Archives for July 2009 - Architosh
Tidbits: SketchUp, iPocket Draw news
Mac CAD and 3D News: Tidbits today include notes on Google’s various SketchUp design competitions, including the popular Design It: Shelter Competition, plus news of the first true Vectorial Drawing software for iPhone–iPocket Draw.
In-Brief: Graphisoft Webinars Coming in August
Graphisoft to host free webinars in August on ArchiCAD 12 and EcoDesigner software packages for architects.
Tidbits: Autodesk, Russian CAD and NavisCAD for iPhone
Mac CAD and 3D News: Tidbits today notes Autodesk’s new certification programs for many of their most popular CAD programs; plus we have a tidbit on Russian CAD and a note about NaviCAD for the iPhone.
Mac-stalwart Graphisoft makes quantum leap in BIM/CAD
Laiserin report discusses upcoming ArchiCAD 13 with its revolutionary new Teamwork 2.0 and the new Graphisoft BIM Server.
e-on software to preview Vue 8 at SIGGRAPH 2009
e-on software will introduce Vue 8 to SIGGRAPH 2009 attendees this August in New Orleans. Vue 8 is the next version of the market-leading natural scenery creation software.
LightWork Design to present new product at SIGGRAPH
LightWorks Design of the UK will be at SIGGRAPH 2009 in New Orleans and will be introducing a new market-focused product aimed at small to medium software developers.
Autodesk expands support for Mac Users
Autodesk announces support for Apple’s Boot Camp technology to enable official support of Windows-based Autodesk products.
ParaCloud GEM 3.0 – Generative Modeling for Mac
Paracloud has advanced Generative Design on the Mac with the lastest update to Paracloud GEM version 3.0. Works on Intel-only Macs and can exchange data with other modelers.
Ars reviews GTX 285 Mac GPU card – interesting results
Ars technica has reviewed the newish Nvidia GTX 285 graphics card on an 8-core Mac Pro, pitting it against ATI’s Radeon 4870 GPU and looking at professional OpenGL-based 3D apps. The results are very interesting.
DesignLAB uses ArchiCAD to design Top 10 Green Building
DesignLAB wins multiple honors with innovative BIM project on Cape Cod. Using ArchiCAD the Boston-based architecture firm created a Top 10 Sustainable Building.
A Case for 2D CAD in a 3D BIM World
Architosh continues its new Viewpoints series with esteemed guest contributor Tom Lazear, CEO of Archway Systems and the co-creator of the venerable VersaCAD product line. Mr. Lazear, who has double masters in engineering and an MBA from the prestigious Sloan School of Business Management argues that there is a case for 2D CAD in a 3D BIM world and encourages readers to recognize that as the market makes this big transition to BIM certain users still fair better with 2D. Mr. Lazear offers an outline of how to approach that appraisal.
Firm Profile: Emilio Cassani – Industrial Designer Shines on Mac
In this continuing series of Architosh artists and firm profiles, we highlight the work of Emilio Cassani, an Italian industrial designer who works exclusively on the Mac, developing creative and attractive solutions to various design problems in industry.
Tidbits: Shark updates, OpenGL in RealBasic and more
Mac CAD and 3D News: Tidbits today include updated service pack for Shark, Shark LT and Shark FX; plus REALBasic version 3 now out includes new support for OpenGL support, paving the way to more 3D applications on Mac; and finally Archway talks about updates for VersaCAD.
Pixologic releases new software for Mac OS X
Pixologic introduces important new updates to its DCC software for Mac OS X users – New ZBrush update and more…
Architosh talks to Siemens about NX 6 for the Mac
In this Interview Architosh talks to Siemens PLM Software about NX 6 for the Mac and what led this PLM industry leader to produce a version for Apple’s “designer” platform. Key points in the talk note that Siemens PLM has always aimed NX at heterogeneous enterprise environments and that demand for NX on the Mac isn’t just coming from the “design types” in organizations.
Tidbits: Vectorworks, NX, Ashlar Vellum and HyperShot 1.9
Mac CAD and 3D News: Tidbits today include Nemetschek North America news about Vectorworks, Ashlar news on Graphite and more, and HyperShot 1.9 preview happening today!
LightWorks Design releases LightWorks 8.1
LightWork Design of the United Kingdom has released version 8.1 of LightWorks — the company’s leading rendering kernel technology.
