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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
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Industry Commentary and Analysis
Details on Autodesk's Spacemaker Acquisition
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Bluebeam acquires Firmus AI—accelerating drawing reviews
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Lumion 10 Stuns with New Features—New Versions Available Now
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News: CAID
AU25: All About Autodesk's AI Neural CAD Engines
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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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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
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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
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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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- Aug 05, 13 – Nemetschek Vectorworks sponsors Cities Alive Student Design Challenge [12:37 pm] 8 responses
- Aug 02, 13 – SIG: Pictures from the SIGGRAPH 2013 Show Floor – Part 1 [01:14 pm] 2 responses
- Jul 29, 13 – World’s First 3D Ancient City Tour Comes to Life in Bergama using GRAPHISOFT software [07:24 am] 4 responses
- Jul 29, 13 – GRAPHISOFT wins EBA award for National Champion Representing Hungary [07:06 am] 8 responses
- Jul 24, 13 – SIG: In Brief: KeyShot and ZBrush get closer and Lightwave turns 11.6 [12:00 pm] 0 responses
- Jul 23, 13 – SIG: Maxon announces CINEMA 4D R15 at SIGGRAPH [06:33 pm] 0 responses
- Jul 23, 13 – SIG: Lightwork Design unveils Iray+ and partners with Nvidia [08:00 am] 4 responses
- Jul 22, 13 – SIG: Khronos releases OpenGL 4.4 spec at International Computer Graphics Conference [12:00 pm] 2 responses
- Jul 18, 13 – SIG: Pre-SIGGRAPH news: Lightworks to make major announcement [10:00 pm] 0 responses
- Jul 18, 13 – Abvent preps media on Artlantis 5 Get Ready for the Revolution [02:39 pm] 14 responses
- Jul 18, 13 – AIA: solidThinking Evolve 9.5 offers designers and architects new level of control [08:57 am] 6 responses
- Jul 16, 13 – AIA: Notes on Altair’s appearance at AIA and solidThinking 9.5 [10:54 pm] 3 responses
- Jul 16, 13 – In Brief: Apple awarded patent for multi-touch virtual CAD technology [01:23 pm] 9 responses
- Jul 16, 13 – ArchiCAD 17 wins TenLinks ‘Best of Show’ nominee at AIA 2013 [07:30 am] 0 responses
- Jul 15, 13 – mARCH Kit available for modo for architectural visualization [01:40 pm] 2 responses
- Jul 11, 13 – AIA: Autodesk introduces computational modeling tool Dynamo for its BIM workflow [12:55 pm] 12 responses
- Jul 11, 13 – AIA: Autodesk touts new FormIt 4.0 at AIA [01:00 am] 12 responses
- Jul 10, 13 – AIA: Pictures from the Show Floor and Around the Convention – Part 3 [01:26 pm] 0 responses
- Jul 09, 13 – AIA: TurboSite 1.3 with PDF Field Reporting and iPhone Compatibility Now Shipping [07:37 am] 0 responses
- Jul 03, 13 – Maxon’s CINEMA 4D elevates creative process for visionary artist Clifford Ross’ unprecedented “The Austin Wall” [11:45 am] 0 responses
- Jul 03, 13 – Pixologic announces ZBrush 4R6 for Mac and Windows [08:00 am] 0 responses
- Jul 01, 13 – GRAPHISOFT launches first ‘Annual Graphisoft North American User Conference’ [01:07 pm] 17 responses
- Jul 01, 13 – AIA: Pictures from the Show Floor and Around the Convention – Part 2 [08:19 am] 0 responses
