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DAZ’s Hexagon 2.5 Delivers Enhanced Toolset for 3D Content Creation
Hexagon 2.5 features new ultra-fast ambient occlusion, better UV mapping and more
Abvent releases 9 new Media CD-ROMs for the Artlantis Media Collection
Artlantis maker Abvent has announced the release of 9 new Media CDs that complement the Artlantis Media Collection. These include high-quality shaders and billboard objects
Tidbits: Mac CAD/3D News – modo 302 update, Copper Project for Architecture and Maxon Spring Event
modo 302 Update, Architecture Edition for Copper Project, Maxon’s Spring Event
VectorWorks Users Garner Design Awards – AIA and FLASLA Honors
Nemetschek North America touts design awards for its users of its popular VectorWorks Architect and Landmark CAD/BIM products
New Napa Valley school to be first verified “green” school – designed using BIM program ArchiCAD
BIM Technology Practice – Quattrocchi Kwok Architects (QKA) has designed first verified “Green” School using ArchiCAD BIM technology
CAD Society 2008 Awards: Yares, Bass and Riddle win honors for their achievements in the field of computer-aided design (CAD)
Autodesk CEO Carl Bass wins CAD Society Leadership Award, Evan Yares wins CAD Society’s Joe Greco Community Award, and Mike Riddle wins CAD Society Lifetime Achievement Award
Houdini by Side Effects Software is coming to the Mac – beta program announced
The popular Windows-based 3D software package, Houdini, is coming to the Mac OS X platform and Houdini for Mac Beta has been announced
Adobe to ship Acrobat 9 for Mac soon – new 3D CAD conversion technology to be built-in to Professional Version
The ability to convert 3D files from Autodesk’s AutoCAD and other similar programs to native PDF format will be available in the Professional version of Acrobat
General Contractor achieves “award-winning” results with ArchiCAD
General Contractor, Atlanta-based, Holder Construction, showed architects and partners how to build faster and avoid costly change orders and field conflicts by developing a complete BIM model including structural and mechanical systems
Nemetschek relaunches brand image, introduces new brands and new web sites
Munich-based Nemetschek AG has launched a dramatic new brand image emphasing the group’s leading position as a global vendor of AEC software technology
Odessa’s ConceptDraw 7 Adds Extensive Cisco Network Solutions Library
CS Odessa adds complete Cisco network topology icon set to ConceptDraw 7 – First Cross Platform vector drawing app with complete Cisco Systems Corporate Iconography included
VectorWorks Architect at Residential Build Boston Show
VectorWorks Architect 2008 on display at Build Boston 4th Annual Residential Design and Construction show
Experimental 3D acceleration with Virtualization from Parallels and VMware
An Atomic article goes indepth to test out Parallels’ and VMware’s experimental support for hardware-accelerated 3D graphics in Windows XP virtual machines on your Mac
AMD trims line of business graphics cards
AMD has introduced FireMV 2260 as low-power 2D graphics accelerators
Microspot Interiors updated to v.4.0.2
UK-based Microspot Ltd, has announced a key update to their popular product, Microspot Interiors
Tidbits: Maxon, Vectorworks and LightWorks
Mac CAD and 3D News – MAXON, Vectorworks and LightWorks news.
Wine and Architecture Award with ArchiCAD
ArchiCAD-based architecture firm wins 2007 National “Wine and Architecture” competition
Swedish Demicron announces Mac OS X version of WireFusion 5
Privately held Swedish software maker, Demicron, has announced native Mac OS X version of WireFusion 5 — computer visualization product aimed at interactive 3D for products and architecture
Microspot updates MacDraft product line for Leopard
Microspot of the United Kingdom has updated their popular MacDraft product line for Apple’s latest Leopard operating system
VectorWorks at JLC Live Show and New Piranesi Web site
JLC Live Providence Rhode Island Event and Informatix News
Adobe and MAXON present The Power Integration Tour
The Power Integration Tour arrives in Boston this month showcasing the software solutions from Adobe and MAXON
Tidbits: PowerCADD, SketchUp, ArchiCAD and Vectorworks news
Engineered Software updates PowerCADD for Leopard, Graphisoft Sweden news, SketchUp 3D Basecamp event and Vectorworks news
Architosh Reader Says SolidWorks for Mac OS X Due in Barcelona 2008
Massachusetts-based SolidWorks Corporation may have Mac OS X version under wraps but UK rep says not for long
Nemetschek North America announces Step by Step with VectorWorks Architect 2008 Training Manual
Key Training Manual for VectorWorks Architect 2008 Released
ButterflyNetRender 4.03 Released
Growing Network Rendering Application Gains Additional Features in latest 4.03 Release
VectorWorks 2008 Student Design Competition Announced
