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News: Animation & VFX
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- Jan 23, 15 – Nemetschek Vectorworks Gives Away Conference Passes and Hotel Stays to Students and Emerging Professionals [06:10 am] 2 responses
- Jan 22, 15 – GreenWizard is Now Proud Sponsor of AIA [09:00 am] 2 responses
- Jan 21, 15 – Special Feature: The State of the Union on Mac CAD [01:31 pm] 36 responses
- Jan 20, 15 – Tidbits: BD 100, Greyscalegorilla, and Architecture Industry News [10:10 am] 6 responses
- Jan 19, 15 – Side Effects Software Releases Houdini 14 for Mac, Windows and Linux [01:38 pm] 10 responses
- Jan 16, 15 – GRAPHISOFT sponsors celebrated architecture firm BIG’s Washington DC Exhibition [03:16 pm] 10 responses
- Jan 16, 15 – Nemetschek Vectorworks releases Japanese Language version of Vectorworks 2015 [11:17 am] 7 responses
- Jan 15, 15 – Tech Soft 3D Releases HOOPS Visualize 2015 [01:06 pm] 5 responses
- Jan 15, 15 – Editorial: ARM-based Macs are a bad idea for Apple’s growing Mac professional base [12:04 pm] 24 responses
- Jan 15, 15 – OrthoGraph of Hungary is Looking for Partners for International Network [08:40 am] 12 responses
- Jan 14, 15 – Autodesk introduces new 123D Sculpt+—a new app for sculpting and 3D printing [07:00 am] 13 responses
- Jan 13, 15 – Mac 3D News: Open-source Blender gets update to version 2.73 [01:21 pm] 17 responses
- Jan 12, 15 – Tidbits: The iPhone turned 8 this past week, and AIA National Atlanta is open for registration [12:18 pm] 10 responses
- Jan 09, 15 – Trimble Ships ProjectSight Mobile Construction Management [05:24 pm] 4 responses
- Jan 07, 15 – Mac 3D: Greyscalegorilla announces 30 Cinema 4D Tutorials in 30 Days [09:17 pm] 8 responses
- Jan 07, 15 – Luxion Releases KeyShot Enterprise Edition with Integration for Siemens NX [11:37 am] 6 responses
- Jan 07, 15 – President Bill Clinton to Deliver Keynote Speech at 2015 AIA National Convention [08:00 am] 4 responses
- Jan 07, 15 – Next Limit releases free RealFlow Render Kit 2014 [01:00 am] 16 responses
- Jan 06, 15 – Autodesk unveils Project Wire–3D printed electronics for the masses [09:55 am] 12 responses
- Jan 05, 15 – BIM goes RAP and welcome to the Spider Dress [07:51 pm] 6 responses
- Jan 04, 15 – In-Focus: PlanGrid for Apple iOS and Android and Desktop has new RFI Lifecycle Solution [02:54 pm] 9 responses
- Jan 04, 15 – Thinkbox Software has new Deadline 7 Software for creatives on Mac [12:30 pm] 14 responses
- Dec 31, 14 – Architosh Looks Back at 2014 for Mac CAD and 3D [09:06 pm] 20 responses
- Dec 31, 14 – Architosh to publish its Mac Workstation Survey Study in January 2015 [01:13 pm] 14 responses
- Dec 30, 14 – GRAPHISOFT Sweden IFC Guide International Version 2.0 Available on Apple iBook Store [12:21 pm] 3 responses
- Dec 19, 14 – GRAPHISOFT partners with buildingSMART Korea to foster national BIM standards [08:43 am] 13 responses
- Dec 18, 14 – Mac 3D News: Siemens releases new Parasolid v27.1 geometry modeling kernel [08:50 am] 4 responses
- Dec 16, 14 – Smithsonian Creates First-Ever Digital 3D Presidential Portrait in President Obama [01:09 pm] 14 responses
- Dec 16, 14 – Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max SPI [07:46 am] 4 responses
- Dec 12, 14 – NEMETSCHEK GROUP launches new corporate design and website [09:06 am] 25 responses
- Dec 11, 14 – In-Brief: Rhynamo is now Open Source [01:13 pm] 6 responses
- Dec 11, 14 – Graebert ships ARES Commander 2015 CAD Lineup for Windows, Mac and Linux [12:21 pm] 7 responses
- Dec 10, 14 – Luxion and 3D Systems Partner to Enhance Visual Quality in Product Development [09:07 am] 5 responses
- Dec 09, 14 – e-on software ships Carbon Scatter 2015 for 3D generated digital landscapes [12:50 pm] 6 responses
- Dec 09, 14 – Nemetschek Vectorworks Named to The Baltimore Sun ‘Top Workplaces’ List [12:01 am] 13 responses
- Dec 06, 14 – LightWave 2015 Released—New Pricing and Many New Features [05:01 pm] 6 responses
- Dec 05, 14 – Takenaka Adopts GRAPHISOFT BIMx for Mobile Access to BIM Projects [01:58 pm] 10 responses
- Dec 05, 14 – AU: Autodesk announces Autodesk A360 Collaboration for Revit [08:37 am] 16 responses
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- Nov 28, 14 – GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD is “BIM Product of the Year” in the UK for Fourth Year in a Row [09:58 am] 8 responses
- Nov 27, 14 – Bricsys brings globally growing BricsCAD to Mac in new Native OS X version [11:19 am] 8 responses
- Nov 25, 14 – Tech Soft 3D releases HOOPS Communicator 2015 [07:30 am] 4 responses
- Nov 24, 14 – GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD now fully integrated with e-on software’s LumenRT [01:29 pm] 16 responses
- Nov 24, 14 – Tidbits: V-Ray 2 for SketchUp, AIA TAP Awards, IMSI News and more… [11:50 am] 4 responses
- Nov 24, 14 – Nemetschek Vectorworks announces Spanish-language release for Vectorworks 2015 [12:01 am] 3 responses
- Nov 20, 14 – Autodesk reportedly acquires cloud-based 3D design platform Lagoa for $60 Million [12:30 pm] 13 responses
- Nov 20, 14 – Shaking Up Healthcare Architecture on Mac—How Architects Use Game-Like Technology In Practice [10:42 am] 6 responses
- Nov 18, 14 – Autodesk Fusion 360 Ultimate gets first update [08:48 pm] 6 responses
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- Nov 18, 14 – The (AIA) releases 8 New Contract Documents – Updates AIA Documents Software and SaaS Products [07:10 am] 4 responses
- Nov 17, 14 – SU Podium Rendering Plugin updated for SketchUp 2015, Podium Walker Updated [01:26 pm] 4 responses
- Nov 13, 14 – Altair launches HyperWorks Unlimited for AWS bringing CAE to the cloud [12:26 am] 7 responses
- Nov 12, 14 – Apple investment ‘Imagination Technologies’ ships new PowerVR Series7 GPUs [01:08 pm] 7 responses
- Nov 11, 14 – Mac 3D News: formZ developer now has free version of legendary 3D Mac program [12:30 pm] 34 responses
- Nov 11, 14 – OTOY opens beta of X.IO App Streaming services to developers worldwide—Windows apps served to any OS [07:11 am] 10 responses
- Nov 07, 14 – Nemetschek Vectorworks 2015 released in Localized Versions in Europe [12:15 pm] 6 responses
- Nov 07, 14 – New ModelPort ArchiCAD plugin now available at AECObjects.com [08:42 am] 16 responses
- Nov 04, 14 – Mac 3D: Trimble announces new SketchUp 2015 for Mac and Windows [01:13 pm] 30 responses
