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Product Review: Vectorworks Architect 2019
Vectorworks Architect 2019 may not have a “star” new feature but as architect and reviewer John Helm notes, it offers “a big bang for your buck.” The update offers a large range of superb improvements to existing workflows with new tech—like the new sculpting site modeling tools which can provide great fun with design.
Introducing Monograph—New Office Management Software for Architects and Engineers
A new SaaS tool aimed at project management for architects and engineers has arrived this year and offers clarity and an evolving list of cloud tool integrations.
macOS Platform Gains New Stunning VR 3D Software—Introducing eyecad VR
New award-winning Italian software startup has eye-catching VR 3D software platform on both Windows and Mac.
Chaos Group Doubling Down on Rendering Solutions for Maxon Cinema 4D
Cinema 4D users will gain two new renderers from Chaos Group—adding V-Ray and Corona Renderer.
Autodesk + Unity—Dave Rhodes of Unity Talks About New Partnership
Architosh goes in deep on the Autodesk and Unity partnership. Learn about our chat at AU 2018 with Unity executive, David Rhodes, as he reveals the deeper picture behind the news.
Not Redundant But Important—Autodesk Paints A Better Future Under Automation
Autodesk’s Anagnost didn’t mince words about the future with automation. It’s going to be a positive sum game and the software maker wants itself and its customers at its epicenter.
Autodesk To Acquire SaaS Construction Industry Darling ‘PlanGrid’—What It Can Mean
Autodesk announces its intention to acquire PlanGrid, giving the design software giant instant street cred in the booming Construction Tech software market. BIM 360, Revit and PlanGrid integrations and a deepening ecosystem for CDE systems will catapult Autodesk within the construction software sector.
ARCHICAD 22 is United Kingdom’s ‘BIM Product of the Year’—Winner of Hammer Award
GRAPHISOFT’s ARCHICAD 22 has won ‘BIM Product of the Year’ in the thirteenth annual Construction Computing Magazine Awards—marking eight straight years ARCHICAD has beaten all other top-tier BIM solutions for this honor.
AU2018: Autodesk’s Forge—Accomplishments and Future
In this news and analysis report, we discuss Autodesk’s Forge Platform—where it has been in 2018 and what’s new and some examples from Autodesk University 2018.
AU2018: Autodesk’s Progress with BIM 360—What’s Next?
Autodesk continues to advance its next-generation BIM 360 platform—a CDE (common data environment) for every stakeholder in the AEC industry. The latest news features a new costing module and more news about third-party integrations.
Graebert Announces ARES for Enterprise—Modern DWG CAD for Large Organizations
A new product offering is aimed at organizations with 100 users or more and combines Graebert’s ARES Trinity of CAD software for Desktop, Mobile and Cloud with new enterprise deployment features.
Hexagon Now Has End-to-End AEC Solutions Platform with Acquisition of Bricsys
Bricsys is now a subsidiary of a massive and growing critical company in the Industry 4.0 revolution. In this news analysis article, we discuss Hexagon’s focus and technologies as they can possibly relate to this new focus on AEC BIM.
Fireside Chat—The Details Behind Vectorworks 2019
Architosh talks to Dr. Biplab Sarkar about some of the nuances and rationales behind the latest big features in Vectorworks 2019.
Bentley Acquires Agency9—To Help Them Realize ‘Digital Twin’ for Every City
OpenCities Planner takes advantage of city-scale reality models to span GIS and BIM
MAXON Reconfigures Leadership for Worldwide Growth of Cinema 4D
The new executive team members bring a deep 3D media and entertainment industry background and experience to this Nemetschek Group software company. The goal is a more global and agile company to drive worldwide market growth for the acclaimed 3d software package.
Luxion Releases New KeyShot 8—Renderer for Mac and Windows
Luxion releases new KeyShot 8 for Mac and Windows professionals—leading real-time ray-tracing renderer includes major new features and improvements.
Ultimate List of 3D Applications for the Apple Mac Platform
Architosh continues on with one of its biggest special projects in years that hails back to the site’s origins—the creation of the world’s biggest list of 3D software applications written for the Mac (Macintosh) platform.
Vectorworks Opens Canadian Office to Better Serve Canadian Customers
Vectorworks launches new Canadian Corporate offices—acquired country resellers in the process.
What Matters—Vulkan Graphics API is World’s First with Formal Memory Model
Vulkan becomes world’s first graphics application programming interface (API) to support a formal memory model for optimization progressive performance in parallel processing on GPUs.
Autodesk’s AutoCAD Web App—Named Finalist in User Experience by Fast Company
The AutoCAD web app is a Fast Company finalist for user experience (UX) at its Innovation by Design Awards program.
