Posts by Anthony Frausto-Robledo, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, Author at Architosh - Page 37 of 41
ACCIONA Adopts ArchiCAD 13 for BIM
Dow Jones Sustainability Index company Acciona of Spain, has adopted Graphisoft’s ArchiCAD as its BIM Solutions platform — company operates in 30 countries around the globe
Event: Vectorworks – BIM In Perspective
Nemetschek North America will be hosting an event titled BIM In Perspective, by Wes Gardner, AIA — The BIM event focuses on the big-picture behind the transformation of the architectural industry to a BIM workflow
Architosh to publish BIM study report
Architosh will begin releasing BIM reports on survey data of over 410 qualified architectural practices in the US and abroad — BIM report will cover areas of discussion related to BIM not widely covered in other industry reports, in addition to stats on BIM adoption, BIM tool usage and sentiment and key reasons for the adoption of BIM.
Mac-using architect uses modo to build full-size LEGO Bricks House
Mac-using architect uses Luxology’s popular modo 401 to design full-scale LEGO house for TV show
Nemetschek’s Vectorworks Now GSA BIM Compliant
Vectorworks Architect 2010 SP2 now certified for United States GSA Projects
Sketchers Studio Brings Animation to SketchUp
New software product Sketchers Studio from Japan animates your SketchUp models–complete with basic visual effects
Vectorworks Winter Training
Nemetschek North America has full Winter Schedule for Workshops and Courses for both New and Experienced Vectorworks Users
ArchiCAD 13 behind Sun City Palace in Kobe Japan
BAR Architects of San Francisco designs beautiful Kobe Towers in Japan – Leading Edge Senior Housing Project Using ArchiCAD
More Apple 3D touch interface patents
Baltimore Sun writers discovers more hidden Apple patents regarding 3D motion detection user interface technology aimed at tablet-like devices and devices like the iPhone
Tidbits: Autodesk, Graphisoft and 3D News
Mac CAD and 3D News: We have some brief news items on Autodesk’s recent acquisition, AIA survey news touching on BIM, ArchiCAD events in January and OpenGL news regarding SilverLining software…
Tidbits: Apple and Hyper Reality Displays and more
Apple’s patents on Hyper Reality Display technology suggest the company is planning to implement some form of 3D head-tracking technology using cameras and sensors in future Apple products. Such technology can radically advanced user-interface design and interaction…something Apple is naturally good at
Apple Tablet to have 3D technology
Apple’s upcoming tablet computer device is anticipated to be announced on January 26 in San Francisco
Event: Artlantis Free Demo Day in France
Abvent France hosts Demo Day series featuring Artlantis Studio and ArchiCAD 13 among others. The event takes place in 39 locations throughout France
Apple’s 3D Head-Tracking and BIM – Looks Promising
Apple’s recent patent involving 3D Head-Tracking technology has lit up the blogosphere. In this report we talk about a video posted on Houston Neal’s blog site which demonstrates how this 3D Head-Tracking technology could function within BIM and 3D software
Tidbits: Shark FX v7, modo and solidThinking news
Mac CAD and 3D News: We have brief news today on Luxology’s Chinese version of modo 401, solidThinking news items from its latest newsletter and blog and availability news on Shark FX v7
Tidbits: Apple 3D Head-Tracking, Live Interiors and more news
Mac CAD and 3D News: We have brief but very interesting news on an exciting new Apple 3D patent; news on Live Interiors’ latest update and a reference article on Ars that delves deeply into 3D on the Mac
solidThinking expands in Asia
solidThinking expands in Asia with strategic partnership with SiliconStudio Korea
Maxon partners with Py4D
Maxon partners with Tuningchannel over Python Development Resource Py4D
Service Pack 2 for Vectorworks 2010 released
Nemetschek North America has released the second service pack for Vectorworks 2010 — new update addresses key wall and joining component technology
Autodesk releases Smoke for Mac
Autodesk has released Smoke 2010 for Mac to the professional film community — new release runs on 64-bit Snow Leopard Mac operating system for optimal performance
V-Ray for SketchUp Mac Edition – Pre-order
Google’s SketchUp for Mac to gain V-Ray — one of the world’s premier rendering engines
Test drive Vue 8 Personal Learning Editions
e-on software releases Personal Learning Editions (PLE) of their top software packages for computer-graphics (CG) professionals
Architosh Talks to Viktor Varkonyi, CEO Graphisoft
At Build Boston 2009 Viktor Varkonyi, CEO of Graphisoft, sat down with Architosh to talk about ArchiCAD 13. The keynote speaker that morning at a Boston area architects BIM forum, Varkonyi explained that his company’s latest Building Information Modeling (BIM) software has changed the game in terms of what is possible with collaboration in architectural practice.
