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Epson Teams with Autodesk to offer Projector BIM Files in Revit
Architects and designers can seamlessly integrate Epson projectors into their 3D models created with Revit software, allowing them to provide clients with a more complete picture of the end result.
Zebra Imaging Launches 3D Hologram Creator for Autodesk Revit
The new 3D Hologram Creator is a new plugin for Autodesk Revit and users can visualize and create their hologram directly within the Revit application and export their design to Zebra Imaging all in a single afternoon.
SIGGRAPH 2015: Full Coverage of Computer Graphics Show
This year’s focus was very much on VR (virtual reality) & Cloud Based Rendering. The focus on Virtual Reality brought a new creative energy on the show floor for exploration into a new frontier. VR in architecture & games was a big subject in the VR Village. Developers had discussions of how the hardware & software is driving development of this new space to make it affordable to the masses.
ARES Mobile featured in Grabowski series on Mobile CAD
In a multi-part article Ralph Grabowski talks about the challenges CAD programers face to run CAD effectively on mobile devices.
Wrap-Up: NVIDIA Launched DesignWorks VR at SIGGRAPH 2015
NVIDIA unveiled DesignWorks VR at SIGGRAPH 2015, and caused a stir for PC gaming at the computer graphics conference. VR has the ability to push the limits to create fully immersive and interactive experiences and digitally sculpt models even before creating physical prototypes, giving Ford Motor Company the opportunity to be the first to use VR to create vehicles.
SIG: Apple’s Macs have good presence at SIGGRAPH 2015 show
Here are the first batch of pictures from the show floor at SIGGRAPH 2015 in Los Angeles. And it’s nice to see Apple’s Macs well represented within the expo booths.
Autodesk Building Ops is new iPhone based app for building operations
Autodesk introduces new “mobile first” BIM data tools for building maintenance and operations teams, bringing BIM data to building owners and reps.
Graebert of Germany Says Japan CAD Market In flux—ARES Gains Ground
Graebert of Germany continues to make strides in CAD market share in Asia. Japan is one of its key markets where OEM product JDraf is a popular DWG native CAD solution competing for market share gains against AutoCAD, which in recent financial filings has indicated troubles in that market.
Autodesk updates Fusion 360 at Solid 2015 Conference in SF
Autodesk recently updated Fusion 360 with many new features, introduced at Solid 2015 Confab.
In-Brief: Autodesk Exchange Apps reaches 1 million downloads
Autodesk reaches 1 million apps download in its Exchange Apps community app platform.
Autodesk Project Ignite Brings Innovation to Young Learners
Project Ignite is a learning platform available to students of all ages that was created specifically to bring the essence of the Maker Movement to the classroom. The program includes free design software, step-by-step projects as well as hardware purchasing options, including 3D printing and electronics kits.
Autodesk gives Architosh exclusive peak at Dynamo Studio running on Mac
In the early hours of one of the mornings of Autodesk’s AEC Media Summit, held in Boston a week after AIA Atlanta, Architosh got an exclusive sit-down with the Autodesk Dynamo Studio lead to talk about this product’s direction and possible future…including a peak at something on the Mac!
Featured Video: Autodesk Fusion 360—Collaboration
In this featured video, the presenter outlines the important benefits and unique features of Autodesk’s Fusion 360 product in the area of collaboration.
BIMscript and LENA by BIMobject in Sweden
Turning mechanical CAD into intelligent BIM objects. BIMscript™ and LENA is a technology and a solution designed to streamline and accelerate the process of BIM content creation. This delivers both an open and freely available scripting language as well as a BIM object authoring solution.
Mac 3D News: KeyShot 6 Feature Preview
A special sneak peek and the first look at a few of the features coming to the new release of KeyShot 6! Eight new features to give you a taste of what’s in store. What’s your favorite?
Menlo Park based Frame aims to bring entire CAD industry to Cloud—Hence Mac and More!
The entire CAD industry is on the brink of a radical evolution and Frame, formerly MainFrame2, is at the leading edge of helping to usher in the new era.
Nemetschek Group yields strongest growth with record year in 2014
The Nemetschek Group has announced its fiscal 2014 financial earnings, showing record setting improvements in margins and revenue growth. The Group, with divisional revenues comparable to 25 percent world number one rival Autodesk, sees accelerated growth in 2015. Vectorworks and Graphisoft as brands are driving international momentum.
Looking at new AutoCAD 2016 and What Lies Ahead for Mac version
Autodesk’s new AutoCAD 2016 is out and here are the key features—plus some thoughts about what might wish to make it into the Mac version when it gets updated later this year.
