Come and See Us This Week at Our First 3D Friday Event

3D Friday - CAD Software Direct

Our first ever 3D Friday event will be held at our offices this week in Colchester. We’ll be showing SketchUp with V-Ray, Vectorworks, KeyShot and more. We’ll even have our resident fused filament 3D printer set up and ready to go so you can see how they work up close. Whether you’re brand new to … Read more

Webinar: Orca 3D June 13th – Register For Free

Orca3D Webinar

In the past, marine design with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) was expensive, required the expertise of a specialist, and wasn’t practical on ordinary engineering computers. Now Orca3D Marine CFD has changed all of that, coupling the power and ease-of-use of Rhino, Orca3D, and Simerics MP with specially designed templates to allow naval architects to easily … Read more

V-Ray Next for 3DS Max – Now Available

V-Ray Next for 3DS Max is now available to purchase. Download Now. What’s New? Powerful Scene Intelligence Automatically analyses your scene to optimise rendering — so you get the best quality in less time. Adaptive Dome Light Faster, cleaner and more accurate image-based environment lighting. Up to 7x faster than before. Point & Shoot Camera … Read more

Webinar: Improving Planting Design Workflows with Vectorworks Landmark

The Plant Object and Landscape Area tools in Vectorworks® Landmark are tailor made for the site design professional to create, document, and communicate solutions for projects of all sizes. This presentation will demonstrate the robust 2D and 3D capabilities of these tools, which provide you the ability to visually convey your design intent in all phases … Read more

Webinar: Artlantis 7 Release

Abvent R&D have been hard at work in recent months updating Artlantis and are pleased to announce that Artlantis 7 has been released! Artlantis 7  boasts a number of new features maximising calculation speed and rendering accuracy. In addition, this latest version introduces Twinlinker, an application allowing users to create and share virtual visits of their … Read more

Webinar: Leveraging The Power of PDF in BIM Workflows

Project delivery is still dominated by the production, exchange, and use of documents to describe the scope and elements of a building’s construction. PDF is now at the heart of that mode of delivery in the larger BIM process. By pairing Vectorworks and Bluebeam, architects and their collaborators are able to leverage the best features … Read more

Webinar: KeyShot Viewer – Interactive Presentations and Configurators

The KeyShot Viewer is an all-new, free application that allows you to send KeyShot scenes and present interactive product configurations. Find out more about how to use the KeyShot Viewer in your workflow! Sign up quickly as space is limited! In this Webinar: How the KeyShot Viewer Works Setting Up Scenes Sharing Your Scenes Where … Read more