Posts by Britney H-R
Tidbits: Keyshot news and formZ and Vectorworks seminars
Mac CAD and 3D News: We have tidbits on formZ 7 open beta and Vectorworks learning opportunities. We also have news Luxion’s new support of Autodesk Maya and 3ds Max
AU News: IMAGINiT Sessions on Scan to BIM
IMAGINiT Technologies will showcase BIM technologies at AU
PCI BIM Committee Presents the Benefits of openBIM
Interoperability refers to the ability of diverse systems and organizations who work together. That is exactly why the Precast Concrete Institute’s BIM Committee has teamed up with software developers: Nemetschek Vectorworks, Nemetschek Scia, StructureWorks and Tekla. Together they present a new integrated model based workflow, specialized for the needs of the precast industry.
Tidbits: Tutorials, Anime Studio and more…
Mac CAD and 3D News tidbits: We have news of tutorials for ArchiCAD, Anime Studio in the App store news; and Anima for C4D and 3DS Max
GRAPHISOFT and UDG China Team Up
Noted as a strategic partnership, GRAPHISOFT teams up with United Design Group (UDG) in Shanghai, China.
GRAPHISOFT Signs MOU with China Academy of Building Research Architecture Design Institute
GRAPHISOFT SE and the China Academy of Building Research Architecture Design Institute (CABR-ADI) recently signed a Strategic Memorandum of Understanding in Beijing.
Luxion Sponsors 2011 IDSA Student Merit Award in Enchanting New Orleans
Luxion, makers of KeyShot®, the first real time ray tracing and global illumination program, announced that it is the exclusive sponsor of the 2011 IDSA Student Merit Awards as part of the IDSA International Conference held in New Orleans, Louisiana, from September 14 -17, 2011.
Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. Announces Partnership with NCS Colour AB
Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc.’s new partnership with NCS Colour AB, will bring the availability of NCS’s web-based color palette tool, & NCS Navigator, to and tailored for Vectorworks Architect.
E-on Software announces LumenRT Review Release 1.2
The new update for LumenRT Review for SketchUp adds the ability to process larger models such as large structures and cities with greater speed
OrthoGraph 3.0 has now been released
OrthoGraph 3.0 takes on-site surveying to the next level by allowing users to create floor plans right on to their mobile devices, which can instantly produce 3D BIM models on their PCs in ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, and Google SketchUP, saving time by eliminating the post processing or “magic wanding.”
E-on Software releases Carbon Scatter, a plugin for Maya and Cinema 4D
Carbon Scatter provides a straightforward solution for creating complex and detailed populations using the native instancing technologies of 3ds Max, Maya and Cinema4D.
How the Industry Will Streamline BIM?- NBIMS-US takes more steps
Following an 86-day open ballot submission period, the National Institute of Building Sciences buildingSMART alliance has closed the submission period to develop Version 2 of its building information modeling (BIM) standard, the National BIM Standard-United StatesTM (NBIMS-US).
E-on Software Announces ‘3D Environment Competition 2011′
Major 3D competition could lead to recognition and over $11,000 in prizes!
Nemetschek Vectorworks has released its fourth Service Pack
Now available online for the Vectorworks 2011 product line, SP4
Tidbit News: openBIM- “Real Interoperability Practical Collaboration”
Registration is open for webinar called Using an openBIM Workflow (1 AIA LU), Presented by Jeffrey W. Ouellette, Assoc. AIA, Project Architect at Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc.
Dassault Systèmes’ DraftSight Supersedes One Million Downloads
Since the launch of the no-cost 2D CAD product by Dassault Systemes, DraftSight, users have been drawn from all over the world and all fields, to utilize the possibilities of CAD
Autodesk Has a New Cat to Let Out of the Bag: AutoCAD WS APIs
One of the biggest requests Autodesk has received over the last few months has been to open APIs for developers. The CAD giant responds. Read on
Unity Game Engine News – DevCon and US Army news
The Unity Game engine continues to dominate the games development market. In this post we cover some of the latest developments
Stalled project ‘never would have gotten done’ without ArchiCAD BIM software
“The eyesore of Enfield Road.” gets renovated to the all green Pease Place, by Kit Johnson using GRAPHISOFT’s ArchiCAD building information modeling (BIM) software.
Announcing the Immediate availability of the Studio Environment Set 2 (SES 2) Kit
Aimed to aid architects, artists, industrial designers, engineers, packaging specialists and CAD visualization professionals alike, easily obtain professional-quality studio lighting
Luxology’s Modo, Brings Tripod Driving Force
New Modeling and Rendering Capabilities Helped Engineering Firm Design+Modo’s birth the innovative Three-Wheeled Speed “Trike.”
Luxion unleashes KeyShot2 for PTC Creo 1.0 as Planned
PTC PartnerAdvantage™ Gold Partner Luxion delivers KeyShot with support for Creo
Tidbits: GTC Express Technology Confab Sessions
Nvidia’s GPU Efforts Reach Out to Community of Developers
Graphisoft Tidbit: Japan relief… :(
Graphisoft Japan offers relief for Japan earthquake and tsunami
Tidbit: Ashlar helps create ‘great design’ USB pocket drive
Award winning industrial designer, Nelson Au used Cobalt™ to design this circular USB creation.
e-on software Resellers Hit the Road with their Summer Show
e-on software will hit the road in Europe showcasing their new LumenRT rendering plugin for SketchUP as well as Vue products
Need a car rendering or an ipod stereo? Kiss “Licensing problems” goodbye.
