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Trimble Launches SketchUp for iPad
SketchUp for iPad is the latest SketchUp application from Trimble complementing Sketchup for Web and the desktop versions.

Ideate Explorer improves management of Revit warnings
Ideate’s Explorer significantly improves the way it manages the warnings generated by Autodesk’s Revit BIM software.

ALLPLAN updates its BIM software
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Autodesk releases new AutoCAD 2023 Product Line
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AERTWORKS Becomes US Reseller for ARES CAD Software
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Luxion Releases KeyShot 11
KeyShot 11 is a pivotal release that expands Luxion’s continued advancements with users to solve their most pressing product development needs in the areas of material design, information management, motion, automation, and presentation.

MultiPipe and new Apple Silicon Support in Rhino 7
Rhino 7 is now available for Apple Silicon Macs, plus adds a new powerful modeling command called MultiPipe.

Luxion Releases KeyShot 10.2
KeyShot 10.2 is a major new update from Luxion offering a completely new Materials Library, faster caustics and a lot more.
News: Visualization

Varjo Launches Reality Cloud VR/XR Software Platform
Varjo Reality Cloud has arrived. The industrial-grade VR/XR headset leader has delivered its ground-breaking meteverse-ready technology to the world.

Enscape 3.3's New Features—Much Enhanced Workflows for ArchViz
Enscape 3.3 delivers ten major areas of improvement boasting support of the latest SketchUp 2022 among other key enhancements.

BISim latest desktop training software released
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News: Animation & VFX

Maxon's Spring Product Updates—Details
Maxon announces product updates. These include a large collection of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes.

Maxon's Universe 5.1—Adds M1 Mac Support
Update to Universe 5.1 adds support for M1-powered Macs, fixes bugs and puts Universe software on future-proof foundation.

Amazing Mercedes-AMG F1 Animation—Boasts AMD Radeon Pro and Blender Technologies
BIender Cycles and Radeon Pro W6800 GPUs behind stunning Mercedes-AMG F1 race car animation by animation studio The Pixelary.
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News: Apple

Qualcomm Aims to Take Chip Leadership with new ARM SoCs for Windows
An SoC chip from Qualcomm from its Nuvia team aims to compete with Apple’s M-series processors in the PC market in 2023.

Thoughts on Apple's M1 Pro, Max and MacBook Pros
The Apple M1 Pro and M1 Max completely address the M1 chip’s solid but not great multicore performance, giving pros a huge reason to upgrade.

Apple's new M1 Pro is "Chop" version of M1 Max Die (?)
Mark Gurman’s Jade C-Chop and Jade C-Die codenames bear out in new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips for Apple. But the strategy seems odd if true but could work out well if the chopped section works up against the wafer perimeter.
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BOXX Intros AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO Workstation
The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO powers BOXX’s first 64-core workstation in the new APEXX Everest unit aimed at the top of the market.

Vulkan Coming to Apple — Alternative to Metal API Headed to Mac and iOS
Valve, LunarG and The Brenwill Workshop have joined forces with the Khronos Group to bring the industry-standard low-level graphics API, Vulkan, to the Apple macOS and iOS platforms.

Vectorworks Gains Twinmotion and Solibri support in SP3
Vectorworks 2021 SP3 delivers big changes, offering users connections to Twinmotion, Unreal Engine, plus Solibri Director Connection, more…
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