OrthoGraph Enterprise Software Delivers Superior Benefits For Long Term Building Operation
While analog to digital methods for building survey work seemed immediate and valuable in the age of CAD, in the era of BIM they fail to deliver the high-value facilities managers demand in the age of cloud-based CAFM (computer-aided facilities management).
Epson Now Shipping SureColor T3170 and T5170 Printers for AEC Market
Epson delivers brand new SureColor Series Printers for the AEC market professional—low to mid volume CAD printing with superb color features.
GRAPHISOFT Gains Former Bentley Executive—Huw Roberts Becomes VP for Americas
GRAPHISOFT appoints new Vice President, Americas to support its further growth. Company taps former Bentley marketing executive.
Quick Look—New ‘Unreal Engine Online Learning” Platform for Pro Markets
Epic Games has rolled out its new Unreal Engine Online Learning Platform. And it’s free to all to dive into and learn from.
MAXON’s Next Generation Cinema 4D Release 20 Available Immediately
In one of the biggest releases in its history, the next-generation Cinema 4D R20 delivers powerful new volume-based modeling, easier import of CAD files, and transformative motion graphics toolsets.
Allegorithmic Explores Alien Worlds and Futuristic Cities with its Second ‘Signature Series’ Release
Allegorithmic’s Signature Series aims to feature the talented work of Substance users and this second series release showcases the talents of Chris Hodgson of Naughty Dog.
Siemens and Bentley Systems—Companies Strengthen Strategic Alliance and Join Investments
Ambitions continue to further accelerate joint business for Bentley Systems and Siemens.
SIG’18: Siggraph 2018 — Vancouver Highlights From Computer Graphics Show
Akiko Ashley covers the recent SIGGRAPH computer graphics show from Vancouver, noting the highlight announcements in 3D software and VR/AR/MR technologies along with key hardware from Nvidia.
SIG’18: Chaos Group Debuts New Real-Time Ray Tracing Tech at SIGGRAPH
The Bulgarian software developer gives the world its first look at ‘Project Lavina’ — a new rendering technology rendering up to 90 frames per second on twin Quadro RTX cards.
Apple Moving Away From OpenGL—What Is The Answer for Developers Now?
Apple has announced they are deprecating OpenGL in macOS, the open industry supported cross-platform graphics API that has largely enabled the massive proliferation of professional CAD and 3D apps to reach across platforms like Windows and arrive on macOS.
Visiting Apple Park—The Visitor Center Pavilion
Architosh’s editor-in-chief visits Apple Park and spends plenty of time examining the Visitor Center pavilion building—which embodies many of the marvelous building qualities and ingenuities of the main campus just in a smaller size.
Maxon Releases New CINEMA 4D Release 20
New features in Maxon’s popular 3D professional tool for modeling, rendering, and animation include importation of manufacturing CAD data assets.
Apple Updates MacBook Pro—Intros 6-Core 8th Gen Intel Processors
Top line performance boosts using Intel’s Coffee Lake processors with up to 6 cores, plus iPad Pro and iMac Pro features aim this generation more firmly at Mac Professsionals.
Perspectives on BEST of SHOW 2018: Perez’s Model of Technological Revolutions—BIM, CDEs and VR
Architosh presents its annual “perspectives” on BEST of SHOW honorees at AIA in NYC. This year we place our views on AEC technologies under the larger perspective of famed economist and technology historian, Carlota Perez—introducing her landmark Techno-Economic Paradigms (TEPs) theory model that explains how technology revolutions and financial capital conspire towards total paradigm shifts approximately every 60 years.
Product In-Depth: Graebert’s ARES Kudo—Premier Onshape Partner Application
Architosh takes a look at Graebert’s ARES Kudo for Onshape, a third-party “partner app” that builds on the two company’s previous DWG integrations but offers much more through Graebert’s Trinity of CAD multi-environment offerings.
Number of Architects in United States Rising—Says NCARB Data
Against the backdrop of a booming economy, the United States has seen an increase in the number of architects in the country and its territories. And architects are growing in the largest economy in the world, at a faster rate than the general US population.
Famed Architect Antoine Predock to Keynote Vectorworks Design Summit 2018
Famed critical regionalist architect, Antoine Predock, will headline the design keynote the 2018 Vectorworks Design Summit.
A Miniature German Mittelstand—How the Nemetschek Group is Crushing It In the AEC Software Industry
The Nemetschek Group has quietly taken the number two position for global AEC software dominance. If past trending continues it could rival Autodesk revenues in AEC in half a decade. We spoke to its chief strategy officer, Sean Flaherty, to get the complete picture.
