Photos are now rendered on the soil surface in the 3D farm designer beta, checking off one of the last major features to be re-implemented in the new experience ✨ We're close to bringing this out of beta!

In addition to the default 3D perspective view, you can also view the 3D garden from the top-down with perspective turned off, just like the old 2D designer. To toggle between the viewing modes, click the grid/cube button in the bottom right.

We’ve added a lot of settings for you to customize the look of the 3D raised bed and dial in the specific dimensions of your installation so that your virtual FarmBot closely matches reality. Search for “3D” in the settings panel to find them all!

Adding objects to the 3D garden works just like in 2D, simply mouse over the location you wish to add an object and click to add. For points and weeds, a second click will set the radius after the first click sets the location.

The new 3D experience allows you to orbit around, zoom in and out, and fly through the garden in a new way with much richer graphics. At a glance, it is much easier to understand the scale of the garden, the location of the FarmBot, and keep track of all that is happening.

About a year and a half ago we embarked on reimagining the farm designer as a fully 3D environment — one you could rotate around to view from any angle. This new 3D environment has now been available in our app beta and over the following posts we'll show you all about it!

Check out these Milton Middle School students in Agriculture Education class taking part in a demonstration of their #FarmBot Genesis at the start of the Spring season 🧑‍🌾 Learn more about bringing our leading ag tech to your school: edu.farm.bot/

Hasan's Robotic Farming - powered by #FarmBot Genesis v1.6 🌶️ 🤖 With our new v1.8 kits coming 95% pre-assembled in the box, setup of a new FarmBot takes just 3-4 hours ✨ Learn more: farm.bot/

We have a whole host of new parts available in the #FarmBot shop! Some common items include belt in 4.5m and 7.5m lengths, Farmduinos, fully pre-assembled electronics boxes, nut bars, and cameras ➡️ shop.farm.bot/

As part of our commitment to producing 100% open-source hardware, you’ll now find updated v1.8 documentation 📚 detailing not only the step-by-step assembly instructions, but also the change log, full bill of materials, CAD models, and more 👉 genesis.farm.bot/

Genesis and Genesis XL v1.8 kits are now shipping! 📦 We’ve been fulfilling pre-orders on a first-in, first-out basis, and as of today we are through our backlog of orders up until about May 20th. Lead time for new orders is about 3 weeks. Get yours here: buy.farm.bot/

"Milton Middle School students in Agriculture Education class take part in a demonstration using the FarmBot on Wednesday in Milton." Learn more about bringing this cutting edge ag tech to your school at edu.farm.bot/

"Through Farmbot, students gain practical insights into sustainable agriculture practices, from sowing to harvesting, while understanding how technology can address urban challenges in food production." Bring FarmBot to your school at edu.farm.bot

With the recent UI overhaul, even the login page got a bit of a face lift 💅 Learn more about our software that makes your FarmBot better over time: farm.bot/pages/software 👩‍💻

"Through Farmbot, students gain practical insights into sustainable agriculture practices, from sowing to harvesting, while understanding how technology can address urban challenges in food production." Bring FarmBot to your school at edu.farm.bot

FarmBot founder Rory Aronson was recently featured on the Masters of Engineering podcast with Jon Hirschtick, the founder of Onshape and formerly SolidWorks! Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=_-wzmKve…

Have you seen our new developer documentation for using AI to segment your FarmBot's images? We have a whole step-by-step tutorial which can open the doors to many interesting research use cases of FarmBot: developer.farm.bot/docs/segm…