News: AECO
VDS: Day 1 Keynote—Highlights From The Talks
Architosh captures some key moments during the Day 1 Keynote at the 2017 Vectorworks Design Summit.
Autodesk Forge Fund Invests in ManufactOn—AEC Industry Startup
Autodesk has participated in a Series A funding round for ManufactOn—Boston based startup aims to simplify supply-chain management for AEC industry with a cloud-based platform.
Starts Tomorrow—Live Streaming Keynotes at Vectorworks Design Summit
If you can’t attend the 2017 Vectorworks Design Summit event happening this week in Baltimore, you can watch it live!
News: MCAD
SIG: Dassault Systemes' Spatial Corp Releases Updated Modeling Kernel
Spatial Corporation updates its modeling engine technology and SDKs to version 2018.1 — adding more capabilities for analysis and additive manufacturing, among other items.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Now Enables Streaming of Graphically Intensive Design and Engineering Applications
Amazon has launched new AppStream 2.0 streaming services for supporting GPU-powered virtual workstations for customers through web browsers on various modern devices and operating systems—eliminating the need for high-end PC workstations with intensive GPU and CPU hardware resources. This is an ideal solution for access to Windows-only engineering and design solutions from Mac environments.
Boston-based Formlabs Gains Ex-Autodesk CEO Carl Bass as Director
Formlabs of Boston is a globally leading 3D printer manufacturer targeting designers and engineering professionals working with 3D digital content. The company has now gained ex-Autodesk CEO Carl Bass for its board.
News: CAID
solidThinking Brings Generative Design to the Cloud
solidThinking Inc. wasn’t really dropping support for macOS in their latest Inspire release, they were merely gearing up for solidThinking Inspire Unlimited their full-featured cloud-based generative design platform.
ToolTalk—The New solidThinking Inspire 2017.2
Architosh discusses the latest solidThinking Inspire version 2017.2—with its innovative motion simulation tools among other improvements.
Unveiled—Autodesk Generative Design Brings Power of Machine Intelligence to Manufacturing
The technology formerly known as Project Dreamcatcher is now unveiled as Autodesk Generative Design.
News: Visualization
Abvent's Twinmotion 2018—Is BATIMAT Innovation Award Winner
Twinmotion 2018 garners award in the area of innovation. The new interactive renderer is one of the latest innovations from Abvent of France.
New Content Pack for KeyShot 7—Foretells of Larger Role for KeyShot Cloud
Luxion announces new content pack for KeyShot 7—partners with Poliigon and Aversis.
Chaos Group Brings GPU+CPU Hybrid Rendering to V-Ray 3.6 for Maya
New technology from Chaos Group breaks hardware barriers, ensuring fast, consistent rendering with support for Autodesk Maya 2018.
News: Animation & VFX
Chaos Group Brings GPU+CPU Hybrid Rendering to V-Ray 3.6 for Maya
New technology from Chaos Group breaks hardware barriers, ensuring fast, consistent rendering with support for Autodesk Maya 2018.
Mac 3D News: Cinema 4D Release 19 Is Now Shipping
Latest version of Cinema 4D includes fundamental new OpenGL engine technology and more technology for the creation of virtual reality assets.
Creative App Learning Site 'Pluralsight'—To Host Michelle Obama
The former First Lady will be speaking in a moderated conversation at Pluralsight LIVE in September.
News: Apple
Architizer Asks—Which is Best Laptop for Architects: Mac or PC?
Should young architects go with a PC laptop or a Mac laptop? This is the question Architizer asks in their thoughtful comparison article.
SIG: The Khronos Group Releases Major Update to Graphics API—OpenGL 4.6 with SPIR-V Support
SPIR-V support added to OpenGL in version 4.6—update to industry standard graphics API specification will liberate shader-language development for content creators and 3D developers, among other updates.
AKVIS Releases New Image Editor—AliveColors for Mac and Windows
AKVIS releases all new AliveColors—new image editing software package for Mac and WIndows platforms.
Industry Commentary and Analysis
Why Gensler Architects Have Embraced Allegorithmic's Substance Software
Scott DeWoody of Gensler explains the firm’s adoption and use of Allegorithmic’s Substance software product line and how they work with it for all their digital material’s creation across their pipeline.
HighDesign 2017 Explained—Can a Mac-only App Really Break Into the Windows CAD World?
ILEXSOFT’s co-founder says its expansion into the world of CAD on Windows, with its uniquely flavored Mac-only CAD, HighDesign, is more than just responding to its customers—it’s also about fitting into BIM workflows.
CloudCities Aims To Be the Bridge Between Related Industries—Model Viewing with Data In Mind
A growing urgency to support 3D model mashups in AEC and GIS fields is bringing a Swiss software company to the foreground to solve those issues.
News Posts
- Sep 21, 17 – Abvent’s Twinmotion 2018—Is BATIMAT Innovation Award Winner [02:55 pm] 0 responses
- Sep 19, 17 – VDS: Day 1 Keynote—Highlights From The Talks [06:26 pm] 0 responses
- Sep 19, 17 – Autodesk Forge Fund Invests in ManufactOn—AEC Industry Startup [07:46 am] 0 responses
- Sep 18, 17 – Starts Tomorrow—Live Streaming Keynotes at Vectorworks Design Summit [04:17 pm] 0 responses
- Sep 15, 17 – New Content Pack for KeyShot 7—Foretells of Larger Role for KeyShot Cloud [10:06 am] 0 responses
- Sep 14, 17 – Chaos Group Brings GPU+CPU Hybrid Rendering to V-Ray 3.6 for Maya [02:16 pm] 0 responses
- Sep 13, 17 – Key New Modeling Features for Architects—In New Vectorworks 2018 [02:38 pm] 0 responses
- Sep 12, 17 – Vectorworks 2018 Announced—Plus New Rigging Analysis Module [12:00 pm] 1 response
- Sep 12, 17 – OrthoGraph 1.8 Is Announced—New Measure During Sketch Tool [08:34 am] 0 responses
- Sep 11, 17 – Autodesk Announces New Free Components to “AEC Collection” [07:13 am] 0 responses
- Sep 07, 17 – BSD Aims to Bring Specs to BIM—With New Leaders And Capital Injection [07:12 am] 2 responses
- Sep 06, 17 – North and South American Expansion—BIM Software Leader Solibri Expands Partners [01:16 pm] 0 responses
- Sep 05, 17 – Multiple Drawing Views—Upcoming Vectorworks 2018 Gets Them And More [07:08 am] 1 response
- Sep 04, 17 – Mac 3D News: Cinema 4D Release 19 Is Now Shipping [10:18 am] 0 responses
- Sep 01, 17 – A Unified Graphics Future—How The Khronos Group Intends To Get Us There (Part 2) [08:43 am] 0 responses
- Aug 30, 17 – A Hot Economy—Autodesk and Industry Group Says Construction Force Shortages Abound [12:57 pm] 0 responses
- Aug 29, 17 – Chaos Group Acquires Render Legion and Corona Renderer [06:27 am] 0 responses
- Aug 29, 17 – The ODA (Open Design Alliance) Releases Teigha BIM 4.3.1 [05:59 am] 0 responses
- Aug 28, 17 – A Unified Graphics Future—How The Khronos Group Intends To Get Us There (Part 1) [08:20 am] 2 responses
- Aug 25, 17 – Why Gensler Architects Have Embraced Allegorithmic’s Substance Software [10:51 am] 0 responses
