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Trimble Launches SketchUp AI—New AI-Powered Modeling
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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
Architosh Xpresso-4X Arrived — Newsletter Moves to Quarterly
Architosh announces the delivery of issue No. 53 of its Xpresso newsletter, now coming four quarterly issues in a slightly new format: Xpresso-4x
The Wild Acquires IrisVR Prospect—Unifies Top VR-AR Tools
The Wild has acquired the award-winning IrisVR Prospect VR solution for AEC and related industry professionals, merging into one company.
Vectorworks, Inc. Brings Apple's ARKit to CAD/BIM Designers—Lastest Nomad App
Nomad’s ARKit update adds power to design services delivery for architects and related professionals on the Vectorworks platform. Now clients and designers alike can see full-scale 3D models in actual environments.
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
TurboCAD Mac 15 product line features AI-powered TurboCAD Mac Copilot features to leverage AI technologies in AEC and MCAD CAD workflows.
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
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Gurman says Apple Reality One Headset will have iOS-like Interface
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- May 01, 14 – Abvent announces new Artlantis plugin for popular Rhino 5 3D software [01:17 pm] 28 responses
- Apr 30, 14 – Autodesk updates 123D Design app for Apple iOS Devices [07:37 am] 18 responses
- Apr 29, 14 – Boston-based Lagoa to launch cloud-based CAD modeler to challenge the likes of SolidWorks [08:47 am] 15 responses
- Apr 24, 14 – Mac 3D News: AutoDesSys seeds beta of formZ 8 to users [01:00 am] 2 responses
- Apr 23, 14 – The world premiere of the workstation commercial Apple doesn’t want you to see [03:45 pm] 15 responses
- Apr 23, 14 – Tidbits: GRAPHISOFT, Greyscalegorilla and SIGGRAPH news [08:24 am] 4 responses
- Apr 22, 14 – Mac 3D News: Maxon forms partnership with Side Effects – Developing Cinema 4D plugin for Houdini engine [01:19 pm] 10 responses
- Apr 18, 14 – Brotens intros new Lighting CAD software Illuminando for Mac OS X [01:22 pm] 10 responses
- Apr 17, 14 – Vectorworks Architect software wins 2014 Architizer A+ Award [01:07 pm] 4 responses
- Apr 17, 14 – Event: BSA ArchiCAD User Group Meeting – Levi + Wong Design Associates Discusses BIM Project [07:26 am] 2 responses
- Apr 16, 14 – TFTLabs offers free 3D Viewer TFTPad 3D model viewer for Apple’s popular iPad and iPhone devices [01:24 pm] 2 responses
- Apr 16, 14 – Limitless Computing announces new SightSpace View plugin for SketchUp [07:12 am] 2 responses
- Apr 15, 14 – Nemetschek Vectorworks & Synchro Software Ltd. Join Forces to Support Open BIM [09:46 pm] 2 responses
- Apr 15, 14 – Big iPad News – Trimble announces SketchUp Mobile Viewer for iPad [04:34 pm] 18 responses
- Apr 14, 14 – Mac CAD: Graebert announces new Plugins for DraftSight in Germany [06:48 am] 6 responses
- Apr 13, 14 – Mac 3D: Russian based C3D Labs adds Mac OS X support for its geometry modeling kernel [08:47 pm] 4 responses
- Apr 13, 14 – Graphisoft in Japan: Pictures and Notes from the BIMcloud Trip [11:25 am] 22 responses
- Apr 11, 14 – Popular Sense 3D Scanner v1.1 now available for Mac Users [07:56 am] 4 responses
- Apr 10, 14 – Nemetschek Vectorworks offers Academic Research Grants to support Global Design Projects [12:54 pm] 2 responses
- Apr 09, 14 – GRAPHISOFT extends new Licensing option for BIMx Docs with Clients [05:48 pm] 9 responses
- Apr 09, 14 – NAB: Autodesk releases Smoke 2015 and optimized for new Mac Pro [12:59 pm] 3 responses
- Apr 07, 14 – 3D Systems showed leading edge technology at 3D Printing Conference [09:00 am] 6 responses
- Apr 04, 14 – Tidbits: Artisan by Lightworks, Gehry Technologies and other news [08:45 am] 9 responses
- Apr 04, 14 – Khronos Releases OpenGL ES 3.1 Uses Royalty-Free 3D Graphics API [05:26 am] 0 responses
- Apr 04, 14 – NAB: MAXON and Vizrt announce new integration between CINEMA 4D and Viz Artist [05:13 am] 2 responses
