Posts by Anthony Frausto-Robledo, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, Author at Architosh - Page 22 of 39
Mac stalwart developer GRAPHISOFT wins ‘Silver Stevie Award’ in 2014 International Business Awards for its BIMcloud
GRAPHISOFT snags International Business Award “stevie” for its BIMcloud cloud services and software solution
SIG: OTOY unveils first commercial holographic video and display technology for 2015
The Star Trek future is fast upon us with OTOY’s latest innovations — company promises industry first in holographic video and holographic displays for early 2015
SIG: OTOY expands OctaneRender integration with NUKE, Houdini, MotionBuilder, Unreal Engine 4 and more
OTOY announces expansive OctaneRender integration with NUKE, Houdini, MotionBuilder, Unreal Engine 4 and other tools…new support for holographic video production
SIG: OTOY announces new X.IO App Streaming services to bring Windows CAD and 3D apps to Mac and other platforms
OTOY announces new X.IO App Streaming to bring anywhere access to Windows graphics intensive apps to any device via the Web
SIG: V-Ray comes to The Foundry’s NUKE and MODO applications
Architosh has Mac 3D news from SIGGRAPH 2014, which starts today. Chaos Group have announced integration and support of V-Ray for MODO, NUKE and KATANA from The Foundry
Maxon Unveils New CINEMA 4D Release 16 ahead of SIGGRAPH 2014
Germany’s Maxon has updated CINEMA 4D to version R16 — offering numerous advanced new features for digital 3D artists working across a range of design and film and TV industries
Autodesk announces Next Evolution of SketchBook Pro in Version 7 for Mac and Windows
Autodesk raise the bar on their popular SketchBook Pro with this latest Version 7 release and new membership options
HP T520 ePrinter and HP Z workstations power US Pavilion at Venice Biennale
HP technologies featured at U.S Pavilion at Venice Biennale in formed architectural studio
Tidbits: ShaderLight for SketchUp, CAD Garage and Dosch News Items
Mac CAD and 3D News: We have news tidbits on Shaderlight for SketchUp at its latest version V3 with tons of new features; plus news on Dosh Design landscape elements for 3D packages; plus CAD Garage is now carrying modo and Maxwell Render
SIG: Chaos Group News for SIGGRAPH 2014 in Vancouver
Chaos Group to host Two “V-Ray Days” at SIGGRAPH 2014 in August
SIG: In Brief: Maxon news at SIGGRAPH 2014
We have some details on Maxon’s participation at SIGGRAPH 2014 this year
New CINEMA 4D Tutorials at Greyscalegorilla
CINEMA 4D enthusiast website and add-on developer Greyscalegorilla has a new sub-surface scattering (SSS) tutorial plus a link to their winners of the Five Second Winners contest
OrthoGraph wins ‘Best in Biz’ Award for App of the Year
Reporting from Budapest, OrthoGraph Architect App has won the Gold Trophy in Best Biz Awards 2014 International
iVisit 3D for Autodesk 360 Now Available
Abvent announces iVisit 3D for Autodesk 360. Now Revit users can export out to this growing format for 3D mobile and web deployment
Mac CAD/3D News: Maxon, Graphisoft and Solibri announcements
Mac and iOS CAD and 3D News: We have exciting news from Solibr regarding COBie, plus news from Maxon on a new animation contest and news about Graphisoft’s BEST of SHOW honors
AIA: Pictures and Notes from the Entire Week in Chicago: Part 2
Pictures and Notes from AIA National 2014 in Chicago — we show our photos, expand our notes from discussions with the leading AEC software companies in attendance at the show
AIA: Pictures and Notes from the Entire Week in Chicago: Part 1
Pictures and Notes from AIA National 2014 in Chicago — we show our photos, expand our notes from our discussions with the leading AEC software companies in attendance at the show
Nemetschek Vectorworks and Asite Partner to support improved BIM-based workflows
Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. and Asite of London have partnered on improving coordination of BIM-based workflows through Asite’s cloud-based platform
Nemetschek AG Joins buildingSMART International’s Strategic Advisory Council for Better Interoperability
Nemetschek AG, parent company of 12 leading AECM software companies has joined the new buildingSMART Strategic Advisory Council
Perspectives on the 2014 Architosh BEST of SHOW awards at AIA National
In this special 2014 AIA Chicago feature report perspectives on the evolving IT landscape and how it framed the selection of honorees for BEST of SHOW this year are discussed. We continue from the same framework established in Denver last year, where social, cloud, computation and the space of creativity and contemplation define the edges of innovation in software technologies powering change in the field of architecture
AIA: Trimble’s new Concept Apps on Google’s Project Tango Look Compelling
We look discuss our meeting with Trimble at AIA where we got our first hand view of Project Tango development for the company. In this article we talk about the tech behind Project Tango and its relationship with Apple
GRAPHISOFT signs MOU with Singapore Institute of Architects
