Archives for October 2009 - Architosh
Unity game engine developer gains further investment
Unity Technologies announces investment from Sequoia Capital and Silicon Valley Luminaries
T-Splines vehicular modeling webinar event
T-Splines is hosting a free Webinar on Vehicular Modeling with their latest T-Splines plugin for Rhino v2.2. Register for this mid-day event and see how T-Splines provides timesaving capabilities
New Jonathan Pickup Tutorials for Vectorworks Available
Nemetschek announces new Jonathan Pickup Training Materials for Vectorworks 2010
Tidbits: Maxwell Render, PanzerCAD and more news
Mac CAD and 3D News: In today’s tidbits we cover CamerMatch 2010 software by PanzerCAD for the latest Vectorworks 2010 products, plus news on Maxwell Render version 2.0.
Tidbits: solidThinking, ArchiCAD and MAXON news
Mac CAD and 3D News: In today’s tidbits we cover additional news on ArchiCAD 13–both events and localized releases. Plus we have news on MAXON’s new C4D R11.5 documentation and news on solidThinking at ACADIA09
Service Pack 1 released for Vectorworks 2010
Nemetschek North America releases Service Pack 1 for new Vectorworks 2010 line of design software.
Tidbits: T-Splines, ArchiCAD and more news
Mac CAD and 3D News: In today’s tidbits we cover training events for T-Splines and ArchiCAD plus news on Snow Leopard versus Windows 7 in overall system performance and 3D performance.
ArchiCAD 13 Japanese version released
Graphisoft announces Japanese version of ArchiCAD 13, bringing the latest BIM technology to Japan.
Vectorworks 2010 Bash in Boston in October
Nemetschek has planned Vectorworks 2010 events with local user groups across locations in the US. The first event is October 26 in Boston.
Wisconsin’s first LEED Platinum home designed with ArchiCAD
Richard Wittschiebe Hand Architects designs first LEED Platinum Home in state of Wisconsin with the Ross Street House. The ArchiCAD-based firm utilized this leading BIM program to help achieve more than 100 LEED certification points towards its Platinum status.
Solibri announces Solibri Model Checker 5.1
Solibri has announced Solibri Model Checker 5.1, the latest release of the world’s leading modeling checking solution for BIM
AutoDesSys announces beta testing for Bonzai 3d 2.0
formZ’s little sister application Bonzai 3d is now stepping up to a 2.0 release soon and the company is looking for beta testers. Moreover, there is a new RenderZone plugin to bring in some high-end rendering capabilities to this SketchUp competitor
e-on software reveals new Vue 8 product lineup
e-onsoftware reveals some exciting new technology and release dates for the new Vue 8 product lineup
ArchiCAD used for Ryan House: Nation’s First
ArchiCAD used to help design Ryan House, innovative multi-generational care facility in Arizona.
Artlantis Render export plugin for Vectorworks 2010 available
France’s Abvent updates Artlantis plugins for Vectorworks 2010 — Nemetschek North America’s latest CAD release.
Artlantis 3 is rolled out by Abvent
Abvent announces new Artlantis 3 and Artlantis Studio 3. The new rendering and animation program features a brand new Radiosity engine.
VMware Fusion 3 announced, will push CAD further
VMware heats up the competition with the announcement of VMware Fusion 3 to ship later in October. The latest release offers numerous performance improvements including a new engine and 64-bit support on Snow Leopard.
T-Splines News: Seminars and More…
T-Splines has a series of T-Splines for Rhino seminars coming up this Fall. Plus other T-Splines news.
Autodesk ImageModeler 2009 no longer standalone product
Autodesk ImageModeler 2009 appears to be the end of the ride for ImageModeler customers. The company claims there are fewer than 100 clients using this software.
ArchiCAD 13 Webinar to feature BIM Collaboration
Graphisoft is hosting a Webinar to demonstrate the latest features of ArchiCAD 13, including its new Delta Server technology that enables BIM collaboration to happen even faster.
Bunkspeed introduces HyperShot 10
Bunkspeed introduces HyperShot 10 – new version features all new rendering engine with patent-pending technology.

VMware and Parallels: Dominance in the CAD arena
With VMware clearly hustling to be in the fight with archrival Parallels, does it not make sense for VMware to establish partnerships with Windows-only CAD companies, much the same as what Parallels did with Autodesk?