Autodesk “detects a tremor in the Force”—Emerging OnShape means one certainty: Apple Mac users win
OnShape’s big press coverage this week has required the response of market leading CAD company Autodesk to rightfully respond. But in doing so, has the response merely signaled the significance this company poses in the market? In the end it probably doesn’t matter much. And the loser in this story isn’t going to be likely either of these companies. One thing is for sure, we know exactly why Apple wins.
Autodesk introduces new 123D Sculpt+—a new app for sculpting and 3D printing
Autodesk introduces next version of 123D Sculpt with Sculpt+ with in-app 3D printing ordering abilities
Autodesk unveils Project Wire–3D printed electronics for the masses
The Maker Movement aims to extend its reach as Voxel8 unveils its new 3D electronics printer along Autodesk Project Wire. The program runs on Autodesk’s Spark Platform.
Architosh Looks Back at 2014 for Mac CAD and 3D
In this report we look back at the year’s biggest news for our coverage markets and make some predictions of what to watch in 2015.
Autodesk Talks to Architosh about AutoCAD for Mac 2015—Features, Parity and Market Segments
In this special feature article Micah Dickerson, Product Manager for Autodesk AutoCAD for Mac product line, shares with us more background behind the latest 2015 version and why this product is finding success despite market dispersion across a vast array of industry segments. We also cover the four major new features in summary fashion and how they attest to the Mac version’s success.
Smithsonian Creates First-Ever Digital 3D Presidential Portrait in President Obama
US President Barack Obama is the first to get an all digital process Portrait Bust—created using today’s cutting edge digital tools
PipelineFX’s Cube!—First 3D Render Manager to Support Autodesk’s VRED
Autodesk’s VRED is now supported on Qube! 6.6 render farm management server system
Autodesk Talks to Architosh About Fusion 360 and The Sea Change in Product Design
In this special article Kevin Schneider, Director for Fusion 360 at Autodesk, talks to Architosh about the sea change going on in product design and how Fusion 360 was created to respond to the changing trends in product design and manufacturing—areas of the market that have blended into tighter formations as part of the lean startup culture.
Autodesk reportedly acquires cloud-based 3D design platform Lagoa for $60 Million
Autodesk is reported to have acquired innovative cloud-design and 3D rendering app provider Lagoa—potentially overlapping and complimenting its existent Autodesk Fusion 360 product line up.
Autodesk has introduced new apps at 2014 Greenbuild Conference
Autodesk unloads at 2014 Greenbuild Confab with an array of sustainable design applications for its BIM and infrastructural CAD products
Autodesk to introduce Autodesk ‘Fusion 360 Ultimate’ for Product Design
Autodesk to introduce Autodesk Fusion 360 Ultimate with new capabilities, including 2D drawings, exploded views and animations and much more….
Autodesk announces Autodesk Fusion 360 for Mac App Store – Says ‘Our Global Community Loves the Mac’
Autodesk notes that its users are increasingly using Apple’s Mac platform and that it was time for Autodesk Fusion 360 to get on the Mac App Store
Autodesk launches two new products – Pixlr and Pixlr Pro for photo editing
Autodesk takes Swedish acquisition from 2008 and moves it to prime time as it enters the cloud-based photo editing world with new Pixlr membership levels and apps for devices and the desktop
Autodesk announces Next Evolution of SketchBook Pro in Version 7 for Mac and Windows
Autodesk raise the bar on their popular SketchBook Pro with this latest Version 7 release and new membership options
Nemetschek AG Joins buildingSMART International’s Strategic Advisory Council for Better Interoperability
Nemetschek AG, parent company of 12 leading AECM software companies has joined the new buildingSMART Strategic Advisory Council
AIA: AutoDesSys and Autodesk demonstrate upcoming technologies
Reports from AIA National Chicago: Looking at upcoming technologies from two veteran software companies in AEC…
AIA: Opening Comments, Thoughts & Photos on AIA National in Chicago
An early look at AIA National in Chicago and the ideas and trends that are coming into focus
Autodesk post latest financial quarterly results: Up 4 Percent with $28 million in profit
Autodesk reports stronger than expected first fiscal 2015 quarter—shows signs global markets are strengthening
Autodesk updates 123D Design app for Apple iOS Devices
Autodesk updates its 123D Design application for Apple iOS devices…
NAB: Autodesk releases Smoke 2015 and optimized for new Mac Pro
Autodesk adds powerful effects controls, integration with Apple’s Final Cut Pro X and hardware optimization for the new Mac Pro in the latest Smoke 2015
Autodesk talks to Architosh about Octane Cloud Workstation: Autodesk Edition at Amazon
Architosh explores the OTOY Octane Cloud Workstation via Amazon EC2 Instances — a Technology Preview is showing developers and press how the future of the cloud may play out for CAD and 3D
“Join the Rebellion” A Special Program for Current Autodesk Softimage users
LightWave 3D Group Offers Softimage Artists Special Crossgrade Price for LightWave 11.6 Software
Chaos Group’s V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max is now out and available
The Chaos Group has the new V-Ray 3.0 rendering toolkit for Autodesk 3DS Max out and it has tons of new and excellent features
Tidbits: FileMaker, Autodesk and Dosch news
CAD and 3D Tidbits: FileMaker has announced its developer and user conference for 2014, and Autodesk can tout some fairly interesting cool news, while we have a note on Dosch Design’s new latest 3D Tree libraries.
