News: AECO
Nemetschek Invests in US-based Document Crunch
The Nemetschek Group has invested in US-based construction AI-solution maker Document Crunch.
Chaos Launches Envision Beta—Real-Time AEC Animation
Chaos Launches Envision Public Beta — A new real-time AEC assembly and animation system for AEC industry professionals.
Available Worldwide — Allplan 2025, Vectorworks 2025 and Archicad 28
Nemetschek Group touts ALLPLAN 2025, Vectorworks 2025, and Archicad 28 available worldwide — delivering BIM innovations to the global AEC industry.
News: Visualization
New Vectorworks Report Highlights AI, VR and Sustainability Trends
Insights Tech Report highlights the state of technology adoption around AI, VR and sustainability practices in event design industry.
Chaos launches V-Ray 7 for SketchUp and Rhino
Chaos V-Ray 7 for SketchUp and V-Ray 7 for Rhino and Grasshopper are now out for the two most popular 3D AEC modelers.
3D News: Khronos Group Launches Slang Initiative for Graphics
Slang offers the 3D industry advanced GPU shader development productivity and portability via broad industry collaboration
Industry Commentary and Analysis
ARM says "Brain Cells" in Chips Will Surpass Neurons in Humans by 2018
Softbank’s CEO and chairman offers up exciting and even scary picture of the future 30 years out—says ARM will ship trillions of chips in IoT devices and these chips will one day have the IQ of 10,000.
BIM News: Abvent Group Partners with BIM One, Author of BIM Track
Abvent partners with BIM One of North America to offer its BIM Track app to its EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) region customers.
SimTread Crowd Flow Simulation Software—Now At Version 2.5
Software for crowd simulation from Japan that runs on the Vectorworks BIM/CAD platform has been updated—the new SimTread 2.5.
News: CAID
IMSI Design Releases TurboCAD Mac 15
TurboCAD Mac 15 product line features AI-powered TurboCAD Mac Copilot features to leverage AI technologies in AEC and MCAD CAD workflows.
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.
News: MCAD
Product Watch: BOXX APEXX S3 and S4 with Intel Core Ultra CPUs
BOXX Technologies is the first pro workstation maker to ship new workstations featuring Intel Core Ultra 7 and Ultra 9 processors.
IMSI Design Releases TurboCAD Mac 15
TurboCAD Mac 15 product line features AI-powered TurboCAD Mac Copilot features to leverage AI technologies in AEC and MCAD CAD workflows.
Autodesk 2024 State of Design & Make Report—AI a Highlight
Autodesk 2024 State of Design & Make Report offers a glimpse into AEC, Manufacturing and M&E industries with noteworthy positivity around AI
News: Animation & VFX
Maxon releases new Red Giant Update—Enhanced Unreal Support
This January update to Maxon’s Red Giant includes enhanced support for Unreal Engine in Magic Mullet Looks, Maxon Cloud Capsule support in Trapcode and more.
SPEC Releases SPECapc for Maya 2024 Benchmark, Adds SPEC Workload Development Kit
SPEC Releases new SPECapc for Maya 2024 Benchmark for the creative industries to help measure workstation performance.
Maxon Delivers Massive updates for Maxon One
Maxon announces significant updates to products in its Maxon One subscription bundle, including Capsules, Forger, Redshift, and Trapcode.
Editor's Picks
News: Apple
Apple and TSMC working in AI chip for data centers
Apple and TSMC have been secretly working together on AI chips for data centers for years. Apple aims to edge up Google and Microsoft in the AI arms race.
Apple Intros Apple Silicon-based Mac Pro
Apple’s lovable Mac Pro enclosure is now married to Apple’s industry-leading Apple Silicon. But the new M2 Ultra-powered workstation isn’t for everyone.
Gurman says Apple Reality One Headset will have iOS-like Interface
Apple’s Reality One VR/AR headset may be a game changer for the immersive industry with a digital crown feature that is said to be a key feature.