Nemetschek North America creates Student Design Competition – Winner Gets Free Trip to AIA National Convention
Localized VectorWorks 2008 Launched in Japan
Nemetschek North America launches Japanese Language for VectorWorks 2008 in Japan
Ilexsoft releases HighDesign 1.8
Italy-based Ilexsoft announces major update to HighDesign – Powerful 2D CAD Program Exclusively for Mac OS X Platform
Autodesk Earns Technical Academy Award for Maya Fluid Effects Technology
Technical Oscar Award Given to Autodesk for Maya Fluid Effects Technology by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Tidbits: Mac CAD/3D News – BeLight Live Interior 3D update, ICS Partners for One-Stop-Shop for Boston Architects on Mac
BeLight Live Interior 3D Update 1.5 (v200),ICS Partners to Focus on Boston Mac-based Architects,
VectorWorks 2008 Viewer Now Available
A Free Viewer Application for the latest VectorWorks 2008 Applications is now available
Nvidia opens up CUDA for Mac OS X Development
Nvidia has announced this week that developers can now download a CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) for the Mac OS X operating system – system works with several Mac Nvidia GPUs
VectorWorks Architect used to create Virtual Tour of Grays of Westminster
UK-based architect and photographer Michael Eleftheriades has created a virtual tour of Grays of Westminster utilizing VectorWorks Architect software
Tidbits: Mac 3D News – Electric Image update and Bunkspeed News
Electric Image Animation Studio 7.0.1 update released, Bunkspeed Chooses Cadalog for Distribution in Japan
Tidbits: Mac 3d/CAD News – Luxology, Game Conference, Second Life and AC3D, MAXON and Adobe
modo at Game Developers Conference, Second Life and AC3D, MAXON Power Integration Tour 2008
Cadalytic Media releases SpecifiCAD Beta for Graphisoft’s leading BIM product ArchiCAD – Brings Sweet’s Network Content
SpecifiCAD beta brings McGraw-Hill’s Sweet Network to ArchiCAD
Tidbits: Mac CAD/3D News – VectorWorks at the Grammys and Artlantis now shipping
VectorWorks Works the Grammys, VectorWorks Works the Grammys
NVIDIA had growth rate of 42.3% over prior year
Overall GPU market is up an impressive 17% where notebooks are leading the way. AMD saw mixed results while Intel maintained its number one status
Apple Introduces 30 Coding Head Starts – Now Available with QuickTime Introductory Video
Apple Introduces 30 Coding Head Starts for Leopard. Complete instruction from QuickTime introductory video to sample Xcode
Veteran Game Artists to Lead Visual Arts Track on MAXON Body Paint 3D
MAXON Computer has announced that BodyPaint 3D will be the focus of a comprehensive Visual Arts Track at the 2008 Game Developers Conference (GDC) this year
VectorWorks User Kevin Shertz wins AIA Design Excellence Award
Nemetschek North America announces VectorWorks user Kevin Shertz, AIA, has been awarded a 2007 Citation for Architectural Excellence at the AIA Chesapeake Bay Chapter Design Gala
Tidbits: Concepts Unlimited, RealFlow, Cheetah 3D, Vectorworks
Mac CAD/3D News: Concept Unlimited gets rebranded as Shark FX, plus RealFlow by Next Limit and more news
Autodesk SketchBook Pro Update – to be shown at Macworld Expo
Believed to be dormant but now coming back, Autodesk SketchBook Pro version 3 will be shown at Macworld Expo
Future PowerCADD only to run on Intel Macs
Longtime Mac stalwart Engineered Software, makers of the respected PowerCADD, will no longer support PowerPC Macs in future versions of PowerCADD
Tidbits: Mac CAD/3D News: Green Projects and the iPod Touch, Daylite for Leopard, Turtle, NewTek’s Live Virtual Set Authoring Tool…
How Green are Your Projects?, Turtle News, Live Virtual Set Authoring Tool
VectorWorks Architect 2008 Named Best Software in Architect Magazine’s ACE Awards
Architect magazine has awarded VectorWorks Architect 2008 First Place in its 6th Annual Architect’s Choice for Excellence Awards program for computer software category
MAXON’s BodyPaint 3D used in film “The Golden Compass”
Holiday Movie Hit, “The Golden Compass” Taps MAXON BodyPaint 3D for its Special Effects
Tidbits: FileMaker, Bento, Copper Project, VectorWorks 2008 and more…
FileMaker News, Copper Project – Personal Edition Now Just $9/Month, Norway VectorWorks, Give Food To Your Mac
Mac 3D: Informatix Catches Up with the Mac with Piranesi 5
Informatix Software Releases Piranesi 5 for the Mac in Universal Version
Feedback: More help on Medical 3D on the Mac
In this Feedback story we address an Architosh reader’s request for medical 3D.
Feedback: Science Q: Mac medical scientist needs your 3D help!
An Architosh reader writes in describing a request for a medical research project wherein a Mac 3D application would be needed to perform retinal reconstruction using 2D scanned images, converted to vector data and then placed into a 3D space.
