Archives for March 2009 - Architosh
Intel does ‘Global Launch’ of Nehalem chips
Intel goes Global to Talk Up New Nehalem Xeon 5500 Series Processors — Same Chips Shipped in Mac Exclusive a Month Ago.
TurboCAD gets latest LightWorks rendering engine
IMSI/Design’s TurboCAD Pro v16 gets new LightWorks rendering technology.
Vectorworks 2009 series Service Pack 3 released
Nemetschek NA releases Service Pack 3 for entire Vectorworks 2009 product line.
Commentary: Snow Leopard may make June
A major developer is aiming their Snow Leopard dependent release for the June time-frame, suggesting strongly that Apple may have the next OS X operating system on store shelves as early as a day after the Apple WWDC keynote.
Tidbits: Rhino, SketchUp, Autodesk news
Mac CAD and 3D News: We have news on SketchUp 7’s maintenance release, new improvements; we also cover Rhino and Autodesk’s AREA news items, including the Unity Game Engine.
solidThinking Connects with Design Community at IDSA
solidThinking is making a big presence across the United States this spring by sponsoring Regional Division conferences for the IDSA (Industrial Design Society of America). The company will be hosting a booth and demonstrating its world-class industrial design software – one of the only products in its class that runs natively on the Mac.
Mac Universal CAD program BoA gets minor updates
French-based BoA for Intel has been updated with minor new features and a round of bug fixing.
Tidbits: T-Splines, Luxology and Gehry Technology news
Mac CAD and 3D News: In brief we cover news of T-Splines concerning T-Splines Plugin for Rhino and Mac, SIGGRAPH, etc; plus Luxology and Gehry Technologies news.
Luxology announces new COLLADA plugin for modo 401
Luxology LLC introduces new COLLADA plugin for upcoming modo 401.
Jonathan Pickup publishes new Vectorworks Tutorials
Nemetschek North America has announced a new instructional book series on Vectorworks. Leading author Jonathan Pickup of New Zealand and Tamsin Slatter of the UK produce new series.
Architosh gets Twittery – And adds new All Tags pages
Architosh gets minor User Interface updates and new functionalities. New View All Tags pages allow for alphabetical listing of all 780+ CMS tags and the ability to scan for content in that fashion, while a new Twitter micro-blogging zone adds new content to each page.
MacFive: Mar 22: Top News of the Week
MacFive™ — Top News Stories of the Week: For Mar 22 we see Apple introducing iPhone OS 3.0 with over 1000 new API’s and many aimed at corporate America; Our second and third story all pertain to the iPhone and the value in writing software for it. Our 4th story is about the future of 3D CSS-based transforms on the desktop and why Apple is or is not holding back this work….and finally we talk about our new architosh Readers Group at LinkedIn.
Webber+Studio wins Record “House of the Month” with Vectorworks
Webber+Studio architects wins an Architectural Record “House of the Month” award for a home in Texas using Nemetschek North America’s Vectorworks Architect.
ICS offers Spring Training Series
ICS offers Spring Training Camp – Learn BIM, SketchUp modeling and Artantis Rendering to sharpen your professional image and opportunities.
Google sponsors Aqsis RenderMan coding project
Fancy coding as a summer job this year? The Aqsis Team are looking for computer graphics students to participate in this year’s Summer of Code initiative, which is sponsored by Google.
Tidbits: SynthEyes at Cineversity, NAB, Ayam news
SynthEyes for 64-bit OS X now available, plus SynthEyes in C4D training site, plus NAB SynthEyes attendance; also news of updates to Ayam and Aqsis open-source modeling and rendering projects working under the RenderMan standard.
wondertouch releases new Pro Projects V1 and Feb emitters
wondertouch releases Pro Projects vol. 1 for particleIllusion 3.0 and new Feb. Emitter Library.
Tidbits: ArchiCAD, SketchUp, Fusion vs Parallels, and Live Interiors 3D
Mac CAD and 3D News: We have new items on Graphisoft’s latest BEK winner, a Salon article on SketchUp and IKEA Planner, Parallels vs Fusion and BeLight’s latest update this month of Live Interiors 3D.
solidThinking adds Javelin Tech. to Growing Roster of VARs
First Canadian VAR partnership positions solidThinking for further International Expansion – solidThinking Continues to Grow Roster of Partners.
ArchiCAD behind innovative ‘Net Zero’ building in Maine
Graphisoft’s ArchiCAD drives innovative BrightBuilt Barn project by Kaplan Thompson Architects. “Net-Zero” design thrives in coastal Maine.
MacFive: Mar 15: Top News of the Week
MacFive™ — Top News Stories of the Week: For Mar 15 we see exploding applications for the iPhone and iPod touch (now at 25,000), continued Enterprise Mac Adoption, an upcoming iPhone 3.0 OS update event, speculation about a new Apple touch-based netbook device and more…
Architosh has new Reader Group at LinkedIn – Join Up!
