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With 2GB of cloud storage as standard, and 20GB for Service Select members, users can view and access Vectorworks files on the go. If you’re a Service Select member, take advantage of cloud-based hardware to handle your sections, elevations, and renderings so you can continue working on your local machine without interruption. Using the Vectorworks … Read more The Benefits of Vectorworks Cloud Services
Gain new skills, fine-tune workflows, and discover new ways to make the most of Vectorworks by training at your own pace. Vectorworks University is a new platform for designers, educators and users across the architecture, landscape and entertainment industries. Vectorworks has always been known to produce helpful content to support their software, including the Getting … Read more Learn with Vectorworks University
ZBrushCore 2020 is out now, and is available as a free upgrade for registered users! If you’re already a ZBrushCore user, you can upgrade for free here. What is ZBrushCore? ZBrushCore is a suite of the most essential elements from the full version of ZBrush. It includes everything that you need to get your start … Read more ZBrushCore 2020 Available Now
It’s been another strong year for 3D modeling and rendering. We’ve seen major releases in Vectorworks 2020 demonstrating considerable performance boosts, KeyShot 9 adding GPU rendering and RealCloth, a Maxwell 5 engine re-write built for speed, and so much more than we can list here. As always, we’d like to extend our sincere thanks to … Read more Opening Times and Christmas Deals
KeyShot World is back! It might be a bit of a trek for us here in the UK, but KeyShot World brings users and experts from all kinds of backgrounds together in one place and is the premier event for all things KeyShot. This year, KeyShot World returns to Southern California on March 16th-17th at … Read more KeyShot World 2020
Maxon, developers of Cinema 4D and a part of the Nemetschek Group, and Red Giant, tool designers for VFX artists and motion designers, have announced that Red Giant will be joining Nemetschek’s media and entertainment division in January 2020. Both Maxon and Red Giant are already established names in the digital content creation industry. The … Read more Maxon and Red Giant to Merge
Join McNeel Europe and Francesc Salla, product manager of VisualARQ, on a 2-day BIM oriented Rhino workshop for architects, engineers, and designers at McNeel’s Barcelona offices. Rhino for Architecture Workshop using VisualARQMcNeel Europe (Barcelona)3rd – 4th February 202010AM – 6PM Contact McNeel to Sign Up The workshop focuses on learning Rhino, VisualARQ, and Grasshopper as a Flexible BIM … Read more Rhino for Architecture Workshop
From now to December 31st, receive 25% OFF any Vectorworks purchase, including new licences, upgrades, add-on modules, Vision, and more! Find out all the details below and call 01206 804984 or email contact@cadsoftwaredirect.com to get the discount! As an added bonus, we’ll throw in a copy of Affinity Photo to each order too! Vectorworks End of Year Sale Save … Read more 25% OFF Any Vectorworks Purchase
While the latest news surrounding Corona for SketchUp may have been announced way back in 2018, we are still seeing search activity on Corona for SketchUp. Here’s a little bit about what happened, and some alternative suggestions. In early 2018, the team behind Corona admitted that the SketchUp plugin was not successful due to a … Read more Corona for SketchUp – What Happened?
With KeyShot 9, you get access to brand new features including GPU Mode rendering, advanced denoise, fuzz and more. The webinar below focusses on RealCloth, the tool that lets you create highly realistic woven materials within KeyShot 9. Follow along as Creative Specialist Karim Merchant takes you through the incredible new RealCloth feature and see … Read more KeyShot 9 Feature: RealCloth