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Creative Destruction—How Snaptrude is Aiming to Disrupt the BIM Market

COVID taught us the value of time. Cloud-based Snaptrude leverages this value in shaking up the BIM industry via novel new capabilities.

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Snaptrude V1.0 Released—Cloud Era Platform for Architecture

Snaptrude reaches key V1.0 release. The new collaborative design and BIM application—aimed at architecture—offers cloud-era technologies, works through a web browser, and is always up-to-date.

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Key New Modeling Features for Architects—In New Vectorworks 2018

Vectorworks 2018 has several new major modeling enhancements. We run down the main points of each.

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MeshFusion for The Foundry’s modo now available from Cadsoft Solutions

MeshFusion plugin for the Foundry’s modo 701 offers powerful and time saving boolean operations to subdivision surface (SDS0 objects

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AIA: solidThinking Evolve 9.5 offers designers and architects new level of control

During the AIA time-frame solidThinking Inc. announced now one but two major product updates. We have details here and some analysis at the bottom.

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Trimble announces new SketchUp 2013 3D apps

Trimble quietly announces SketchUp 2013

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AU: Autodesk introduces FormIt App for iPad

Autodesk introduces FormIt for iPad…3D modeling tool with real-world site data for architects and related professionals

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Luxology ships Power SubD-NURBS for modo

Luxology continues to push forward on the CAD front with its new Power SubD-NURBS for modo plugin

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In-Depth: Graphisoft talks to Architosh about ArchiCAD 15

In this In-Depth feature Akos Pfemeter, Director of Global Marketing and Tibor Szolnoki, ArchiCAD Product Manager, of Graphisoft Hungary, have spoken to Architosh about ArchiCAD 15. It’s new advance form-making capabilities, renovation workflow and its 3D working environment are all covered in detail.

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Product Review: Vectorworks Architect 2011

In this feature review Architosh editor, Anthony Frausto-Robledo, with contributions from architect John Helm, takes a thorough look at Vectorworks Architect 2011

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AutoDesSys announces Bonzai 3D 2.2

AutoDesSys updates Bonzai 3D to version 2.2 – New features and some new changes to Google Integration

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Pixologic releases ZBrush 4 for Mac and Windows

Award-winning ZBrush continues to advance with version 4.0 for Mac and Windows users.

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AutoDesSys releases formZ 6.7

AutoDesSys has updated formZ to version 6.7 – new AutoCAD 2010 support and updated ACIS kernel by Spatial Corporation.

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AutoDesSys ships bonzai 3D 2.0 and RenderZone Plugin

AutoDesSys has officially announced bonzai 3D version 2.0 — product now available.

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AutoDesSys releases Bonzai 3D 2.0

formZ maker updates Bonzai 3D to version 2.0 — Must grab free update for existing users.

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T-Splines vehicular modeling webinar event

T-Splines is hosting a free Webinar on Vehicular Modeling with their latest T-Splines plugin for Rhino v2.2. Register for this mid-day event and see how T-Splines provides timesaving capabilities

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AutoDesSys announces beta testing for Bonzai 3d 2.0

formZ’s little sister application Bonzai 3d is now stepping up to a 2.0 release soon and the company is looking for beta testers. Moreover, there is a new RenderZone plugin to bring in some high-end rendering capabilities to this SketchUp competitor

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Google releases new SketchUp 7.1

Google has announced a significant update to SketchUp with version 7.1. Highlights include a more robust rendering engines and enhanced collaboration and data exchange.

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In-Depth: solidThinking Inspire 8.0 with morphogenesis

In this In-Depth feature article Architosh delves into many of the key details of the new solidThinking Inspire 8.0 computer-aided industrial design (CAID) and styling application. Inspire includes the new “morphogenesis” technology which ships as an additional module to the base product. Alex Mazzardo, co-founder of solidThinking and now VP of Product Strategy and Marketing, discusses this landmark release.

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solidThinking version 8.0 intro to the International Design Community

solidThinking 8.0 is introduced to the international design community – new version includes some an array of excellent new features and improvements, cementing the product’s reputation as a global leader in software for industrial and product design.

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Cheetah 3D 4.7 released, Snow Leopard compatible

Germany’s Cheetah 3D version 4.7 is the latest update to this popular Mac OS X only 3D program and is compatible with Snow Leopard.

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McNeel says Rhino supported on Snow Leopard

McNeels says current builds of Rhino OS X are compatible with Apple’s new big cat, Snow Leopard (Mac OS X 10.6).

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Industry predicts more CAD coming to Mac OS X platform

NX 6 Mac talk on the Web sees change in the air for highend CAD — next generation wants to work on Mac — the best environment for design says Kenneth Wong of Desktop Engineering

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Lundstrom Design’s new TouchCAD 3.6

Lundstrom Design releases new TouchCAD 3.6.

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AIA: formZ makers announce Bonzai 3D release

auto-des-sys, Inc. is preparing to take a bite out of Google’s SketchUp market share as it launches version 1.0 for its new Bonzai 3D.

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AutoDesSys, Inc. releases Bonzai 3D public beta

FormZ creator, AutoDesSys, has released a free public beta of their long-awaited SketchUp competitor in easy-to-use, explicit modeling – complete with NURBS curves and surfaces and Smart 3D drawing.

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Product Review: Graphisoft ArchiCAD 12

In this product review Architosh looks at Graphisoft’s ArchiCAD 12, the industry’s leading BIM (building information modeling) solution used worldwide by architects and building AEC professionals.

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Google Talks to Architosh About SketchUp Pro 7

Architosh talks to John Bacus, Google’s SketchUp Product Manager, about the all new SketchUp 7 and SketchUp Pro 7 and Layout 2. Key points in the discussion include the new Dynamic Components technology and how to learn about it, discussion about OpenGL and multi-processing and multi-threading, and the value in understanding causality in interactive rendering versus determinate renders.

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Google announces new SketchUp 7 and Layout 2

Google announces SketchUp 7 and LayOut 2 – Big Update includes new Dynamic Components and Live Linking of Model Data to LayOut 2

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