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Form variation pushes a design’s shape in a direction you choose while keeping colors, materials and the idea.
A red chair render connected to a Variation block on the Form tab, with part of the generated variation, a rounder and more sculpted red chair, on the right. Callouts mark 1 the Form and Color switch, 2 the pad with the point toward Complex and Organic, 3 the Organic axis label, 4 the Presets dropdown set to Expression and 5 the Generate button.

Form tab (1), pad (2), axis label (3), Presets (4), Generate (5).

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Use Form variation

1

Add a Variation block

Drag from your image’s + handle, choose Variate and stay on Form 1.
2

Choose the axes

Pick a Presets pair 4, or click an axis label 3 and type your own words.
3

Drag the point

Drag the point on the pad 2. The farther from the center, the bigger the change.
4

Generate

Click Generate 5 for one variation.

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Examples

A tan and brown sneaker connected to a Variation block on its Form tab. The pad runs Soft to Sharp and Rounded to Angular, with the point near Sharp; Presets is set to Edge Quality. Four sneaker variations with progressively more angular soles are on the right.

Edge Quality on a sneaker: toward Sharp, the soles get more angular.

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Tips

  • Generate each corner first to see the range, then make small moves inside the one you like.
  • Specific opposites steer better: “Rugged” and “Refined” rather than “Good” and “Bad”.
  • Studio’s Outputs makes up to 4 per run; on Free, 2 and 4 open an upgrade prompt.

Explore variations of a design

Forms, views and colorways compared.

Color variation

The Color tab of the same block.

Change expression

Shift a design’s mood with a dial.

Modify

Refine the variation you pick.