Posts by Britney H-R, Author at Architosh
Khronos Releases OpenGL ES 3.1 Uses Royalty-Free 3D Graphics API
Able to used on virtually all smartphones and tablets, OpenGL ES 3.1 adds advanced 3D features and integrated GPU computing.
Chaos Group Announces V-Ray 3.0 for Maya Beta
Round Out Powerful New Feature Set includes Faster Ray Tracing, Progressive Rendering, and Open Source Support Bring Speed and Flexibility to VFX Artists; Advanced Skin Shader and Improved SSS.
Cornucopia 3D Introduces a New Community Garden
In The New Plant Factory Nursery you can upload, buy and sell realistic 3D plants for CG, SFX, Architecture and Gaming needs
Mac 3D: OTOY introduces ORBX — Powerful Interchange File Support System
ORBX enables precise renderings across 15 of the top 3D modeling applications.
MAXON 3D Software Solutions and Creativity Take Center Stage
Where? The 2014 NAB Show, Las Vegas, April 7 – 10, 2014 (Booth# SL 8620)
Limitless Computing adds Augmented Reality (AR) Products for SketchUp Community
SketchUp 2014 Support for SightSpace Mobile Augmented Reality Now Available
Readdle updates noted Documents 5 for iPhone and iPad
Read, Listen, View, Download, Annotate almost anything on the iPad.
For Film Lovers-2014 Oscar Nominated Shorts
Catch up on all the Nominates on iTunes/Amazon Instant Video, Pay Per View/VOD & select theaters
AutoSplit for FCP X, Premiere Pro, After Effects & Motion
AutoSplit allows you to set the scale, crop and hold position of your box to literally any value.
“Join the Rebellion” A Special Program for Current Autodesk Softimage users
LightWave 3D Group Offers Softimage Artists Special Crossgrade Price for LightWave 11.6 Software
Smartgeometry Brings Urban Compaction WorkShop/Conference 2014 to Hong Kong
They’ve been to cities like Barcelona, Copenhagen, Troy and London. This 2014, Smartgeometry brings topic of Urban Compaction to Hong Kong, China.
New AC3D 7.2 – Create and Manage Models for 3D Printing
For those less-CAD savvy, AC3D has come out of the limelight as a 3D printing solution
Fifth Edition of 3D Modeling with Vectorworks book now available
3D Modeling with Vectorworks book at 5th edition
Dimenco’s @DEPTH 2.0 Bridges the Gap Between 3D Editing and 2D-3D Conversion
Here is some news about @DEPTH from Dimenco in The Netherlands
New Award for IMAGINiT Technologies
Rand’s IMAGINiT Technologies earns Autodesk Simulation Specialization designation in US
SIG: Luxion intros KeyShotVR for interactive 3D web viewing
Luxion introduces KeyShotVR to add ability to create Web-ready 3D content
SIG: formZ 7.0 officially released
AutoDesSys announces formZ 7 official release time for SIGGRAPH
SIGGRAPH News: Maxon, Autodesk, Imagination and more…
Architosh kicks off its SIGGRAPH 2012 news coverage today with some highlights
SIG: Imagination says OpenGL ES-based GPUs to hit One Billion mark in 2014
Imagination shows OpenGL ES 3.0 capable chips at SIGGRAPH 2012
Nemetschek Vectorworks gets its ‘cloud’ over Germany
Cloud Services enters Germany and others
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.
