Archives for December 2008 - Architosh
MWSF: Upcoming new software highlights
Software highlights from next week’s Macworld Expo.
MWSF: solidThinking to introduce free software at Macworld
solidThinking to provide free software to industrial design, architecture and fine arts college and university students at Macworld Expo.
No Sun Sparc Workstations drove users to Mac Pros
Online Petition Looks to Former SGI/Sun UNIX Workstation Glory – Says Lost Users Went to the Mac.
MWSF: Macworld SF 2009 Preview for CAD/3D
Macworld Expo San Francisco – We take a look at this year’s participants serving the Mac CAD/3D and graphics professional market segments.
Tidbits: Rhino, Manga Studio 4, Vectorworks news
Mac CAD and 3D News: Smith Micro releases Mac version of Manga Studio 4, new Spanish-language version of Vectorworks 2009 product line and Rhino news.
Vue 7 Pioneer Open Beta – 3D Software for Mac Users
e-on Software offers Mac users free Vue 7 Pioneer Open Beta – Perfect Introduction to World of 3D.
Vectorworks 2009 Service Pack 2 Released
Nemetschek North America has released Vectorworks 2009 Service Pack 2 for the popular Mac and Windows CAD product line.
Product Review: Graphisoft ArchiCAD 12
In this product review Architosh looks at Graphisoft’s ArchiCAD 12, the industry’s leading BIM (building information modeling) solution used worldwide by architects and building AEC professionals.
Architosh Talks to solidThinking about the Mac and industrial design
In this interview, Architosh speaks with both Robert (Bob) Little and Alex Mazzardo about Altair’s decision to buy solidThinking and what it means for the company, how solidThinking will expand its footprint in the United States, and why solidThinking should be the preferred choice of industrial designers everywhere.
Bricscad coming to Mac – smaller companies look to Apple
CAD blog reports that Bricscad coming to Mac in the next year or so, as Bricsys NV has re-written their code base for operating system portability.
Google’s SketchUp 7 works with SpaceNavigator 3D mice
3Dconnexion’s award-winning 3D mice are now compatible with Google’s latest SketchUp 7 and SketchUp 7 Pro.
Luxology intros modo 302 arch. viz training videos
Luxology introduces modo tutorial video series on architectural visualization – architectural modeling, rendering and lighting techniques with modo 302 explained.
PointWise’s Gridgen for Mac – Hybrid Meshing Made Faster
Pointwise introduces latest version of Gridgen for Mac, Windows, Linux and Unix platforms – possible to install on Intel Macs, runs as X11 app under PowerPC-G5 workstations or better.
The Mac’s 25th Anniversary: What Does Steve Have Planned?
What will Apple do for Apple’s 25th Macintosh Anniversary? In this article post we ponder three dreamy scenarios from the far-fetched and nostalgic to the ultra-powerful and completely impressive to the very likely…and very useful!
Commentary: Snow Leopard in Q2 2009
From the looks of comments made by an Nvidia rep in a discussion with AppleInsider today about CUDA versus OpenCL, it appears that Apple with its OpenCL-based Snow Leopard operating system will not be ready to release that OS until the second quarter (Q2) of 2009. From the AppleInsider report: “While the OpenCL spec is […]
Animech Technologies brings 3D to Mac
Animech Technologies of Sweden brings interactive 3D software technologies to the Macintosh and Windows platforms – Enhances product buying processes.
Tidbits: Google Earth Plugin, Vectorworks, CUDA and Texturefly
Mac CAD and 3D News: Google releases its long-awaited Earth Plugin for Safari and FireFox Mac browsers, Vectorworks 2009 is now localized in most of Europe and Nvidia’s CUDA architecture cleans up awards at Supercomputing Convention.
Apple’s OpenCL released as ratified 1.0 spec at SIGGRAPH Asia
Khronos Group releases OpenCL 1.0 and OpenVG 1.1 – Khronos Group releases ratified OpenCL 1.0 Specification at SIGGRAPH Asia.
MacFive: Dec 7: Top News of the Week
MacFive™ — Top News Stories of the Week: For Dec 7 we see exploding market share growth for iPhone, a possible $99 Wal-Mart iPhone, Google’s fantastic new SketchUp 7, and issues with Snow Leopard.
Industrial Design on the Mac: solidThinking events
solidThinking leads the way this month with industrial design on the Mac. The company has scheduled a series of key and free Webinars introducing solidThinking to designers.
Google Talks to Architosh About SketchUp Pro 7
Architosh talks to John Bacus, Google’s SketchUp Product Manager, about the all new SketchUp 7 and SketchUp Pro 7 and Layout 2. Key points in the discussion include the new Dynamic Components technology and how to learn about it, discussion about OpenGL and multi-processing and multi-threading, and the value in understanding causality in interactive rendering versus determinate renders.
MacDraw-like Intaglio – Powerful Drawing Made Easy
Purgatory Design’s Intaglio 3.0 brings the classic MacDraw application back from the dead with full import capabilities to QuickDraw based files from System 7, 8 and 9.
Rediscovered Traditional Japanese Architecture with ArchiCAD
A digital reconstruction project attempts to reveal secrets of Earthquake-Resistent Frame construction in Chiba Japan.
Craft Animations: new free version of Craft Director Tools
Craft Animations Brings Powerful Research-based Animation Plugins to the Mass Market with new Free Versions – Works with Maya for Mac OS X
McGraw-Hill report shows demand for BIM, training
McGraw-Hill report says construction industry to take up BIM rapidly in 2009 and beyond – BIM Demand Points to Stronger Training
Cheetah 3D News: Five Years Old and Winners
Cheetah 3D Turns Five Years Old and Annual Rendering Contest Winners Announced.
ADW Software releases Pythagoras GIS+CAD for Mac
ADW Software releases Pythagoras GIS+CAD and Pythagoras CAD+GIS to market for Mac OS X and Windows – Includes Pythagoras VBA Support for Extensibility
Graphisoft introduces free BIM Learning Studio
Graphisoft leads industry with new free Voice-Led Interactive BIM Training and Discovery Software Suite.
Economics for architects: 1 of 5 firms look to IT
Economic downturn hurting Architects across the US – but information technology and BIM in particular may be the biggest victims.
solidThinking 7.6 to be at Euromold 2008
solidThinking 7.6 to be shown at Euromold 2008 in Frankfurt, Germany – Company has new customer profile story on Italian Bros Manifatture.
Can Sun save its Engineering Heritage Using the Mac?
Sun’s Virtualbox virtualization suite now supports Mac OS X – But the former engineering workstation giant could revive its legacy using Mac Pros and a tailored virtualization product for UNIX CAD and Engineering.