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SIG: New V-Ray Benchmark—See How Fast Your GPU and CPU Setups Really Are
Chaos Group announces new benchmarking app to test GPU and CPU strength—new benchmark will join tools like Maxon’s Cinebench.
SIG: New Twinmotion 2018 Powered by Unreal Engine—Now Ships
Abvent group is at SIGGRAPH this week and have announced the release of Twinmotion 2018 in seven languages for immediate release and upcoming webinars to learn more.
Abvent Announces Twinmotion 2018 Global Release Date—31 July
Twinmotion 2018 will be globally available and announced at SIGGRAPH 2017.
Chaos Group Introduces GPU+CPU Hybrid Rendering in V-Ray 3.6 for 3ds Max
Major update includes improved compositing output and support for 3ds Max 2018.
Axalta Unveils Color Configurator Powered by Luxion’s KeyShot Renderer
Axalta Customer Experience Center gains new technology for color powered by Luxion’s rendering technology, famously found in the award-winning KeyShot app.
KeyShot Rendering and Animation Software Supports X-Rite’s Appearance Exchange Format
Luxion’s popular rendering software KeyShot gains new cutting edge digital material appearance system support from X-rite.
Substance Source Reaches 1,000 Materials with New Photorealistic Textile Collection
150 new textile options for clothing, sportswear and home furnishings allow for complex customization with photorealistic results.
Highly Anticipated V-Ray 3 for SketchUp Released—Dramatically Simplified and Powerful
The all new V-Ray 3 for SketchUp has been redesigned for architects who want to focus on design without all the technical settings.
Ultra-fast Redshift Render Comes to Houdini
World’s fastest renderer—Redshift—is coming to Houdini and then next it will be Maxon’s Cinema 4D. Redshift supports other 3D packages already.
Abvent’s New Artlantis 6.5—Unlimited Render Nodes and More
Abvent releases new Artlantis 6.5 with unlimited render nodes for free and Twinmotion support.
AU 2016: Luxions Releases New Plugins for Autodesk Products
Leading real-time raytracing developer has released new KeyShot plugins for Autodesk Fusion 360, Revit 2017, 3ds Max 2017, and Maya 2017.
AU 2016: Chaos Group Releases V-Ray 3 for Revit—Bringing Top Renderer to BIM Application
Industry-standard and leading photo-realistic rendering application, V-Ray, is now integrated into Autodesk’s BIM application Revit.
Maxon Taps AMD Radeon ProRender Technology for CINEMA 4D
OpenCL provides the platform agnostic architecture for AMD’s Radeon ProRender physically-based GPU rendering engine.
MAXON Ups Rendering Ante with Multi-Year Technical Collaboration Agreement with NVIDIA
New agreement brings NVIDIA’s scalable and physically-based rendering technologies to Cinema 4D users, including NVIDIA Iray for GPU rendering.
Webinar: Visualizing Success with Rendering Software
Vectorworks is holding a webinar 16 August 2016 on rendering for success.
Mac 3D: New V-Ray Showreel 2016 Out—Stunning Imagery
Visually stunning show reel by Chaos Group is released for the year. Their 2016 show piece is quite fetching and you will notice films you probably didn’t think V-Ray was involved in.
SIG: Maxon Announces New CINEMA 4D Release 18 for Mac and Windows
Maxon announces new Cinema 4D R18 during SIGGRAPH week. You can now do non-destructive destructions using new technology, plus cool interactive knife tools for modeling and a whole lot more.
Event: Free webinar on Cloud Rendering with Maxwell Render
Sign up for this free webinar on Maxwell Rendering with Rendicity in the Cloud.
AIA 2016: Information Technologies at this Year’s Convention – Part 2
We dive deeper in our Part 2 coverage of software and technologies at the 2016 AIA Convention in Philly. These four companies exhibited together and these four companies have interesting innovations in the pipe and/or ready now.
Twinmotion developer KA-RA has joined the Abvent Group
Twin motion developer joins France’s Abvent SA, the developers of the famed Artlantis series of rendering products for the AEC industry. The R&D teams and marketing teams will be integrated to drive synergies and prepare for future directions in the market.
Chaos Group Speeds Up V-Ray for Maya with version 3.3
Chaos Group delivers with big update to V-Ray for Maya with version 3.3—adding up to 50 percent rendering performance improvement.
3D Event: Abvent to host Live Twinmotion Online Demos
Abvent to host dual-timed, free online Twinmotion demos in February.
Abvent launches Render[in] 3 plugin for SketchUp
The developer of famed Artlantis Studio and Render have now launched a public beta of Render[in] for SketchUp. The rendering software plugin works entirely within SketchUp.