- Apr 03, 14 – Unity and Imagination Partnering to Bring Ray Tracing to Real Time Games [07:30 am] 0 responses
- Apr 02, 14 – V-Ray 2.0 for SketchUp Service Pack 1 Now Available [06:57 pm] 0 responses
- Apr 02, 14 – Vectorworks 2014 for Chinese Market Now Released [05:48 pm] 0 responses
- Apr 01, 14 – Shade 3D version 14.1 released — Better 3D printing 3D modeling and more [11:48 am] 2 responses
- Mar 31, 14 – Chaos Group Announces V-Ray 3.0 for Maya Beta [08:04 am] 0 responses
- Mar 29, 14 – Why one of Apple’s most notable developers is winning big in Japan [08:23 am] 47 responses
- Mar 27, 14 – Cornucopia 3D Introduces a New Community Garden [11:30 am] 0 responses
- Mar 23, 14 – Special Event: Join Architosh 25-26 March in Japan for a Special Announcement [06:05 am] 2 responses
- Mar 23, 14 – Nemetschek Scia to introduce new Open Design Technology at the 2014 Structures Congress [01:00 am] 2 responses
- Mar 22, 14 – Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc., releases Service Pack 3 for its Vectorworks 2014 product line [08:49 pm] 5 responses
- Mar 21, 14 – Mac 3D: OTOY introduces ORBX — Powerful Interchange File Support System [01:00 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 20, 14 – 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse Wireless Wins iF Design Award 2014 [12:36 pm] 4 responses
- Mar 18, 14 – Event: Advanced GTeam Introduction – Gehry Technology shows BIM technology on desktop and iPad [09:29 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 18, 14 – Khronos Releases OpenGL ES 3.1–Advances 3D graphics and integrated GPU computing on mobile devices [08:00 am] 0 responses
- Mar 17, 14 – MAXON 3D Software Solutions and Creativity Take Center Stage [09:45 am] 0 responses
- Mar 17, 14 – Limitless Computing adds Augmented Reality (AR) Products for SketchUp Community [07:25 am] 0 responses
- Mar 13, 14 – Learning: Vectorworks Essentials Tutorial Manual, Six Edition — Now Available [04:31 pm] 4 responses
- Mar 13, 14 – GRAPHISOFT’s ArchiCAD 17 scores 100 Percent in the COBie Design and Construction Documents Challenge [12:57 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 13, 14 – Readdle updates noted Documents 5 for iPhone and iPad [07:27 am] 5 responses
- Mar 12, 14 – Architecture Business Plan Competition Announced by Charrette Venture Group [12:41 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 12, 14 – Luxion’s KeyShot gets new Integration with solidThinking Evolve 2014 [07:27 am] 0 responses
- Mar 11, 14 – For Film Lovers-2014 Oscar Nominated Shorts [10:29 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 11, 14 – AutoSplit for FCP X, Premiere Pro, After Effects & Motion [08:51 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 11, 14 – LightWave 3D Group Offers Educational Pricing for NevronMotion Plugin for LightWave 11.6 [08:32 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 11, 14 – Mac CAD / 3D Tidbits: Khronos Group News, Parasolid and Vectorworks Book news [08:00 am] 4 responses
- Mar 10, 14 – Event: solidThinking Evolve 2014 – Learn about this exciting new update [01:24 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 10, 14 – “Join the Rebellion” A Special Program for Current Autodesk Softimage users [07:27 am] 2 responses
- Mar 07, 14 – Smartgeometry Brings Urban Compaction WorkShop/Conference 2014 to Hong Kong [07:30 am] 0 responses
- Mar 06, 14 – Norman Foster says huge buildings like Apple’s new headquarters…are good! [05:00 pm] 0 responses
- Mar 06, 14 – Event: Collaborative BIM for NASA’s Deep Space Habitat Design [07:35 am] 2 responses
- Mar 05, 14 – New AC3D 7.2 – Create and Manage Models for 3D Printing [01:31 pm] 4 responses
- Mar 04, 14 – Smith Micro announces new Anime Studio 10 for Mac and Windows [07:49 pm] 2 responses
- Mar 03, 14 – LightWave 3D Group intros new HDR Light Studio Live Connection Plugin [07:31 am] 3 responses
- Feb 28, 14 – In-Brief: Trimble announces SketchUp 2014 for Mac and Windows [07:35 am] 12 responses
- Feb 26, 14 – solidThinking, Inc., releases new solidThinking Evolve 2014 for Mac and Windows [07:44 am] 6 responses