Infographic—The Future of VR (virtual reality) by 2025
A web agency has put together a researched infographic on the future of VR. We dig into the details and the findings and unpack a few of them in our analysis.
Gaming Specialist Razer—Launches Mac Compatible Core X eGPU
Gaming hardware specialist Razer has a new eGPU for the Mac audience in the new Core X.
Mac legend formZ has gained a new rendering engine—Academy Award-winning V-Ray
AutoDesSys gains Academy Award-winning rendering technology in new V-Ray for formZ. Now one of the world’s leading intuitive 3D modeling programs offers its users the very best in photo-realistic rendering output.
Trimble to Acquire Viewpoint—Leading CDE (Common Data Environment) in AEC
A leading global CDE tool for the AEC industry has been acquired by Trimble, complementing its existing AEC tools portfolio and Trimble Connect.
Autodesk Releases Update to AutoCAD for Mac—New in Version 2018.1
Autodesk updates the macOS version of AutoCAD to version 2018.1.
GTC: Architecture and the Future of Technology—KPF, HKS, P+W, Gensler and Others
The third installment feature from this year’s NVIDIA GTC covers a lot of terrain as it summarizes key panel discussions from leading global architecture firms.
CannonDesign—Powering Their Design Pipeline with NVIDIA GPU Technology
Continuing our coverage from the 2018 NVIDIA GTC Conference, Akiko Ashley profiles how CannonDesign—one of the architectural presenters at the GTC—utilizes NVIDIA GPU Technology across a range of virtualized desktop infrastructure and workstations powering everything from Revit to Unreal.
OrthoGraph 2.0 Arrives—Becomes Platform for BIM Model Management
OrthoGraph 2.0 goes beyond mobile app for building survey and BIM model creation—new solution is a full web platform for BIM model management with an integrated API for third-party extensions.
Autodesk Releases Revit 2019—Multidisciplinary BIM Application
Autodesk advances BIM with Revit 2019, adding substantial new features across three main categories of Design, Optimize, and Connect.
GTC 2018—NVIDIA Technologies Are Changing The Way We Work and Create
NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC) has rapidly become a must-attend event for those on the leading edge of technology. Beyond graphics, GPUs are powering and transforming Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, VR/AR/MR (realities) across a broad array of fields.
Where Does the Mac Fit in Autodesk’s new One AutoCAD Strategy
The Mac today plays a part in the One AutoCAD strategy that is unique from the mobile and Web variants—a desktop version which apparently has unique users as a group but where diverse devices and settings require different degrees of parity.
Onshape Takes MCAD to Era of Design Data Management 2.0
Cloud-based CAD innovator Onshape introduces pivotal new features taking design data management to a new level.
Vectorworks Partners with Bluebeam—Studio Now Syncs with Vectorworks Cloud Platform
Vectorworks is the first BIM software to integrate with Bluebeam Studio for real-time markups and review.
ARCHICAD Now Available Under Subscription Licenses in North America
New subscription licensing options for ARCHICAD in Canada and the US now available will empower firms with greater workflow and collaboration capabilities.
VR-AR Plans Inching Closer?—Apple Engineers Host AR-VR Sessions at May Event
Following the Vrvana headset acquisition late last year, Apple engineers at upcoming Display Week event in May point to evolving Apple AR-VR product plans.
Here Come The Game Engines—Open Beta of Unreal Studio Announced for Pro App Market
Game engines are on the cusp of a major invasion of the professional apps market—with leading 3D professional tools now looking at Unreal integrations.
New Apple Pencil Patent—How It Can Impact CAD and 3D Apps
New Apple Pencil patent could dramatically add value to Apple devices in the CAD and 3D software industries.
Why Shapr3D Changes the iPad Pro Story From Toy to Tool
Early personal computers were called “toys” by the mainframe and minicomputer people. In the end, the so-called toys ruled the day.
Mac 3D News: Germany’s Cheetah 3D Reachers Version 7.2
Cheetah3D now incorporates Apple’s AVFramework for superior time-media handling like the export of animations.
Vulkan Coming to Apple — Alternative to Metal API Headed to Mac and iOS
Valve, LunarG and The Brenwill Workshop have joined forces with the Khronos Group to bring the industry-standard low-level graphics API, Vulkan, to the Apple macOS and iOS platforms.
Bricsys Ships All New BricsCAD V18.2—New Core Features Advance BIM and Sheet Metal Design
BricsCAD advances to version 18.2 and adds dozens of new features—a powerful point dot upgrade from the emerging BIM software provide.
McNeel Ships New Rhino 6—Grasshopper Now Built-In
The long-awaited Rhino 6 with integrated Grasshopper is now shipping worldwide. New flexible cloud licensing make using Rhino 6 wherever you are easy.
