News: AECO
HOOPS Communicator 2019 Adds WebAssembly Rendering and Support for BIM Collaboration Format
New WebAssembly core rendering leads to a drastic reduction in library size and performance with faster downloads and startup times.
HOOPS Exchange 2019 Supports Autodesk Revit for AEC Workflows
While deepening support for existing manufacturing and AR/VR workflows, the new HOOPS Exchange advances BIM.
In Brief: Bentley Wins BIM Show Live 2019 Award—BIM Enabler/Consultant of the Year
Bentley scoops up BIM Enabler/Consultant of the Year Award at BIM Live 2019.
News: MCAD
HOOPS Communicator 2019 Adds WebAssembly Rendering and Support for BIM Collaboration Format
New WebAssembly core rendering leads to a drastic reduction in library size and performance with faster downloads and startup times.
HOOPS Exchange 2019 Supports Autodesk Revit for AEC Workflows
While deepening support for existing manufacturing and AR/VR workflows, the new HOOPS Exchange advances BIM.
MCAD News: Siemens Announces new NX Software—Now with AI and ML Technologies
Siemens’ Digital Innovation Platform and NX software advance the design and engineering process by tapping into AI and Machine Learning within the context of their new Adaptive User Interface technology.
News: CAID
McNeel Ships New Rhino 6—Grasshopper Now Built-In
The long-awaited Rhino 6 with integrated Grasshopper is now shipping worldwide. New flexible cloud licensing make using Rhino 6 wherever you are easy.
Luxion Announces KeyShot for SOLIDWORKS
Luxion advances KeyShot for SOLIDWORKS add-in software to accelerate product design and engineering workflows.
Altair IPO—Engineering Software Company Soars on Debut
While not ruling out using proceeds for acquisitions, Altair Engineering—parent company of solidThinking, Inc.—says successful IPO will allow it to pay off debt.
News: Visualization
Vectorworks Gains New Lumion Live-Sync Rendering thru New VGS Technology
The latest service pack for Vectorworks 2019 adds new Lumion Live-Sync rendering and much other powerful visualization features.
Khronos Group Announces OpenXR 0.90 Provision Spec for High-Performance Access to AR and VR Platforms
The group behind OpenGL and WebGL offers new industry standard spec for AR, VR and MX platforms simplifying software development to reach a larger array of hardware devices.
The Wild 0.10 Allows Revit Users to Collaborate on Their Models in VR—Latest Beta Feature
The Wild now supports Revit Add-On, allowing popular BIM program direct path to innovative VR solution.
News: Animation & VFX
Animation News: How Cinesite and Substance Recreated a Legendary Medieval City for Liongate's 'Robin Hood'
Allegorithmic’s Substance Designer and Painter software were used extensively to create the town of Nottingham for Liongate’s ‘Robin Hood’ film, offering industry and consumers alike stunning visual continuity and portrayal of realism.
3D News: Unity to Kick Off GDC with March 18 Keynote
Audiences around the world will see everything they need to see to continue to create, operate, and monetize on the world’s most widely used real-time development platform.
3D News: Adobe Acquires 3D Software Company Allegorithmic
Adobe acquires France-based Allegorithmic and its CEO will lead new 3D initiatives at Adobe at large as the San Jose software giant looks to add the third dimension to its legendary 2D graphics history.
Editor's Picks
News: Apple
Canada's Corel Announces New CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2019 for Mac
Marking 30 years of innovation, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2019 extends its reach beyond Windows with an all-new, pro-powered suite for macOS and the new CorelDRAW web app.
WebGL 2.0—Why It's the Path to Stable Open Standards-based 3D Web Graphics
As WebGL 2.0 has emerged into a powerful technology built on the back of a very successful WebGL 1.0 now fully utilized across numerous professional CAD and 3D apps on the Web. This feature discusses this history and why WebGL 2.0 is such a crucial standard.
Welcome to the Kanban Board—Agile Project Management for Architects with Merlin Project
The Kanban board system offers AEC pros a lot of value. Merlin Project is built for AEC industries and more and provides Kanban in its latest release.
Industry Commentary and Analysis
Infographic—The Future of VR (virtual reality) by 2025
A web agency has put together a researched infographic on the future of VR. We dig into the details and the findings and unpack a few of them in our analysis.
Autodesk's AutoCAD Web App—Named Finalist in User Experience by Fast Company
The AutoCAD web app is a Fast Company finalist for user experience (UX) at its Innovation by Design Awards program.
Day 1 Highlights—Vectorworks Design Summit and Keynote
Architosh was in Arizona for the fourth annual Vectorworks Design Summit. This article talks about some Day 1 highlights from the keynote.
News Posts
- Mar 20, 19 – Vectorworks Gains New Lumion Live-Sync Rendering thru New VGS Technology [02:03 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 19, 19 – Khronos Group Announces OpenXR 0.90 Provision Spec for High-Performance Access to AR and VR Platforms [06:45 am] 0 responses
- Mar 18, 19 – HOOPS Communicator 2019 Adds WebAssembly Rendering and Support for BIM Collaboration Format [07:40 am] 0 responses
- Mar 15, 19 – The Wild 0.10 Allows Revit Users to Collaborate on Their Models in VR—Latest Beta Feature [02:21 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 14, 19 – Canada’s Corel Announces New CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2019 for Mac [10:51 am] 0 responses
- Mar 13, 19 – Chaos Group Announces V-Ray Next for Rhino (and Grasshopper!) [01:56 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 13, 19 – HOOPS Exchange 2019 Supports Autodesk Revit for AEC Workflows [08:13 am] 0 responses
- Mar 12, 19 – In Brief: Bentley Wins BIM Show Live 2019 Award—BIM Enabler/Consultant of the Year [09:45 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 06, 19 – 3D News: Chaos Group Launches New Chaos Cloud Rendering Solution [11:08 am] 0 responses
- Mar 04, 19 – Vectorworks Earns Product Technology Recognition with Three More Awards [04:01 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 04, 19 – Exclusive: Bluebeam Dropping Mac Platform—Pushing Cloud Ecosystem Instead [09:55 am] 0 responses
- Feb 26, 19 – Bentley Goes Big with Microsoft Hololens 2—New Mixed Reality App for Infrastructure Projects [08:29 am] 0 responses
- Feb 23, 19 – Animation News: How Cinesite and Substance Recreated a Legendary Medieval City for Liongate’s ‘Robin Hood’ [04:28 pm] 0 responses
- Feb 22, 19 – MCAD News: Siemens Announces new NX Software—Now with AI and ML Technologies [08:06 am] 1 response
- Feb 21, 19 – Nemetschek Group Introduces ‘Spacewell’—Brand Encompasses Building Operations and Management Segment [09:48 am] 0 responses
- Feb 20, 19 – Fourth Annual Vectorworks Design Scholarship—Now Open [07:27 am] 0 responses
- Feb 15, 19 – ISO (International Organization for Standardization) Publishes First International BIM Standards [08:07 am] 1 response
- Feb 12, 19 – WebGL 2.0—Why It’s the Path to Stable Open Standards-based 3D Web Graphics [09:03 am] 1 response
- Feb 09, 19 – Chaos Group Releases V-Ray Next for SketchUp [06:12 pm] 0 responses
- Feb 07, 19 – 3D News: Unity to Kick Off GDC with March 18 Keynote [01:27 pm] 0 responses