- Jun 28, 13 – AIA: Pictures from the Show Floor and Around the Convention – Part 1 [12:10 pm] 0 responses
- Jun 26, 13 – AIA: Pre Round-Up Report from the Show Floor [07:36 am] 2 responses
- Jun 25, 13 – Architosh awards 2nd ‘BEST of SHOW’ awards for AIA National [01:18 pm] 113 responses
- Jun 19, 13 – AIA: AIA TAP BIM Awards PDF Brochure Now Available to Download [09:44 pm] 0 responses
- Jun 19, 13 – AIA: Graphisoft Events at AIA Denver [09:17 pm] 2 responses
- Jun 18, 13 – New BIMobject App released for ArchiCAD [09:11 pm] 2 responses
- Jun 18, 13 – solidThinking intros new solidThinking Inspire 9.5 [01:20 pm] 4 responses
- Jun 14, 13 – Nemetschek Vectorworks 2013 SP4 released [05:20 pm] 0 responses
- Jun 14, 13 – formZ 7 and bonzai 3d 3.0 will be shown at 2013 AIA National Convention [08:01 am] 2 responses
- Jun 13, 13 – Is a 5 GHz iMac coming for next Christmas? AMD has the goods, Apple may bite [12:30 pm] 0 responses
- Jun 12, 13 – Notes on the New Mac Pro – Details We Now Know [10:33 pm] 9 responses
- Jun 12, 13 – Nemetschek Vectorworks 2013 achieves IFC 2×3 Coordination View 2.0 [07:30 am] 8 responses
- Jun 11, 13 – Graphisoft begins global rollout of ArchiCAD 17 [06:26 pm] 6 responses
- Jun 11, 13 – Tidbits: PipelineFX, ICS and Lightworks news [06:04 pm] 0 responses
- Jun 10, 13 – WWDC: Apple Intros New Mac Pro – Groundbreaking New Design [04:02 pm] 61 responses
- Jun 09, 13 – Apple Graphics on New Macs: Possibilities [04:49 pm] 4 responses
- Jun 07, 13 – Fifth Edition of 3D Modeling with Vectorworks book now available [01:45 pm] 0 responses
- Jun 07, 13 – Architosh to attend AIA National – Award ‘BEST of SHOW’ awards for second year [12:52 pm] 2 responses
- Jun 06, 13 – Tidbits: Tetra4D, Dosch, BIM Camps in Japan and other news [11:36 am] 3 responses
- Jun 05, 13 – Will Apple Re-Invent the Mac Pro for WWDC 2013? [08:41 pm] 2 responses
- Jun 05, 13 – HP introduces landmark T920 and T1500 ePrinters for CAD professionals [02:37 pm] 0 responses
- Jun 04, 13 – Live Event: Introduction to new ArchiCAD 17 BIM Software [06:08 am] 6 responses
- Jun 02, 13 – Nemetschek Vectorworks establishes new Local Presence in Chicago and Los Angeles [10:15 am] 0 responses
- May 30, 13 – MyCadbox now official released by CadFaster [12:00 pm] 5 responses
- May 28, 13 – Evidence of New Mac Pros at WWDC: Titan drivers in latest OS X builds [02:40 pm] 5 responses
- May 24, 13 – Trimble’s SketchUp looking destined to enter CAD/BIM space [06:11 am] 24 responses
- May 22, 13 – Details on new Trimble SketchUp 2013 Release [06:30 am] 12 responses
- May 21, 13 – Trimble announces new SketchUp 2013 3D apps [05:49 pm] 25 responses
- May 21, 13 – Autodesk renames AutoCAD WS to AutoCAD 360 Pro Mobile [12:44 pm] 9 responses
- May 20, 13 – Sensopia raises $1.2 million in Series A for MagicPlan iPad app for AEC pros [12:36 pm] 7 responses
- May 20, 13 – Promenadd HD Player for iPad brings 3ds Max Renderings to Life [01:00 am] 2 responses
- May 19, 13 – Shaderlight Training Event News [06:46 pm] 3 responses
- May 16, 13 – ICS Event: Rendering BIM models with Artlantis 4.1 [01:27 pm] 12 responses
- May 16, 13 – Chaos Group’s V-Ray 1.6 for SketchUp now in Open Beta [06:45 am] 8 responses
- May 15, 13 – AutoDesSys updates bonzai 3d to version 3.0 [10:18 pm] 2 responses
- May 15, 13 – e-on software releases LumenRT 4.1 Studio [06:51 am] 2 responses
- May 13, 13 – Dimenco’s @DEPTH 2.0 Bridges the Gap Between 3D Editing and 2D-3D Conversion [06:47 am] 0 responses