GRAPHISOFT signs partnership agreement with Singapore Institute of Architects (SAI) expanding BIM ArchiCAD style into one of the leading Asian markets
AIA: AutoDesSys and Autodesk demonstrate upcoming technologies
Reports from AIA National Chicago: Looking at upcoming technologies from two veteran software companies in AEC…
AIA: Opening Comments, Thoughts & Photos on AIA National in Chicago
An early look at AIA National in Chicago and the ideas and trends that are coming into focus
AIA: AIA National Convention 2014 Kicks Off In Chicago
The AIA National Convention and Exhibition kicks off from Chicago today…
Nemetschek Vectorworks releases English version of SimTread 2 Pedestrian Simulation Software
SimTread 2 is now available in English and works as a plugin from within Vectorworks…
Luxion announces KeyShot integration with NX at Siemens PLM Connection Conference 2014
Siemens PLM and Luxion have announced integration of KeyShot with NX at NX Conference…
GRAPHISOFT releases ArchiCAD 18 and introduces BIMcloud
GRAPHISOFT begins its international roll-out of ArchiCAD 18 and BIMcloud, to global architectural BIM markets around the world…
In-Depth: The New and Dynamic formZ 8
AutoDesSys, Inc., talks to Architosh about what’s coming up this summer in the new formZ 8—covering in detail such new features as its Subdivision Surface Modeling tools, new OpenGL Interactive Rendering improvements and much more…
Training News: Sixth Edition of 3D Modeling in Vectorworks Manual Now Out
Author Jonathan Pickup has revised his popular book for use with the latest Vectorworks 2014 software
HP Disrupts market with new Large Format PageWide technology
HP is rethinking its Large-Format DesignJet line with new technology and new additions…
IMSI Design announces TurboViewer 3.5—Powerful 2/3D DWG and PDF Markup Viewer
IMSI Design has announced the latest version of its noted TurboViewer app, now at version 3.5, with the fastest 2d and 3d PDF and DWG file viewing on any mobile app and robust collaborative communications
AIA: Nemetschek Vectorworks Sponsors Architectural Record Napkin Sketch at AIA National
One can enter the annual Architectural Record Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest at the Nemetschek Vectorworks booth at the AIA National Convention in Chicago and win prizes plus learn learn about innovative BIM workflows
SimLab Soft announces release of SimLab Composer 2015 for Mac and Windows
SimLab Soft introduces SimLab Composer 2015 for Mac and Windows – 3D visualization, automation and exporting software workbenches for Mac OS X and Windows
Sensopia announces MagicPlan 4.0 for iOS
MagicPlan 4.0 is out—and for iOS first with Android to follow—and it contains numerous updates and improvements
Chief Architect Now Available for Mac OS X—Five New CAD Products for DIY
Chief Architect Software has released Home Designer 2015 and now for both Windows and Mac OS X
Luxion releases KeyShot 5—Fast and Streamlined 3D Rendering and Animation
Many new features including NURBS based raytracing complete a new update in Luxion KeyShot 5—available immediately
Famed architect Daniel Libeskind touts beauty of the ‘App World’ in Apple WWDC video
Architect Daniel Libeskind speaks about the beauty of the “app world” while using Paper by 53 in Apple’s WWDC introductory feature video in San Francisco this week. Apple yesterday introduced iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite
solidThinking News: Latest Service Release now available for download, and more…
We have news from the folks at solidThinking, including webinars coming up, their latest service release update and some user case studies
Japanese construction giant to adopt Graphisoft BIMx for access to BIM Projects
One of Japan and the world’s largest construction companies will be implementing a very large scale deployment of BIMx Docs across the company’s owned tablet computers—BIMx Docs runs exclusively on iOS devices with Android support coming later in 2014
IMSI Design to ship TurboCAD Mac version 8 — Features 64-bit and Native Cocoa
IMSI updates TurboCAD for Mac to version 8 and this now means native 64-bit support and migration away from Apple’s old Carbon API’s
Famed architect Peter Bohlin talks about Steve Jobs and the Architecture of Apple
Architect Peter Bohlin of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson talks about working with Steve Jobs on the architecture of the Apple Stores today on Bloomberg TV
Imagination Technologies ships new Visualizer for SketchUp for Mac and Windows
SketchUp community gains new revolutionary app called Visualizer for SketchUp from Apple graphics investment Imagination Technologies
Why OTOY will change our 3D world: A conversation with Jules Urbach
In this first of what we hope will be a long history of interviews, Architosh talks to Jules Urbach of OTOY about his company’s transformational technologies—the likes of which are not just affecting the development path options for industry giants like Autodesk, but also now catching the eye of every major Hollywood movie studio.