DOSCH releases 3D-models of highly realistic non-branded cars and electronics!
Integrated CADD Services Offers up ArchiCAD Best Practice Courses
Registration is now open… ArchiCAD 15 expert will lead this way in showing you how to master this leading BIM program
Seville hatches a new addition to it’s city’s architectural jems
Just Opened in MARCH- A new modern landmark, the Metropol Parasol, demands attention in Seville’s medieval inner city from both tourist and locals alike.
Moonstone project achieves zero carbon rating with ArchiCAD
ArchiCAD used to create award-winning Moonstone Project in UK
Tidbits: FileMaker, Khronos Group and CAD Society News
Mac CAD and 3D News: FileMaker has introduced a whole new lineup of its award-winning database software highly used in creative firms; Khronos has introduced a COLLADA adoption package; and lastly the CAD Society is accepting nominations for its annual awards.
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.
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!
Graphisoft named finalist for CODIE Award – For BIM Learning Studio
Graphisoft’s BIM Studio is 2009 CODiE Award Finalist: ‘Best Workforce Training Solution’
3D Mice: now supported by Bentley Systems’ V8i
Award-Winning 3D Mice support new Bentley Systems’ V8i Portfolio.
TweakerSoft Has Released New VectorDesigner 1.4.11
VectorDesigner 1.4.11 is a simple and powerful drawing application. Now updated to support Apple’s Safari 4 beta.
Sketchers USA Loves to Draw with Wacom’s Cintiq
Sketcher USA boosts productivity by adding Wacom Cintiqs to its graphic pipeline.
Tidbits: Sweet Home 3D and HyperMove (Bunkspeed) news
A new version of Sweet Home 3D came out yesterday. Project Manager, David Randle presents webcast of HyperMove.
Graphisoft’s ArchiCAD behind Award-Winning Canadian Memorial Centre
The Canadian Wood Council WoodWORKS has awarded Beechwood National Memorial Centre the title of Best Institutional Project under 10M Category.
ConceptDraw PRO is Turning Japanese
CS Odessa has partnered up with Uptown Inc. to launch a new Japanese version of the award winning diagramming software, ConceptDraw PRO.
Abvent releases new Artlantis Media CD-ROMs
These three new CDs introduce templates for realistic human figures in both business and casual clothing as well as a new realistic plant library. All for Artlantis Render.
ConceptDraw Office Updated – New Features
The entire ConceptDraw Office suite gets an update.
Tidbits: ArchiCAD & Informatix CAD reseller news
ArchiCAD creates Interactive Game-like Environment for exploring their BIM models & Informatix launches reseller recruitment drive.
Tidbits: Graphisoft, LightWorks, & Escape Studios news
Mac CAD and 3D News: Graphisoft’s Webinars, LightWorks 7.9 Service Pack 1 released, & New Course from Escape Studios.
United States Army Saddles Up with Beast Lighting Solution for America’s Army 3
No, America’s Army 3 is not a new U.S. Military Force but a video game, geared to simulate the realistic path of a U.S. Army soldier. Made by the U.S. Army, geared for the hopeful next generation U.S. Soldiers, the new Army 3 video game looks to Sweden’s Illuminate Labs for their Beast lighting solution.
Log Home Industry has a New 3D CAD Tool
Finally there is an add-on for ArchiCAD that incorporates BIM (Building Information Modeling) with the particular design of Log Homes.
Graphisoft Education Conference Teaches 3D Design in China
Graphisoft sponsored “Chinese Educational Partners Conference on 3D Virtual Building Design and ArchiCAD.”
Informatix Software now under British Hands
Selective Software Holdings (SSH), a British-owned company, has purchased Informatix Software International Ltd. (ISI) — the makers of the popular Piranesi software and MicroGDS CAD system — from its Japanese parent company.
SolidWorks and Luxology team on new modo importer
Luxology showed their advancements in product design and visualization by allowing users to work directly with native SolidWorks Data Inside of modo.
LightWorks Hits the big 2-0!
LightWorks has its 20th Anniversary, which is a milestone for any company in the tech industry and a big one for this company in particular as its rendering engine technology is at the heart of software solutions powering over 2 million users worldwide.
Google Earth googles us again, this time in goggles!
Google has introduced a new version of Google Earth (v.5.0) that includes oceanic 3D underwater terrain as well as historical imagery.
New Tech to Improve Building Code Compliance – iPhone compatible
MADCAD launches advanced research technology for building codes.
LightWorks RenderComp: And the winner is…
LightWork Design announced the winner of the latest LightWorks Image 4th Quarter Image Competition.
Craft Animations add real-time Animations to Cinema 4D!
Craft Animations™ today announced the availability of its Craft Director Tools™ for users of MAXON CINEMA 4D.
modo used for Design of NASA’s New Moon Rover!
The exciting announcement that a new NASA Lunar vehicle, the six-wheeled Small Pressurized Rover (SPR), made its first public appearance during the parade at the inauguration ceremonies for U.S. President Barack. But before it was built the prototype was visualized in Luxology’s modo® 302 software.
MWSF: Punch releases Home and Landscape Design Studio
Punch continues its push further into Mac CAD software territory with popular home and landscape design application suite.