$2195
includes a $99 credit towards any item in the compendium package



UPDATES to v4.0
includes a $99 credit towards any item in the compendium package includes a $99 credit towards any item in the compendium package includes a $99 credit towards any item in the compendium package

From v 3.9.5
Academic

From v 3.6, 3.8
Academic

From below 3.6*
Academic

$345.00
$225.00

$445.00
$290.00

$545.00
$355.00

$395.00
$260.00

$495.00
$325.00

$595.00
$390.00

$395.00
$260.00

$495.00
$325.00

$595.00
$390.00


UPGRADES
User must have the latest version of the program to upgrade.
$500
From form•Z
$395
From Renderzone

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