News Posts
- All News
- AEC/O
- Analysis & Commentary
- Animation & VFX
- Apple
- Architecture
- Business Applications
- CAID
- Construction
- Engineering
- Events
- Game Design
- GIS
- Graphics Applications
- Hardware
- Infrastructure
- iPad
- iPhone
- KCC 2017
- Landscape Architecture
- Mac 3D
- Mac CAD
- MCAD
- Media & Entertainment
- Medical
- Science
- Software Development
- Visualization
- Sep 30, 16 – Open Design Alliance Announces Teigha BIM for Autodesk Revit [09:08 am] 5 responses
- Sep 26, 16 – Maxon Announces CINEMA 4D R18 ‘North American Road Show’ [01:03 pm] 1 response
- Sep 24, 16 – Nvidia Job Posting for Mac Software Engineer Points To GPU Return and OpenCL Push for Apple [02:40 pm] 1 response
- Sep 23, 16 – Desktop and Workstation Computers In Decline—Says Latest Industry Report [04:31 pm] 15 responses
- Sep 22, 16 – London and Australia Investment Firm Inject Strata with ‘First Round’ Funding for VR/AR Enterprise Push [01:40 pm] 1 response
- Sep 22, 16 – Autodesk Finalists for 2016 AEC Excellence Awards Competition—Announced! [07:52 am] 7 responses
- Sep 22, 16 – Does Mac 3D Program formZ Work with Sierra? You Bet—But! [07:10 am] 1 response
- Sep 21, 16 – Mac 3D/CAD News: Tekla, Fusion, Vectorworks at GreenBuild 2016 and More… [01:10 pm] 3 responses
- Sep 21, 16 – OrthoGraph Teams with CadLine Ltd for Building Survey and 3D Interior Design [08:19 am] 10 responses
- Sep 19, 16 – Architects Head Back to School with LEARNVIRTUAL—Hybrid Learning Platform Focused on ArchiCAD In Practice [01:04 pm] 1 response
- Sep 16, 16 – Mac 3D News: formZ and Strata 3D—Special Fall Offers [01:36 pm] 1 response
- Sep 16, 16 – GRAPHISOFT to Host Webinar Touting BIMx and BIMx PRO Features [08:48 am] 3 responses
- Sep 15, 16 – Phil Bernstein Steps Down From Role as Vice President at Autodesk [01:19 pm] 10 responses
- Sep 14, 16 – Vectorworks, Inc. Announces English Version of New Vectorworks 2017 BIM Software Product Line [10:10 am] 2 responses
- Sep 13, 16 – ODA Accelerates BIM Interoperability With Native Revit File Support [05:00 pm] 9 responses
- Sep 13, 16 – 3D News: The Future Group Demos First Mixed Reality (MR) Based on Unreal Engine [08:39 am] 3 responses
- Sep 12, 16 – MAXON Ups Rendering Ante with Multi-Year Technical Collaboration Agreement with NVIDIA [01:28 pm] 5 responses
- Sep 12, 16 – Mac 3D News: Chaos Group Launches Brand New Website [07:48 am] 20 responses
- Sep 09, 16 – Apple Involvement in IoT/Connected Home Limited in Short Run, Says Analyst [08:56 am] 5 responses
- Sep 07, 16 – Apple Sep Event—Don’t Be Surprised by Big Mac Update Today [08:40 am] 2 responses
- Sep 06, 16 – Mac 3D News: Andersson Technologies updates SynthEyes 1608 [02:34 pm] 1 response
- Sep 05, 16 – Altair updates HyperWorks 14 CAE application to serve its Aerospace customers [10:46 am] 1 response
- Sep 01, 16 – IMAGINiT Technologies Partners with Canadian Centre for Product Validation [10:18 pm] 1 response
- Sep 01, 16 – MAXON Announces Immediate Availability of new CINEMA 4D R18 [10:32 am] 0 responses
- Aug 31, 16 – Music and BIM: Second BIM Brothers Music Video Out—’Faster than Ever’ [08:48 am] 7 responses
- Aug 31, 16 – Mac 3D News: Allegorithmic Adds Design Industry First to Substance Designer 5.5 [05:58 am] 1 response
- Aug 29, 16 – Dubai Future Foundation and Asite to Host International Competition on the Future Transportation Sector [08:20 am] 1 response
