Archives for 2009 April
AIA: Architosh Coverage Highlights
Architosh’s show highlights on the San Francisco AIA National Convention.
AIA: formZ makers announce Bonzai 3D release
auto-des-sys, Inc. is preparing to take a bite out of Google’s SketchUp market share as it launches version 1.0 for its new Bonzai 3D.
AIA: Graphisoft announces new EcoDesigner
BIM leader and pioneer Graphisoft of Budapest, Hungary, has announced an innovative energy analysis software tool — EcoDesigner is a new module for its popular ArchiCAD BIM
ParaCloud GEM arrives on the Mac
Generative Design Comes to the Mac with new ParaCloud GEM 2.0 for Mac. New product works on Intel-only Mac computers and can work with Google SketchUp, Maya, Blender, Rhino OS X and more.
Autodesk Mudbox now available for Mac
Autodesk announces Autodesk Mudbox 2009 for Mac – New Character 3D Creation Tool Shipping to Mac Customers.
N-Side releases Quidam 3 – Character Creation Program
N-Sided releases QUIDAM 3 and QUIDAM 3 Prime – professional character creation software for artists.
ViaCAD 2D 6.0 now shipping for Mac
Punch Software has entered new territory with affordable 2D CAD (computer-aided design). The company has released ViaCAD 2D for Mac and Windows at just $49.USD.
Apple FQ2 Conference Call Notes
Apple Shatters Expectations in Down-Turn Economy — Turns out Best Non-Holiday Quarter in Company’s History
ArchiCAD helps “Evergreen House” win honors
A new Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired house designed by Portland, Oregon, architects D.P. Design, recently took top honors at the Home Builders Association design awards, thanks to an elegant integration of design and eco-friendly building features.
Side Effects Software intros Houdini 10
Side Effects Software of Toronto Unleashes Houdini 10 with new Motion FX and HQueue software.
Mac Pros get new workstation GPU option
Nvidia delivers latest Quadro FX 4800 advanced workstation GPU to the Mac market at NAB event.
Neatworkz – System design for Mac/Windows
Neatworkz offers new choice for systems designers on Vectorworks. Powerful and streamlined tool for various systems design.
COFES 2009 Starts Today: Architosh will report “tweets” of interest
Architosh to report COFES 2009 Tweet Action.
Nemetschek North America News: Economy, Light Plot, etc.
Nemetschek North America’s recent newsletter covers several interesting news items, including the Vectorworks Velcro Wall!!
Sweden’s Turtle Renderer Turns 5!
Illuminate Labs updates Turtle Rendering Plugin for Maya to version 5.0. New rendering technology, based on proprietary LiquidLight technology, provides state-of-the-art rendering for game developers.
e-on Software’s updated Ozone v.4
e-on Software, makers of the venerable Vue 7 series of rendering products releases Open Beta for Ozone 4.0 plugin. Now you can add even more realistic skies and clouds to your C4D, Lightwave, Maya and Max renderings.
Tidbits: RealCADD, CoreMelt, KnowledgeMinor (yX)
Mac CAD and 3D News: We have tidbits on RealCADD, news on some GPU-accelerated motion effects plugins for VFX artists and visual editors, plus KnowledgeMinor news.
ProjectWizards releases Merlin iPhone 1.0
Merlin iPhone 1.0 introduced by ProjectWizards.
Photoshop C4D now supports 3D mice
3Dconnexion’s SpaceNavigator Line and other 3D input devices are now supported by Adobe’s Photoshop CS4.
Architectural Billings Post Slight Gain
Latest American Institute of Architects’ ABI results for February point to improvement in architectural sector. Could the floor in this down economy be under our feet at this moment?
Tidbits: HyperShot 1.9, CineForm, 3D Invigorator
Mac CAD and 3D News: We have news coming out of NAB 2009. New items include CineForm’s new Neo3D for Final Cut Pro, 3D Invigorator for Adobe Photoshop and Bunkspeed news about a webinar preview event for HyperShot 1.9.
Tidbits: C4D, Google Earth iPhone Layer, DAZ sweetens model library
Mac CAD and 3D News: We have news of continued work and refinements to the C4D to Vectorworks exchange plugin, Google Earth and a new iPhone layer, and DAZ Productions’ new Girl 4.
ICS offering new Cadimage Tools for ArchiCAD 12
Integrated CADD Systems introduces New Zealand’s Cadimage Tools for ArchiCAD 12.
Autodesk puts out new survey on Mac version of AutoCAD
Autodesk seems more interested than ever in gauging interest in Mac users about a native version of AutoCAD.
Commentary: Oracle buys Sun, Good for Apple
Oracle buying Sun is probably better for Apple than IBM buying Sun…seriously! For starters Oracle and Apple are good partners, bolstered by a BFF relationship in Ellison and Jobs that goes back decades. Secondly, Sun and Apple have nice supplemental technologies, support and sales, and other avenues of ideal collaboration–including Sun’s Virtualbox and getting Solaris on the Mac Pro.