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Revizto for Infrastructure is Launched
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News: Visualization
Trimble Launches SketchUp AI—New AI-Powered Modeling
Trimble intros new SketchUp AI with AI-assisted geometry model creation capabilities, text prompt to model, image to model generation, AI rendering features and more.
Chaos brings Mac support and AI tools to V-Ray for Blender
V-Ray for Blender now supports macOS natively and addresses the demands of the Blender community in Update 2.0
Chaos Launches Corona 14 With AI Material Tools and Gaussian Splat Support
Chaos unveils Corona 14 with advanced AI tools, new procedural effects, and Gaussian splats, delivering higher realism and efficiency in arch-viz.
Industry Commentary and Analysis
AU21: Autodesk Plans Cloud-Based Production Ecosystem for Media & Entertainment
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New Autodesk Investment – Project Frog Links Architectural Design to Fabrication
The Autodesk and Project Frog collaboration will create a common data environment (CDE) to streamline design and engineering processes and optimize the architectural design for manufacturing.
Nemetschek's FY21 Results Plus New Group CEO
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News: CAID
AU25: All About Autodesk's AI Neural CAD Engines
Architosh discusses details of Autodesk’s new AI foundation models (neural CAD engines) with insights from interactions at AU25.
IMSI Design Releases TurboCAD Mac 15
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Luxion Releases KeyShot 11
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News: MCAD
ProgeSOFT releases DWG-native iCADMac 2025
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Product Watch: BOXX APEXX S3 and S4 with Intel Core Ultra CPUs
BOXX Technologies is the first pro workstation maker to ship new workstations featuring Intel Core Ultra 7 and Ultra 9 processors.
IMSI Design Releases TurboCAD Mac 15
TurboCAD Mac 15 product line features AI-powered TurboCAD Mac Copilot features to leverage AI technologies in AEC and MCAD CAD workflows.
News: Animation & VFX
Chaos releases Vantage 3—real-time visualization platform
Chaos Vantage 3 boasts major new features in its biggest update in years, including Gaussian splat and USD file support, Night Sky system, AI tech, and a whole lot more.
Maxon releases new Red Giant Update—Enhanced Unreal Support
This January update to Maxon’s Red Giant includes enhanced support for Unreal Engine in Magic Mullet Looks, Maxon Cloud Capsule support in Trapcode and more.
SPEC Releases SPECapc for Maya 2024 Benchmark, Adds SPEC Workload Development Kit
SPEC Releases new SPECapc for Maya 2024 Benchmark for the creative industries to help measure workstation performance.
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News: Apple
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Apple Intros Apple Silicon-based Mac Pro
Apple’s lovable Mac Pro enclosure is now married to Apple’s industry-leading Apple Silicon. But the new M2 Ultra-powered workstation isn’t for everyone.
Gurman says Apple Reality One Headset will have iOS-like Interface
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- Jun 13, 19 – AIA: ARCHICAD users among first to benefit from IFC4 Reference View Export Certification [02:48 pm] 4 responses
- Jun 12, 19 – Vectorworks to Acquire connectCAD—Will Solidify Its Place at Forefront of Entertainment Industry [07:49 am] 0 responses
- Jun 11, 19 – AIA: Unity Brings Unity Reflect to Real-Time BIM [12:19 pm] 0 responses
- Jun 05, 19 – GRAPHISOFT and Epic Games Partner On Next-Gen Real-Time Rendering for AEC Customers [12:06 pm] 0 responses
- Jun 03, 19 – The New Mac Pro Has Arrived—with Pro Display XDR [04:06 pm] 0 responses
- May 31, 19 – AEC Magazine 2019 NXT BLD Conference Speakers Announced [07:13 am] 0 responses
- May 29, 19 – Volvo Cars and Varjo Announce World’s First Mixed Reality Application for Car Development [10:23 pm] 0 responses
- May 29, 19 – Varjo Announces Groundbreaking Mixed Reality Headset—XR-1 Developer Edition [02:01 pm] 1 response
- May 28, 19 – C3D Labs Updates 3D Model Viewer for 2019 [02:07 pm] 0 responses
- May 24, 19 – Artist Ben Wilson Brings Beauty and Decay to his Substance Source Signature Release [03:42 pm] 0 responses
- May 22, 19 – Former Head of HTC’s Vive Studios Joins Sixense Studios as President [02:16 pm] 0 responses
- May 21, 19 – Autodesk Announces Judges Panel for AEC Excellence Awards 2019 [08:23 am] 0 responses
- May 21, 19 – Bentley Systems’ OpenSite Designer Now Available [06:59 am] 0 responses
- May 15, 19 – GRAPHISOFT announces release of ARCHICAD 23 [10:40 pm] 0 responses
- May 15, 19 – Bentley Systems OpenBuildings Station Designer Now Available [02:27 pm] 1 response
- May 13, 19 – Epic Acquires Twinmotion from Abvent—Joins Unreal Engine Suite of Technologies [12:00 pm] 2 responses
- May 09, 19 – Autodesk BIM 360 Now Includes Construction Cost Management [09:12 am] 0 responses
