Archives for 2008 April
Abvent releases 9 new Media CD-ROMs for the Artlantis Media Collection
Artlantis maker Abvent has announced the release of 9 new Media CDs that complement the Artlantis Media Collection. These include high-quality shaders and billboard objects
Tidbits: Mac CAD/3D News – modo 302 update, Copper Project for Architecture and Maxon Spring Event
modo 302 Update, Architecture Edition for Copper Project, Maxon’s Spring Event
VectorWorks Users Garner Design Awards – AIA and FLASLA Honors
Nemetschek North America touts design awards for its users of its popular VectorWorks Architect and Landmark CAD/BIM products
New Napa Valley school to be first verified “green” school – designed using BIM program ArchiCAD
BIM Technology Practice – Quattrocchi Kwok Architects (QKA) has designed first verified “Green” School using ArchiCAD BIM technology
CAD Society 2008 Awards: Yares, Bass and Riddle win honors for their achievements in the field of computer-aided design (CAD)
Autodesk CEO Carl Bass wins CAD Society Leadership Award, Evan Yares wins CAD Society’s Joe Greco Community Award, and Mike Riddle wins CAD Society Lifetime Achievement Award
Houdini by Side Effects Software is coming to the Mac – beta program announced
The popular Windows-based 3D software package, Houdini, is coming to the Mac OS X platform and Houdini for Mac Beta has been announced
Adobe to ship Acrobat 9 for Mac soon – new 3D CAD conversion technology to be built-in to Professional Version
The ability to convert 3D files from Autodesk’s AutoCAD and other similar programs to native PDF format will be available in the Professional version of Acrobat
General Contractor achieves “award-winning” results with ArchiCAD
General Contractor, Atlanta-based, Holder Construction, showed architects and partners how to build faster and avoid costly change orders and field conflicts by developing a complete BIM model including structural and mechanical systems
Nemetschek relaunches brand image, introduces new brands and new web sites
Munich-based Nemetschek AG has launched a dramatic new brand image emphasing the group’s leading position as a global vendor of AEC software technology