Archives for 3D modeling
Autodesk Packs Artist-Driven Features into Maya 2020 Release
New animation, rendering, effects, modeling and rigging advancements empower 3D artists across the production pipeline.
SIG: Early Impressions—And yes, Apple was at SIGGRAPH
Architosh is at SIGGRAPH. These are early impressions from the first day of the largest computer graphics show for professionals and students in the world.
C3D Labs Unveils B-Shaper for AEC and BIM Developers
C3D Labs adds innovative Mesh to B-Rep editor and converter to its API Toolkit.
Autodesk Unleashes New Autodesk 3ds Max 2020
New release of Autodesk 3ds Max 2020 packs a punch with improved content creation and design visualization toolset.
Rhino 6 for Mac with Grasshopper—WIP Now Available for Testing
McNeel introduces the availability of Rhino 6 for Mac WIP—includes integrated Grasshopper application.
3D News: Autodesk Announces All New Maya 2019
Maya 2019 boasts new tools for enhanced and faster performance, improved working environment and high-quality previews for an improved artists pipeline.
Umbra and City of Helsinki Partner to Stream Massive City Datasets to Mobile AR and VR
Helsinki and San Francisco-based Umbra™ have partnered with the City of Helsinki, Finland, to bring a massive, real-time streaming 3D model of the entire city online and viewable on web browsers and mobile devices like the Apple iPad. Multi-Billion Polygonal Models Powerfully Optimized Based on aerial photographs of Helsinki taken in 2015, the city generated […]
BricsCAD Shape for macOS—SketchUp Competitor Arrives in Market
Belgium-based Bricsys, has released the new BricsCAD Shape for macOS (and Windows too!).
Gaming Tech Takes Over—SPACIALISTS Touts Its Unreal Engine Viz Pipeline
As game engines continue to evolve as full-fledged complete 3D development environments, their ability to simplify complex development challenges across platforms means more professional 3D pros will begin to take advantage of them.
SketchUp May Finally Have Some Competition—New BricsCAD Shape
BricsCAD Shape is finally rolling out with the Windows version first but the Mac version is on its way. The new conceptual design modeler is meant for architects and engineers and is DWG native and supports IFC workflows.
New “Shape” by Bricsys Takes Aim at Trimble SketchUp
Bricsys of Belgium, the developer of popular BricsCAD, has announced Shape, a new DWG-native 3D conceptual “SketchUp-like” design software tool. It is slated for 2018 release.
The Mac-Only Cheetah3D Gets Biggest Update Ever in Version 7
Five years in the making, the new Cheetah3D 7.0 is officially out. New Mac-only 3D software tool boasts new unbiased renderer and many new features.
Unity Collaborates with Autodesk—Strengthening Link with 3ds and Maya
Unity Technologies and Autodesk collaborate around FBX technology to streamline game development and asset creation using 3ds Max and Maya with Unity.
Belgium-based Bricsys Announces New BricsCAD V17.1.18-1 for Mac
The native DWG AutoCAD competitor says BricsCAD (Mac) V17 is a complete BricsCAD version and has the same features as BricsCAD (Linux), with lots of new features, improvements, and fixes.
Trimble Announces New SketchUp 2017—New Graphics Pipeline 2.0
With this release, Trimble has turned its attention to accelerating and fine-tuning 3D graphics along with powerful updates to better modeling and drawings capability.