- Aug 25, 16 – Dassault’s Spatial’s New 2017 version of its 3D ACIS Modeling Kernel [01:30 pm] 1 response
- Aug 23, 16 – MAXON wins Computer Graphics World Magazine ‘Silver Edge Award’ [08:12 am] 4 responses
- Aug 22, 16 – Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac Out—Still Runs Revit Just As Good [01:52 pm] 4 responses
- Aug 19, 16 – Event News: Vectorworks and Scia sponsor Concrete BIM Workshop [01:55 pm] 7 responses
- Aug 19, 16 – Event News: Nordic BIM Academy Launches in Copenhagen 2016 [09:25 am] 33 responses
- Aug 17, 16 – Autodesk Releases Dynamo 1.1 Update for Computational Design [10:03 am] 3 responses
- Aug 16, 16 – Analysis: Kerris’ Critique and Failed Newton Make Valuable Apple AR Lessons [03:51 pm] 4 responses
- Aug 12, 16 – Foundry Group and Autodesk announces $35 million in Series B funding for Formlabs [08:48 am] 1 response
- Aug 11, 16 – Webinar: Visualizing Success with Rendering Software [09:01 am] 3 responses
- Aug 11, 16 – Mac 3D: New V-Ray Showreel 2016 Out—Stunning Imagery [08:46 am] 1 response
- Aug 10, 16 – High Growth Dynamics Continue for Nemetschek Group in 2016 [08:26 am] 3 responses
- Aug 10, 16 – BIM News: Nemetschek Acquires US-based Design Data—For Structural Steel Design Software [07:32 am] 18 responses
- Aug 08, 16 – VRLA Summer Expo — Apple Essentially Missing in Action from VR Market [01:14 pm] 9 responses
- Aug 08, 16 – CAD/3D News Tidbits: Autodesk, ThinkParametric, solidThinking news [08:59 am] 1 response
- Aug 05, 16 – Grasshopper-ArchiCAD Workflow Competition Winners Announced [08:51 am] 3 responses
- Aug 04, 16 – SIG: Learning about AMD’s Radeon Pro WX Graphics Card Debut [01:11 pm] 13 responses
- Aug 03, 16 – GRAPHISOFT’s BIMx Now Offers Full BIM Data Access Everywhere [09:18 am] 6 responses
- Jul 28, 16 – SIG: Apple Graphics News—MoltenVK brings Vulkan to Apple iOS and macOS [09:24 am] 4 responses
- Jul 27, 16 – SIG: Pixar Animation Studios Open Sources Universal Scene Description [11:27 am] 3 responses
- Jul 26, 16 – SIG: Autodesk upgrades VR and 3D animation tools at SIGGRAPH 2016 [08:46 pm] 0 responses
- Jul 26, 16 – SIG: Maxon Announces New CINEMA 4D Release 18 for Mac and Windows [08:51 am] 6 responses
- Jul 25, 16 – Autodesk intros new LIVE visualization environment—viewer for iOS platform [06:14 am] 10 responses
- Jul 21, 16 – Mac CAD/3D Tidbits: Strata 3D, Onshape and Vectorworks news… [01:00 am] 1 response
- Jul 20, 16 – Vectorworks, Inc. Helps Recognize JOM Architects as 2016 Foundation Award First-Place Winner [09:53 am] 1 response
- Jul 19, 16 – Event: Free webinar on Cloud Rendering with Maxwell Render [08:24 am] 6 responses
- Jul 18, 16 – Inivis’s AC3D 3D 7.5 application: Adds new support for ‘Spherize’ plugin [05:40 pm] 1 response
- Jul 14, 16 – Vectorworks, Inc. Partners with Modelo for AEC Presentation and Collaboration Plugin [02:05 pm] 3 responses
- Jul 13, 16 – iPad News: formZ Mobile Viewer announced for iPad and iPhone [08:18 pm] 3 responses
- Jul 13, 16 – Event News: Augmenting Landscape Architects’ Design Workflows with Information Modeling [06:58 pm] 5 responses
- Jul 11, 16 – Chaos Group releases new V-RAY for MODO for Mac and Windows [07:42 am] 3 responses
- Jul 06, 16 – GRAPHISOFT announces that ArchiCAD 20 Global Rollout Has Begun [08:20 am] 4 responses
- Jun 30, 16 – Cloud 3D rendering company Rendicity announces Apple Mac support [08:43 am] 8 responses
- Jun 29, 16 – IrisVR releases Grasshopper Plugin for IrisVR Prospect VR Application [07:32 am] 29 responses