Vectorworks news: New Planet Vectorworks
Vectorworks News: New Planet Vectorworks for users of this popular Mac CAD software
Tidbits: Apple OpenCL, future GPU/CPU shared memory pools
Mac CAD and 3D News: We have a brief tidbit on a post on CPU to GPU shared memory pooling and work that Intel is undertaking. There is also a note about Apple’s progress with OpenCL and specifically FFT lib (library) producing very high performance
Tidbits: Autodesk University, Nvidia Quadro and next Mac Pros
Mac CAD and 3D News: In Tidbits today we have news on Apple’s next Mac Pros getting exclusive use of Intel’s new six-core Xeons; we also cover a report out on the Web about Nvidia Quadros at Autodesk University and a link to a Parallels vs Fusion article
Cheetah 3D 5.1 has new animation features
Cheetah 3D version 5.1 update adds improvements to animation, skinning, and other updates in addition to bug fixes
Luxology releases LuxGallery for iPhone
modo maker Luxology creates its first iPhone application for viewing modo artists’ works
Graphisoft launches MyArchiCAD.com
Graphisoft pushes forward with ArchiCAD 13 with all new MyArchiCAD.com community site designed to get ArchiCAD 13 into the hands of educational customers and professionals
Khronos details new WebGL initiative
Khronos Details WebGL Initiative – new APIs and OpenWF standard
Khronos demonstrates OpenCL momentum at SC09
Khronos Group is demonstrating OpenCL 1.0 progress at international high-performance computing conference — makes major announcement about industry adoption of key standard
auto-des-sys announces bonzai 3D 2 beta 2
auto-des-sys, Inc. announces new bonzai 3D 2 beta 2 release for licensed users to test and respond to — new release offers plenty of great new features
Autodesk Smoke Showcased on Mac OS X at Inter BEE
Autodesk continues to add more native Mac OS software to its roster. Company will show technology preview of Autodesk Smoke 2010 for Mac at Inter BEE in Japan
Tidbits: Maxon and ArchiOffice News
Mac CAD and 3D News: In tidbits today we have news of Maxon’s new Spanish-language Website and the acquisition of Orange Loft’s ArchiOffice and EngineerOffice software applications
AIA Documents Online: New Solution for Mac Users
AIA announces new AIA Documents-on-Demand PDF-based solution for Mac based architects
Re-Imagining SF Bay Bridge in modo
modo based architect re-examines possible public uses for Eastern Section of San Francisco’s Bay Bridge
ArchiCAD 13 Czech and Dutch versions released
Graphisoft ships Dutch and Czech versions of its industry-leading BIM application, ArchiCAD 13
Tidbits: Piranesi, HyperShot 10 Mac Beta and more news
Mac CAD and 3D News: We have some tidbits on HyperShot 10 Mac beta and Piranesi v5.1 plugin that supports SketchUp version 6-7. Additionally, we have news on a MacDesign post on a new Dassault Systems’ 3D iPhone application
Tidbits: ArchiCAD Road Show, Vectorworks news
Mac CAD and 3D News: In today’s tidbits we cover news of Vectorworks 2010 in Brazil and ArchiCAD 13 events in New Haven (Yale) and at Build Boston later this month
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: 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
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.
solidThinking to present new technology at IDSA International Conference
solidThinking Inc. to present at IDSA Conference in Miami this week — will showcase its new solidThinking Inspired 8.0 product with new morphogenesis technology.
Google releases new SketchUp 7.1
Google has announced a significant update to SketchUp with version 7.1. Highlights include a more robust rendering engines and enhanced collaboration and data exchange.
In-Depth: solidThinking Inspire 8.0 with morphogenesis
In this In-Depth feature article Architosh delves into many of the key details of the new solidThinking Inspire 8.0 computer-aided industrial design (CAID) and styling application. Inspire includes the new “morphogenesis” technology which ships as an additional module to the base product. Alex Mazzardo, co-founder of solidThinking and now VP of Product Strategy and Marketing, discusses this landmark release.
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?