Luxion and Onshape partner for the release of KeyShot connection for Onshape
With the launch of Onshape App Store, users of KeyShot and Onshape now have a seamless connection between the two applications.
Nikken Sekkei Chooses Lumion, Signs Major Contract
One of the world’s elite architectural firms signs Lumion Contract to bring high-quality rendering and animation to every architect and designer seat.
Explore NVIDIA Iray Interactivity for 3ds Max
NVIDIA Iray is mainly for designers and visual effects artists working with 3D content who require predictable photo-realistic imagery by stimulating the physical behavior of light and materials.
Tidbits: SketchUp, V-ray and Autodesk University News
Mac and iOS CAD and 3D News: We have brief news items on SketchUp 2016 and V-Ray 2.0 support (a free update), plus news on Autodesk University 2015 running this week.
Lumion 6.0 is now available and shipping
Lumion a visualization software for architects has been taken to a new level in Lumion 6 with improved features for materials, reflections, shadows and lighting. The results are now more compelling and realistic than ever.
SIG: New KeyShot Plugins for Autodesk Maya 2016 and Cinema 4D
Luxion announces at SIGGRAPH this week, their advanced support for Autodesk Maya and Maxon Cinema 4D.
SIGGRAPH WEEK 2015: LightWave 3D Group offers free 90-day LightWave 2015 Full Feature Trial Software
During SIGGRAPH Week 2015, artists and animators can now fully test the robust features of LightWave 2015 of LightWave 2015 for 90 days without any limitations. Additionally, the LightWave 3D Group kicks off a new series of free Quick Start LightWave 2015 videos to familiarize artists with its many features.
SIG: Chaos Group ever popular V-Ray Days returning to SIGGRAPH
From independent shorts to blockbuster feature films, get an exclusive look at inspiring projects that you won’t see anywhere else on the show floor.
Webinar Event: Get Started with solidThinking Evolve 2015!
solidThinking is aiming to give the tools you that are needed to make the most of their programs. These sessions provide a quick and easy to understand tips that will enable faster work in Evolve.
The much anticipated MODO 901 is available
MODO 901 represents the most significant update so far. Earlier this spring, The Foundry provided a sneak peek of MODO 901, which includes the integration of the award winning MeshFusion; new progressive texture baking; new and improved tools for everyday modeling tasks, better ways of working with both regular and UDIM multi-tiled UVs and layered multi-resolution sculpting.
Mac 3D News: Lightmap Launches HDR Light Studio 5
May, 2015 – Lightmap announces in London, England the immediate availability of HDR Light Studio 5. It provides a fast and precise way to light a 3D model, featuring a major redesign to handle huge images and 3D data that includes a new, flexible UI.
Mac 3D News: PixPlant 3 Released for both Mac and Windows
The latest PixPlant 3 by FaronStudio has several new features helpful to 3D artists looking for the creation and editing of textures and 3D image maps.
Strata announces Strata Design 3D CX 8 for Mac
Strata releases new upgrade to 3D modeling and animation software for Mac—now 64 bit and a whole lot more.
Abvent of France intros Artlantis 6 with new physical renderer
France’s Abvent releases new Artlantis 6 Render and Artlantis 6 Studio applications for 3D visualization for architects on Mac and Windows platforms.
OTOY unveils Massive Upgrades to GPU-based Rendering Tool Chain
Nvidia’s GPU conference is happening this week and GPU related companies have been making interesting announcements. For its part, OTOY, a world-leader in GPU rendering tech, has unveiled a slew of major announcements and product updates for 2015.
Luxion and Pixologic Partner to Release ‘KeyShot for ZBrush’
Luxion and Pixologic announce partnership to bring ‘KeyShot’ technology and solutions to ZBrush, Pixologic’s popular 3D sculpting modeling tool.
Product Review: Nemetschek Vectorworks Architect 2015
In this product review we take a detailed stroll through the big main VGM, BIM and 2D features in the latest version of Vectorworks Architect 2015. Introduced this past fall, Vectorworks 2015 advances on the 3D front while still providing refinements and interesting additions to those who enjoy its many 2D features.
