As the US opens up … again … Autodesk puts its bets on manufacturing. Once upon a time, the way the world worked in manufacture seemed pretty clear: the big engines of China and nearby smaller countries pumped out low-cost products. Consumers in the west bought whole bunches of the low-cost products and then sent … Read more
Upgrades, acquisitions, new VFX capabilities add up to a powerhouse in the making. Maxon has been spewing news lately; it’s hard to track but it all adds up to a strong play for more of the creatives’ business. The headline is that Maxon plans to buy the assets of Pixologic, makers of the revered ZBrush … Read more
Cinema 4D R25 and Red Giant Complete win under the Graphics, Editing, VFX, and Switchers Category. The winners of the third annual NAB Show Product of the Year Awards were announced recently during the virtual Product of the Year Awards celebration. The awards recognize significant and promising new products and technologies that were set to be displayed for the … Read more
In July 2021, Graphisoft released Archicad 25 with the key theme of integration. In the Archicad 25 Update 2 released last week, Graphisoft integrated Maxon’s Redshift rendering tool into Archicad. This has been a requested feature by Archicad users for a long time. Update 2 includes other significant enhancements to design, documentation, collaboration, and visualization … Read more
The company raises guidance on the strength of the first half performance. As companies in design and engineering are turning in their second and third quarters for the year, it’s been fascinating to see how fortunes have changed. Nemetschek, like many companies in AEC, took an early hit when coronavirus came to Europe and the … Read more
Graphisoft’s annual Building Together Conference celebrated the digitalization sweeping the industry but also presenters warned architects they’d have to up their skills to stay competitive. Graphisoft tends to look outward to complement its in-house tools. Its wholehearted support of OpenBIM gives users choices. Over the last three years, Graphisoft has opened up those choices with … Read more
Vectorworks just launched their 2022 version of BIM and CAD product line. Vectorworks Designer has now become Vectorworks Design Suite. This latest release includes Vectorworks Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Fundamentals, Braceworks, ConnectCAD and Vision. The company says that the latest release offers designers the freedom to design. Vectorworks 2022 will empower designers with improvements focused on next-gen tech, 3D and BIM workflows, … Read more
Through The Motion Show, Maxon’s regular series of free training and news sessions, Maxon has been demoing new features and tricks for its suite of products. This week, the company has brought it all together in the latest Maxon One update. The company has announced new features to all of the products included in the … Read more
The game engine giants are building huge portfolios of tools and content for their customers. They are acquisition machines. Over the years, Speedtree has created a large library of trees and foliage that users can import into the game engines and lightly modify for season, lighting, etc. The company says it will honor customer subscriptions … Read more
2020: a landmark year for Graphisoft; direct and to the point: new features in Archicad 25 Graphisoft, a company of German AECO software group Nemetschek, has unveiled Archicad 25 and has also announced that its upcoming Building Together 2021 conference will again be virtual. It will be held September 14-16; it will be free and … Read more