Infinite Skills ships AutoCAD 2014 for Mac Training CD
Infinite Skills offers new Autodesk AutoCAD 2014 for Mac video training resource
AU: Autodesk updates FormIt and introduces world’s first BIM energy analysis on iPad
Autodesk delivers industry first in BIM energy analysis tool on iPad inside of Autodesk FormIt
Autodesk talks to Architosh about Revit through a Web Browser
Autodesk talks to Architosh about its Revit on Amazon G2 instances Developer Technology Preview and what this might mean for Autodesk product strategies in the future
Autodesk post video of Revit running through Web browser on Mac OS X
Following the hot swell of intense interest from last week’s post on Autodesk’s somewhat quiet news that it was expanding on its remote technology to bring popular Autodesk apps to “a browser near you”, the company has just posted a video of Revit running on FireFox on the Mac.
Amazon and Nvidia enable new EC2 GPU Instance Type – Brings powerful CAD/3D apps to the masses via the Cloud
Amazon’s new EC2 GPU Instance Type will power next-generation of CAD/3D apps in the cloud
Did Autodesk just put Revit on the Mac? Autodesk announces 3D Design Apps in Browser
Autodesk, OTOY, Amazon Web Services and Nvidia provide the new abilities to power Revit–along with 3ds Max–on Apple and other platforms for the first time
Autodesk announces AutoCAD 360 — first professional app optimized for new iPad Air and iPad mini
Autodesk updates AutoCAD 360 for brand new Apple iPad Air and iPad mini
Autodesk releases new AutoCAD 2014 for Mac product line
New versions of AutoCAD 2014 for Mac and AutoCAD LT for Mac increase capabilities while leveraging unique OS X system
Notes from the call: Autodesk AutoCAD 2014 for Mac – More Details
Our call notes from AutoCAD 2014 for Mac are packed with some interesting details about this release and the future of AutoCAD on the Mac
Autodesk updates AutoCAD 360 Mobile to version 2.1
AutoCAD 360 Mobile gets better with version 2.1 update
Luxion and Autodesk Partner to Transform Product Design
Autodesk and Luxion partner to make product and industrial designer cooler and easier to visualize
Autodesk launched 123D Creature Show to help celebrate the arrival of iOS 7
Now you can add poseable 3D characters to your photos on your iOS 7 based iPhone or iPod touch
CAD Business: Autodesk Quarterly Results and Nemetschek Board News
We report on some key business news in the CAD industry for the month of August — with analysis at bottom
Autodesk BIM 360 Presentations app for iPad now available
A user creates an iPad app showcasing workflows for Autodesk BIM 360 Glue and Field apps
Improved IFC/ArchiCAD Connection Add-On for Revit 2014 Released
GRAPHISOFT adds IFC based Revit Connection Add-on to ArchiCAD
Architosh awards 2nd ‘BEST of SHOW’ awards for AIA National
Architosh highlights BEST of SHOW for computer software for architects at the 2013 AIA National Convention in Denver
Autodesk renames AutoCAD WS to AutoCAD 360 Pro Mobile
Autodesk advances AutoCAD WS, changes name to AutoCAD 360 and offers multiple app plans plus web beta for AutoCAD as SaaS
80 percent of college students in CAD-based majors prefer Mac, says Autodesk
In a stunning reversal of fortunes compared to just a few years ago, Autodesk is now reporting that 80 plus percent of college students in CAD-based majors, such as architecture, engineering and industrial design, prefer Mac.