Featured Users / uZer in Focus
This issue’s uZer in Focus, is Interface Multimedia, founded by Jeff Pulford and Mark Burlinson. Using form•Z since version 1.0, the two architects have established a studio that uses form•Z to create brand/product identity while helping their clients refine their designs.
Also featured in this issue are: Mark Gale of Studioworks International Inc., Cristiano Bacchi, and Isaac Franco.
http://formz.com/informz/march_2008/informz_online.html

The Joint Study Journal is Published
A spin-off from the Joint Study (JS) Report, the JS Journal has evolved into a collection of academic articles that deal with practical and philosophical issues relating to 3D design, that pre-occupy faculty, students and researchers alike. The title of the Journal is Digital Intentions Explorations and Accidents. The guest editor is Andrzej Zarzycki, Professor of Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design. AutoDesSys has included an article from the JS Journal for your reading pleasure. Flux Architecture Digital Sensibilities: Quasi-Mathematical Expressions, Evolutionary Blur, Morphological Fusion, by Thomas Rusher. Read it at
http://formz.com/informz/march_2008/informz_online10.html

Under new format, the JS Journal will be mailed to all schools involved with the JS Program and form•Z users who subscribe to the Family Plan, in early March. If you wish to obtain a copy of the journal you may order it online for shipping and handling charges while supplies last at http://formz.com/jointstudy/2006_2007JS.html.

Structural Obstacles - form•Z Solutions: M(y)Oon Column
When Columbus based architect Susan Melsop undertook the design of a 1920 house renovation, she faced a mighty column between the entry and the living room that presented a navigational obstacle that was also an eye sore. Her goal became to create an aesthetically pleasing architectural detail that merges architecture, sculpture, and furniture. Follow the process and see the outcome at http://formz.com/informz/march_2008/informz_online8.html.

Tutorial: Sculpting Objects with Images and 3D Printing them
One of the fastest growing industries is 3D printing. It is becoming increasingly popular to prototype products, sculptures, and, yes, architectural structures. In this issue we showcase how the displacement tool in form•Z helps you design a three-dimensional terrain model among other things, prepare it for 3D printing output and send it as .zpr file to a ZCorp printer-http://www.zcorp.com. form•Z can output colors and textures and very clean geometry for successful, realistic looking prototypes that help sell projects to your clients, save you time, and expenses. Follow the steps at http://formz.com/informz/march_2008/informz_online16.html

Rendering Competition Announced
LightWork Design, the supplier of part of form•Z’s rendering engine, has announced a rendering competition that is open to users of any LightWorks-based application. Any images created with a software application that integrates the LightWorks rendering engine. form•Z qualifies! The winner will receive an 8GB Apple iPod touch and the best entries will be featured on the LightWork Design website www.lightworkdesign.com

Tidbits
form•Z RenderZone Plus 6.5 continues to make uZers very productive and happy with the enhancements that have been incorporated. If you have not checked it out yet, do so at http://www.formz.com, and download the demo at http://www.formz.com/downloads/demo_log_in.html.

Work on the next version continues feverishly! Expect productivity enhancements as well as a few surprises in the 3D world! AutoDesSys is a pioneer of the 3D industry on the desktop computer since the 1980s, but its work is far from done!

Submit Your Projects, Your Solutions
Share your design solutions with the readers of in•form•Z. Submit your story, your work, rediscover the pleasure of “show & tell." AutoDesSys considers all submissions for publication. The main criterion is the use of form•Z. Submit your projects at http://www.formz.com/gallery/submission_info.html