Autodesk FormIt 4+
Autodesk Inc.
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- Free
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Description
Autodesk® FormIt mobile app helps you capture building design concepts digitally anytime, anywhere ideas strike. Use real-world site information to help create forms in context and support early design decisions with real building data. Experience a continuous Building Information Modeling (BIM) workflow by synchronizing designs in the cloud for further refinement using Autodesk® Revit® software products and other applications.
Express design ideas with easy-to-use tools:
•Create forms quickly from a gallery of shapes
•Directly manipulate forms using gestures for easy model changes
•Save designs to the cloud and share with others
Easy access to site information:
•Set project location in a searchable maps interface
•Import satellite image of your site
•Design directly in the context of your proposed building location
Make early design decisions:
•Explore the effects of the sun using the location-aware Shadow Study tool
•Start early program analysis by tracking gross building floor area ratio while you design
Experience a more continuous BIM workflow:
•Easily transfer designs to desktop applications via RVT or SAT file formats
•Explore design ideas and add detail to early design forms using award-winning BIM technology
Collaborate seamlessly with your team:
•Store and share designs in the cloud using Autodesk® 360 cloud services
•Participate in real-time editing sessions with other FormIt users using either the iOS or Web versions
What’s New
Version 2024.1
The holidays are in the air, FormIt fans!
FormIt 2024.1 is here with a quick fix for an issue where the navigation tools were no longer visible when running FormIt on iPadOS 17.
For a full list of bug fixes and additional information on improvements to our other platforms, visit:
https://formit.autodesk.com/page/release-notes#release-notes-ipad
Ratings and Reviews
Improved user experience.
I've had my differences with this software in the past, but recently the designers have improved the gesture soup that used to plague it.
Still fiddly in places, but over all the experience is much better. I can now create large models with less lag and the app has become much more stable in recent months. That's not to say it doesn't have it's moments, but they are sufficiently spaced in time to become less of an irritant.
Over all this is a very good modelling app that lets you do much of what Sketchup does, but on an iPad. My only gripe is that it does not support more output formats, but the again, this is a workflow tool for Autodesk, not the general public and for that they are to be commended as it hits the nail on the head.
It's odd that this app is only 102Mb and includes the ability to 3D model, but the Sketchup viewer at 200Mb only allows viewing of models, go figure. Well done Autodesk.
Maybe they could have an add on that allows a paid option for output of more than one file type?
I’m not really sure why people are complaining... this is incredible.
As a long time SketchUp user, yes, they have taken a different approach to the same kind of software. But within one day of use, I would argue, this is superior to sketchup make 17, at least so far as basic modeling goes. Yes it lacks some of the finer options that sketchup had... but given that this is on the iPad and sketchup best offering is a viewer.
People are saying the interface is confusing. How? Compared to sketchup, sure, but then this relies on purely touch gestures and a pen, no mouse clicks, no modifier keys. As soon as you understand what each icon does, very well explained in the help menu (have any of you naysayers actually bothered to read the help documentation included?), this software is as easy, if not slight easier to use, than sketchup...
And that’s without getting on to the garbage that is sketchups new approach to make, the online modeler. This is infinitely better than that.
I highly recommend this, as someone that was using sketchup almost daily... yes, it seems a little confusing at first, but once you understand it, you’ll be flying through models.
Good, but needs more work
This app is OK, but not great. The interface is awkward, and so are the controls u fortunately. If it were further developed and refined it could be a really good and useful app.
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Information
- Provider
- Autodesk
- Size
- 103.4 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
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- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Autodesk Inc.
- Price
- Free