Autodesk has introduced Project Falcon, a free browser-based tool for assembling hard surface models. Still in technical preview, it allows combining prefabricated parts from a library with thousands of options, from simple shapes to screws and wheels. Users drag parts into the viewport, adjust, mirror, scale, or apply boolean operations, aimed at science fiction design.
How the parts library and boolean operations work 🚀
The Project Falcon interface allows selecting components from an extensive library and placing them directly into the viewport. Boolean operations make it easy to join or subtract geometries to create complex shapes. It also includes non-destructive symmetry and scaling tools. Although designed for spaceships and vehicles, it works for any hard surface model. The examples shown include a ship and a lunar rover, demonstrating its genre focus.
Now anyone can design a ship without knowing a thing about design 🛸
Finally, the dream of every science fiction enthusiast: building a spaceship without knowing how to model even a box. Project Falcon gives you prefabricated parts to drag and drop like Swedish furniture, but with fewer instructions. Of course, if your final ship looks more like a duck with wheels than a space station, don't blame Autodesk. At least you'll have something to put in your portfolio.