Trimble Delivers New Trimble Field Link Software with new Bentley i-model Integration
Trimble updates Field Link software and announces collaboration with Bentley on i-model technology integration
solidThinking Inspire 2014 Web Event Scheduled for June
solidThinking Inspire 2014 is new and the company has several webinars coming up to showcase its latest new features
Autodesk post latest financial quarterly results: Up 4 Percent with $28 million in profit
Autodesk reports stronger than expected first fiscal 2015 quarter—shows signs global markets are strengthening
Luxion’s KeyShot chosen as new Rendering Solution for Siemens’ Solid Edge CAD software
Luxion’s KeyShot comes to Siemens Solid Edge ST7 as new rendering technology
Next Limit updates Maxwell Render plugins for ArchiCAD, C4D, Rhino and others
Next Limit updates plugins for popular CAD and 3D apps for use with its updated version 3.0.1 Maxwell Render rendering engine…
BQE Software releases ArchiOffice 2014 for Architectural Practices Worldwide
In one of the most dedicated software products in the market for architects, BQE has announced ArchiOffice 2014 to help practices gain more control and mastery of their office and project financials and project management.
GRAPHISOFT introduces new ArchiCAD 18 for Architecture Industry
Budapest-based Graphisoft has introduced the latest version of its flagship BIM software product, ArchiCAD 18. The tool offers new Integrated Revision Management workflow and integration of CINEMA 4D rendering engine.
New tech: Archetris is new cloud-based Architectural Programming software tool
This new architectural and schematic design software tool–Archetris–offers its users a scaled cloud-based approach to simple and efficient programming phase work…
CINEMA 4D NAB 2014 Presentations Now Archived and Available
See all the Maxon NAB 2014 booth presentations now archived and also see what you can get at Cineversity…
In-Depth: Architosh looks at GRAPHISOFT EcoDesigner STAR
GRAPHISOFT EcoDesigner STAR brings advanced building energy modeling (BEM), simulation and analysis to the early stages of the BIM workflow with the intent to improve and alter building designs. The software supports ASHRAE Standard 90.1 for LEED and more…
Abvent announces new Artlantis plugin for popular Rhino 5 3D software
French-based Abvent releases new Artlantis 5 plugin for Rhino 5, enabling Rhino users on Windows to work in tandem with the popular dedicated rendering application on both Mac and Windows…
Autodesk updates 123D Design app for Apple iOS Devices
Autodesk updates its 123D Design application for Apple iOS devices…
Boston-based Lagoa to launch cloud-based CAD modeler to challenge the likes of SolidWorks
Lagoa intends to enter MCAD market with new cloud-based SolidWorks challenger…
Tidbits: GRAPHISOFT, Greyscalegorilla and SIGGRAPH news
Mac and iOS CAD / 3D News: We have tidbits on Cadimage winning the ArchiCAD Distributor of the Year award in Hungary, as well as news on Greyscalegorilla’s upcoming Signal product plus it’s time to register for SIGGRAPH 2014
Mac 3D News: Maxon forms partnership with Side Effects – Developing Cinema 4D plugin for Houdini engine
CINEMA 4D users will have future access to the new Houdine Engine from Side Effects Software, enhancing the artistic process for users of Maxon’s software on both Mac and Windows platforms
John Bacus of Trimble talks to Architosh about SketchUp, broadly and about version 2014
Over the years Architosh has had the distinct pleasure of unique discourse with the folks behind SketchUp. From our early beginnings together we often manage to get the story that nobody else gets. In this special feature we are going to combine some insights from general SketchUp talk over the past year with a recent discussion–with John Bacus–of the latest version’s new features.
