Architosh Staff (info@architosh.com)

08 Jan.01

Macworld San Francisco Expo Report-Pre Show

Here is our preliminary list of vendors. Come back often to URL links to these vendors (as we review their wares and new technologies in the coming days).

CAD, 3D, and Animation:

Abracadata, Inc. Design Estimator

Abvent. Artlantis Render, Katabounga, Zoom. - New Updaters: Zoom 5.6.1.

Alias//Wavefront. Maya

Ashlar. Vellum 3D - Now available: Vellum Solids 2000

Auto-des-sys, Inc .- Form Z 3.8 will be demonstrated and will be beta-testing mid January

MacSoft. MathCad. - New MathCad 2001 available.

Maxon Computer Inc. Cinema 4D XL v. 6, Cinema 4D GO v.5.

Microspot 3D World 3.0, Microspot Interiors, Microspot Renderer - New MacDraft Version 4.4.1

Nemetschek NA.VectorWorks 8.5, VectorWorks ARCHITECT, VectorWorks LANDMARK, VectorWorks SPOTLIGHT, RenderWorks, Revision Master

NewTek - Update LightWave 6.0 to 6.5.

REAL Software - Realbasic 2.1.2 now available.

AEC General:

Adobe Systems. Adobe Acrobat.

4D Inc - New 4D Version 6.7.

Connectix Corporation

Corel Corporation

Dantz Development

Extensis Products Group

FileMaker Inc.

Microsoft

Miramar Systems

MYOB US, Inc.

Netopia, Inc.

Nisus Software, Inc.

PowerOn Software

Quark, Inc.

Real Software, Inc.

Sassafras Software, Inc.

Vicomsoft

AEC Specialized:

AEC Software

AEC & 3D Related Hardware:

ATI Technologies

Epson America

Handspring

Hewlett Packard

IBM

Kensington

Palm Inc.

VST Technologies Inc.

We think all of these companies have something to offer AEC/CAD/3D pros on the Mac and we will be digging for more companies (hopefully ones we haven't heard about yet) that are offering new Mac technologies of particular interest and use to our audience.