Architosh forms “architosh Readers Group” on social media professional site LinkedIn. New group aimed at developing networking resource for its constituents.
New HyperShot plugin gives Mac SketchUp users further options
Mac SketchUp users have another photo-realistic option in Bunkspeed’s HyperShot SketchUp 7 plugin.
Mac 3D: Bunkspeed announces HyperShot 1.8
HyperShot 1.8 from Bunkspeed adds dozens of cool new features and even plugin support for SolidWorks and SketchUp users.
ArchiCAD BIM Learning Studio up for another award!
ArchiCAD BIM Learning Studio named award finalist again. This time prestigious European Business Awards program names BIM Learning Studio for “Marketing Strategy of the Year Award.”
Abvent’s new Artlantis 2.1 – Faster Radiosity Renderer
Abvent releases new Artlantis 2.1 – built for speed with three areas of performance improvements.
Tidbits: IKEA planner, Solidworks-Autodesk and Filemaker news
Mac CAD and 3D News: We have a new story on IKEA’s new IKEA Planner 3D software for the consumer and home owner; plus news on FileMaker Pro 10 and the battle Royale between Autodesk and SolidWorks over the term DWG.
Tidbits: Luxology, SketchUp and Swift 3D news
Mac CAD and 3D News: In brief we have news about modo sessions at the Northeastern Division IDSA Conference in Cambridge this month, plus SketchUp 7 book news and Swift 3D’s updated modeling plugin for Adobe Photoshop CS4.
VirtualBox 2.1.4 – Preps Windows CAD for Mac
Sun’s VirtualBox joins Parallels and VMware’s efforts to bring support for OpenGL-based CAD and hardware virtualization to the Mac.
Vectorworks 2009 to CINEMA 4D 11 plugin updated
MAXON Computer and Nemetschek North America jointly announced new Vectorworks 2009 exchange plugin for CINEMA 4D R11.
Elliott Animation games up using Craft Animation Tools
Elliott Animation uses Craft Animation and Gamecaster tools to save up to $600,000 on virtual camera shots for animation series for children.
Tidbits: Vectorworks, Baz and Vue, and Virtualization news
Mac CAD and 3D News: V-Construct offers more Vectorworks 2009 training classes in NYC; plus Baz Lurmann’s “Australia” the movie uses Vue for 185 shots. This story details the the making of the film using Vue 7 tools; finally we have news on a new book for making nice with Windows on your new Mac. Good stuff all below!
Tidbits: Bonzai 3D, Apple and Bentley news
Mac CAD and 3D News: We have some brief news items on Bonzai 3D, the new tool from auto-des-sys, the makers of formZ, plus a blurb on Apple beating all top-brand workstation makers to Intel’s Nehalem Xeon chips, and news of Bentley’s cancelled user conference.
Constructing BIM Education in the 21st Century
Architosh kicks off its first Viewpoint article by guest contributor Frank P. Gennaccaro, who offers the timely view that now–in this moment of economic uncertainty and lost prospects–is the time to invest in yourself and a BIM education by learning the virtual way.
AMD advances OpenGL – new extension binds
The power of Uber-Parallel Processing: New AMD WGL_AMD_GPU_association extension further advances multi-GPU system performance in workstations. Advances OpenGL.
Graphisoft named finalist for CODIE Award – For BIM Learning Studio
Graphisoft’s BIM Studio is 2009 CODiE Award Finalist: ‘Best Workforce Training Solution’
Welcome to MADCAD.com v3.0! – New Features
MADCAD.com now at version 3.0 offers powerful filter-based search of over 7000 building codes and standards for the design and construction industry professional. Works online with both Mac and PC and even can be accessible via Apple’s iPhone via the Safari web browser.
Siemens PLM introduces new Parasolid v21 modeling kernel
Next Parasolid geometry modeling kernel, version 21, will power key CAD/PLM applications on the Mac.
Nehalem advantage – Apple delivers new Mac Pros
Apple delivers the “Nehalem” advantage before Dell and rivals with all new Mac Pros. The new systems also provide additional Apple innovations to the system design, including innovative new slide-out tray memory carriage system and a breathtaking array of I/O options.
3D Mice: now supported by Bentley Systems’ V8i
Award-Winning 3D Mice support new Bentley Systems’ V8i Portfolio.
New open-source BIMserver: New paradigm and works on Mac
BIMserver could neutralize the playing field among current market contenders and dramatically affect deployment of applications based on operating systems within AEC.
No more Cadalyst in print and should we cry about it?
Roopinder Tara seems content on expressing his hope for Cadalyst magazine and its future in print — in one form or another. I’m not so sure I agree. If it was my company that bought the venerable CAD publication I’d be thinking differently about whether or not print even matters at this point. Print certainly […]