HDR Light Studio leads the list of features that extend the rendering workflow inside Rhino. Chaos Group has released V-Ray 2.0 for Rhino, an update it describes as “a major overhaul.” Additions to materials, lighting options, and a new HDR Light Studio extend the ability of Rhino users to create photo-realistic or non-realistic creative images from their … [Read more...] about V-Ray for Rhino gets big overhaul
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Autodesk acquires Virtual Shape Research Technology Assets
Autodesk furthers its industrial design line of tools with the acquisition of VSR's technology for class A surface design and modeling tools. Autodesk has announced the acquisition of certain technology assets from Virtual Shape Research (VSR), GmbH. Along with those assets, Autodesk will take on 10 VSR employees. Headquartered in Hannover, Germany, Virtual Shape Technology … [Read more...] about Autodesk acquires Virtual Shape Research Technology Assets
Using rendering technology to revolutionize yacht design
Architect Greg Lynn is pioneering a new language of form, taking advantage of real-time ray tracing hardware and software from Imagination Technologies to see light and shadow at the earliest design stages. The recent America’s Cup yacht racing championship in San Francisco (see “More than a boat race”) brought attention to how the application of technology has … [Read more...] about Using rendering technology to revolutionize yacht design
Rhino plug-in gives access to Caustic Visualizer ray tracing
The free tool adds a fully ray traced viewport to Rhino; adding Caustic’s board to the mix supercharges the rendering. Rhino 3D, the popular 3D modeling tool, now has a plug-in to provide a ray tracing viewport. Neon is a full ray-traced viewport plug-in for Rhino 5 developed in collaboration with Caustic Professional, a division of Imagination Technologies. Caustic recently … [Read more...] about Rhino plug-in gives access to Caustic Visualizer ray tracing
Hoops Exchange update improves 3D PDF import/export
Other additions include surface sewing and new or improved support for Rhino, OS X, JT, Parasolid, and ACIS. Tech Soft 3D has updated Hoops Exchange, its library of CAD translation utilities available for licensing by CAD vendors and users. Key features in Hoops Exchange version 6.0 include: 3D PDF import: 3D PDF is expanding rapidly, particularly in the Defense and … [Read more...] about Hoops Exchange update improves 3D PDF import/export
Smartgeometry heading home to London
Colleagues from some of London’s top architectural firms gathered to discuss computational design technology; the rest is history still being written. Smartgeometry, the annual conclave of architects pushing the boundaries of design technology is coming home this month to London, the organization’s birthplace. Registration is now open for Smartgeometry 2013, April 19-20 at the … [Read more...] about Smartgeometry heading home to London
Clayoo bridges the precision vs. freeform CAD gap for Rhino users
NURBS meets SubD Surfaces in a new add-on. No one product can yet do it all. Over the years as 3D CAD has matured, a technology gap has formed and widened between specifying shapes with precision—but in a tightly constrained fashion—and the ability to model in freeform style, as with working with clay. New products are starting to come to market to bridge the gap. The … [Read more...] about Clayoo bridges the precision vs. freeform CAD gap for Rhino users
RevUp Render gives cloud backbone to V-Ray users
On-demand cloud rendering service takes advantage of distributed rendering in V-Ray 2.0 software. Users can control and monitor rendering from the desktop. Cloud specialist RevUp Render has launched a new cloud rendering service supporting V-Ray 2.0 rendering software from the Chaos Group. With the RevUp Render cloud computing platform, 3D graphics professionals can utilize … [Read more...] about RevUp Render gives cloud backbone to V-Ray users
New Sunglass API connects to popular CAD tools, cloud storage sites
To demonstrate the capabilities of the API, Sunglass programmers have released connectors for several popular products including SolidWorks, SketchUp, and Rhino. Today cloud-based CAD collaboration site Sunglass releases an application programming interface (API) for direct integration with existing CAD products. To introduce the capabilities of the new API, Sunglass is … [Read more...] about New Sunglass API connects to popular CAD tools, cloud storage sites
Autodesk acquires T-Splines modeling technology
The first major advancement in CAD geometry since NURBS has become popular in industrial, commercial, and architectural design. The fate of T-Splines plug-ins for Rhino and SolidWorks is uncertain. Autodesk has acquired the technology-related assets of T-Splines Inc., a privately-held surface modeling software company based in Utah. Terms of the transaction were not … [Read more...] about Autodesk acquires T-Splines modeling technology