What’s new in Luxion’s new KeyShot 5.1—Creo 3.0 and Cinema 4D and more…
Luxion’s latest KeyShot 5.1 adds new support for Cinema 4D and PTC Creo 3, and many new features…
Mac 3D News: Arnold for Houdini is out and CINEMA 4D and Katana are next
Arnold for Houdini is out and CINEMA 4D is next along with The Foundry’s Katana, for this bleeding edge un-biased physically based high-end renderer which runs on Mac OS X along with other platforms
OTOY releases OctaneRender 2.1 with community-requested features and more
Mac 3D News: OTOY announces new OctaneRender 2.1 version available now. OctaneRender is the world’s first GPU-based un-biased, physically based renderer
Event: Architectural Visualization Meets Hollywood Standards — Come See ArchiCAD and CINEMA 4D in Action
Graphisoft is hosting a global live event on the new photorealistic rendering workflow from within ArchiCAD 18 and utilizing Maxon’s Cinema 4D further in the process.
Mac 3D News: Maxon announces Exhibitor Presence at IBC 2014
Maxon Computer is at IBC 2014 this week and will be demoing CINEMA 4D R16
SIG: OTOY expands OctaneRender integration with NUKE, Houdini, MotionBuilder, Unreal Engine 4 and more
OTOY announces expansive OctaneRender integration with NUKE, Houdini, MotionBuilder, Unreal Engine 4 and other tools…new support for holographic video production
OTOY announces availability of OctaneRender 2—GPU based real-time rendering solution powers forward
OTOY releases latest version of its GPU-based real-time rendering solution for Mac, Windows and Linux
Why OTOY will change our 3D world: A conversation with Jules Urbach
In this first of what we hope will be a long history of interviews, Architosh talks to Jules Urbach of OTOY about his company’s transformational technologies—the likes of which are not just affecting the development path options for industry giants like Autodesk, but also now catching the eye of every major Hollywood movie studio.
Luxion’s KeyShot chosen as new Rendering Solution for Siemens’ Solid Edge CAD software
Luxion’s KeyShot comes to Siemens Solid Edge ST7 as new rendering technology
Next Limit updates Maxwell Render plugins for ArchiCAD, C4D, Rhino and others
Next Limit updates plugins for popular CAD and 3D apps for use with its updated version 3.0.1 Maxwell Render rendering engine…
GRAPHISOFT introduces new ArchiCAD 18 for Architecture Industry
Budapest-based Graphisoft has introduced the latest version of its flagship BIM software product, ArchiCAD 18. The tool offers new Integrated Revision Management workflow and integration of CINEMA 4D rendering engine.
Abvent announces new Artlantis plugin for popular Rhino 5 3D software
French-based Abvent releases new Artlantis 5 plugin for Rhino 5, enabling Rhino users on Windows to work in tandem with the popular dedicated rendering application on both Mac and Windows…
Brotens intros new Lighting CAD software Illuminando for Mac OS X
An Italian software developer has introduced a brand new program called Illuminando, noted as the world’s most advanced lighting calculation program — built uniquely on OS X
Tidbits: Artisan by Lightworks, Gehry Technologies and other news
Mac and iOS CAD/3D News: We have tidbits on Artisan by Lightworks, Gehry Technology news and ArchiFM. Read on!
Firm Profile: Archiform 3D — Challenging China with Integral Design
We continue our Firm Profile series with Archiform 3D founder and president, Steve Bell. Archiform 3D is a leading global provider of advanced architectural visualization and design services operating globally. The company does amazing work and they do it all with a spartan pipeline consisting of ArchiCAD and CINEMA 4D. This is a big interview but chalk full of interesting business craft and insightful details–the kind of information Architosh is known for pulling out in stories like this. So sit back, grab a cup of your favorite beverage and enjoy the story.
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
Online Seminar – Creating High-Impact Renderings with ArchiCAD and Artlantis 5
The leading BIM software tool is teaming with Abvent’s Artlantis in a Live Seminar to showcase rendering
Tidbits: Chaos V-Ray 2 for Rhino, e-on Software, MagicPlan, etc.
Mac and iOS CAD/3D News : We have some news tidbits on Chaos Group’s V-Ray 2.0 for Rhino as well as news on e-on software’s PLE’s for Vue 2014, plus news on MagicPlan coming to Android
Lagoa and GrabCAD partner to bring integrated Lagoa rendering to GrabCAD
GrabCAD and Lagoa–two cloud-based innovators in the world of CAD and 3D–have partnered to deliver advanced Lagoa-powered rendering directly within GrabCAD
Product In-Depth: V-Ray 2.0 for SketchUp
In this feature Product In-Depth Lon Grohs, vice president of business development, Chaos Group and Corey Rubadue, director of Chaos Group USA, speak to Architosh about the latest version of V-Ray 2.0 for SketchUp, a sophisticated photorealistic rendering plugin application for Trimble’s popular SketchUp modeler.