- Apr 29, 19 – IMSI Design Releases New TurboCAD 2019 [02:05 pm] 2 responses
- Apr 26, 19 – AR Meets AI in Apple iPhone and iPad—magicplan 8 Enters New Dimension [10:52 am] 0 responses
- Apr 24, 19 – GDC: Unity Technologies Launches Unity 2019.1 at Game DevCon [09:41 pm] 0 responses
- Apr 22, 19 – The Wild Announces Speech to Text Annotation Tool for VR Design Reviews [01:12 pm] 0 responses
- Apr 19, 19 – BIM News: Vectorworks First to Receive IFC4 Export Certification [07:05 am] 1 response
- Apr 15, 19 – New Autodesk Civil 3D Gets Powered by new Dynamo Integration [01:07 pm] 0 responses
- Apr 15, 19 – Bentley Systems Announces Drummond Community High School Team as Winners in First ‘Future Infrastructure Challenge: DEC Hyperloop’ [11:20 am] 0 responses
- Apr 12, 19 – 2019 Vectorworks Design Scholarship Offers $10,000 Richard Diehl Award [02:36 pm] 0 responses
- Apr 11, 19 – Autodesk Announces Release of Revit 2020 [07:43 am] 0 responses
- Apr 10, 19 – MAXON Acquires Redshift Rendering Technologies [01:39 pm] 0 responses
- Apr 05, 19 – Epic Unveils New Unreal Engine 4.22—New Real-Time Raytracing & More [07:35 am] 0 responses
- Apr 03, 19 – Autodesk Unleashes New Autodesk 3ds Max 2020 [07:12 am] 0 responses
- Mar 31, 19 – GRAPHISOFT Names Huw Roberts as Incoming Chief Executive Officer [01:38 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 31, 19 – Nemetschek Group Reconfigures Executive Board—New Leadership Structure [12:03 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 29, 19 – Vectorworks, Inc. Announces GDTF 1.0 Availability—Drives Entertainment Industry Standard [01:52 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 29, 19 – Eye Candy for Architects—Chaos Group Releases New Reel [08:44 am] 0 responses
- Mar 28, 19 – Autodesk Releases AutoCAD 2020—See What’s New! [07:55 am] 1 response
- Mar 26, 19 – GRAPHISOFT and SIMBIM Solutions to support European BIM Summit Next Month [02:04 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 25, 19 – Chaos Group Shows Off Future of GPU Rendering / Real-Time Ray-Tracing at GPU Technology Conference [07:33 am] 0 responses
- Mar 22, 19 – Rhino 6 for Mac with Grasshopper—WIP Now Available for Testing [10:26 am] 0 responses
- Mar 22, 19 – GDC: Autodesk Announces Arnold 5.3 GPU Beta for Rendering [07:23 am] 0 responses
- Mar 20, 19 – Vectorworks Gains New Lumion Live-Sync Rendering thru New VGS Technology [02:03 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 19, 19 – Khronos Group Announces OpenXR 0.90 Provision Spec for High-Performance Access to AR and VR Platforms [06:45 am] 0 responses
- Mar 18, 19 – HOOPS Communicator 2019 Adds WebAssembly Rendering and Support for BIM Collaboration Format [07:40 am] 0 responses
- Mar 15, 19 – The Wild 0.10 Allows Revit Users to Collaborate on Their Models in VR—Latest Beta Feature [02:21 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 14, 19 – Canada’s Corel Announces New CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2019 for Mac [10:51 am] 1 response
- Mar 13, 19 – Chaos Group Announces V-Ray Next for Rhino (and Grasshopper!) [01:56 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 13, 19 – HOOPS Exchange 2019 Supports Autodesk Revit for AEC Workflows [08:13 am] 0 responses
- Mar 12, 19 – In Brief: Bentley Wins BIM Show Live 2019 Award—BIM Enabler/Consultant of the Year [09:45 pm] 1 response
- Mar 06, 19 – 3D News: Chaos Group Launches New Chaos Cloud Rendering Solution [11:08 am] 0 responses
- Mar 04, 19 – Vectorworks Earns Product Technology Recognition with Three More Awards [04:01 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 04, 19 – Exclusive: Bluebeam Dropping Mac Platform—Pushing Cloud Ecosystem Instead [09:55 am] 6 responses
- Feb 26, 19 – Bentley Goes Big with Microsoft Hololens 2—New Mixed Reality App for Infrastructure Projects [08:29 am] 0 responses
- Feb 23, 19 – Animation News: How Cinesite and Substance Recreated a Legendary Medieval City for Liongate’s ‘Robin Hood’ [04:28 pm] 0 responses
- Feb 22, 19 – MCAD News: Siemens Announces new NX Software—Now with AI and ML Technologies [08:06 am] 2 responses
- Feb 21, 19 – Nemetschek Group Introduces ‘Spacewell’—Brand Encompasses Building Operations and Management Segment [09:48 am] 0 responses
- Feb 20, 19 – Fourth Annual Vectorworks Design Scholarship—Now Open [07:27 am] 0 responses
- Feb 15, 19 – ISO (International Organization for Standardization) Publishes First International BIM Standards [08:07 am] 1 response
- Feb 12, 19 – WebGL 2.0—Why It’s the Path to Stable Open Standards-based 3D Web Graphics [09:03 am] 1 response
- Feb 09, 19 – Chaos Group Releases V-Ray Next for SketchUp [06:12 pm] 0 responses
- Feb 07, 19 – 3D News: Unity to Kick Off GDC with March 18 Keynote [01:27 pm] 0 responses
- Feb 04, 19 – ConTech News: New PlanGrid Connect—Works to Integrate Cloud Apps [07:37 am] 0 responses
- Jan 31, 19 – BIM News: Autodesk Puts Out Revit 2019.2—New Cloud Connections [07:44 am] 0 responses
