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:
- Store and share designs in the cloud using Autodesk® 360 cloud services
- 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
Guys awesome stuff.
Only one question anyway we can change ft to meters or mm ?
Can’t wait to play more.
Glad you like it! FormIt is imperial only right now but we believe in the metric system too so stay tuned!
We do not yet have a metric switch, but stay tuned
Styling
Only 3 countries in the world use the Imperial measurement system.
The USA, Liberia and Burma.
Why does Autodesk make these apps for Apple, but still does not allow Revit for Apple??
Anyone say OpenBIM or Interoperability?
Metric support is coming.
Unusable for most of the world in old fashioned imperial units, very 1970s.
Shame.
Great Start,please add NURBS and textures for the solid and the shapes,not just for the ground.
Can you upload models that have already been created i.e. from rivet or say 3ds max?
If so how? And what are the limitations on the model i.e. Tris count, model size/complexity…
Good work also, I like it!
No importing. Yet.
What is the possibility it will?
All arc I draw, on object face or alone on the floor, disappear when I Quit the fucntion.
Is this an exemple fonction that dont realy works ?
You need to complete a closed shape. No support for single line segments , except to split faces
Very, very good for a first version.
Some comments:-
-Upon syncing to Autodesk 360, on .axm and .sat files are produced? Where is the .rvt files?????
-Any ideas what the plans are for this app? ie are there lots more features in the pipeline? This could be THE Killer app for the ipad with a few more features. At present it is a VERY, VERY good Tech demo, with slightly limited real-world use. But you have shown the POTENTIAL for this to be AMAZING. Please keep up the development.
I’ll be doing a review of FormIt on RevitZone.com in the near future. If you guys would like to contribute some info for inclusion, that would be great?!
Cheers,
Ian
The Revit conversion was not ready for AU, but it will be coming online soon. I will connect with you directly about info for the review
Can FormIt models be pushed to 123D Create and then be used for Physical Design Prototyping?
Yes! FormIt models are saved to your Autodesk 360 account as SAT files. These can be imported into 123D Design and then further processed for the purposes of 3D printing.
Can FormIt models be pushed to 123D Create for Physical Model prototyping??
Being an avid SketchUp-user (sry guys ^^ …max and maya too tough) this is an incredible first-look on an app that could easily be the most promissing thing i have seen for the ipad yet. the controls work very well already, now please take a closer look at what makes SketchUp so great (line-tool, offset, path-follow, intersecting, snapping on mid-distances of lines, the ability to define the number of sides for an arc or circle, all the powerful math-based actions, fbx-export (!)) and bring them to this tool to give us the first real 3d-modelling app… for any anorganic assets at least. if you do that one right, you can have my money anytime!
Keep up the great work!
I totally agree with Matt’s comments. You guys are sitting on a GOLD MINE! I’ll say that again….. you have a potential GOLD MINE on your hands. The number of architects and designers who have ipads must be HUGE. The potential of this App, with the correct development, would probably be the most excting, productive application on this platform to date.
The interface TOTALLY lends itself to a touch screen. The ability to “sketch” in 3D forms, ANYWHERE (ie from ther office, site, bus or sofa) is VERY appealing.
I’ve got my walet open and ready- but we need this VERY promising tech-demo to be ramped up a bit.
Regards,
Ian
GREAT START!!!! I’m really loving the app. I have a few bits of feedback on things you probably are already working on but…
Ability to select more than one face/edge at a time for (like CTRL + Mouse Select):
*Color Painting
*Moving/editing
Ability to heal faces that have edges added
Ability to query edge lengths, face sq ft,
Overlay street names ontop of satellite image
Ability to select vertices
NEEDS TO SAVE IN .RFA AS A CONCEPTTUAL MASSING FAMILY SO WE CAN LOAD IT INTO REVIT
Enable import of sketch up formats please
When is this going to be available for Android devices?
How do you erase or delete objects?
Tap and hold and then tap on the “x” icon
I was wondering if you guys were working on a version of this app that works for kindle fire.
No plans yet
Any chance of an Android version soon?
I don’t see a copy function…am I just blind? I created a shape and can’t duplicate it for the life of me by drawing it manually again, but if I could simply copy the one I have problem solved…
Tap and hold on an object and in the bottom left of the menu you will see a copy to clipboard button. Then tap and hold on the ground plane to paste
having trouble deleting a line placed on a surface. Tap and hold only selects surface and not line. any way to delete line?
Not yet, but we are working on that.