SketchUp 2020 – New Features and How to Get It.

SketchUp 2020

SketchUp 2020 has arrived! Trimble have been watching comments in the forums throughout the year, and discussing ideas during training events to make sure the latest version of SketchUp addresses everything that users want to see out of this new release. We’ll take a look at what’s new in SketchUp and Layout down below, but … Read more

See How Brompton Bicycle Makes Design Decisions in Seconds with Altair SimSolid

Altair Brompton

Free to Attend Webinar3pm GMT / 10am EST5th February 2020 Reserve Your Place Join Altair on Wednesday, 5th February to hear how iconic folding bike maker, Brompton Bicycle, is accelerating product development time with Altair SimSolid, a revolutionary structural analysis solution that doesn’t require meshing or geometry simplification. Attend this 50 minute webinar to learn: … Read more

Start Ray-Tracing, Animating, Shading and Rigging with Modo 13.2

Foundry Modo 13.2

What is Modo? Modo is a creative 3D modeling, texturing and rendering tool available for Mac, Windows and Linux. With Modo, artists can explore and develop ideas without the steep learning curve. Modo features an artist-friendly set of tools that let you focus on creation rather than construction. The photorealistic viewport, award-winning MeshFusion Boolean toolset, … Read more

The Benefits of Vectorworks Cloud Services

Vectorworks Cloud Services

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

Learn with Vectorworks University

Vectorworks University

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

ZBrushCore 2020 Available Now

ZBrushCore 2020

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

Opening Times and Christmas Deals

Christmas Deals

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

Maxon and Red Giant to Merge

Maxon and Red Giant

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

Rhino for Architecture Workshop

Rhino for Architecture

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

25% OFF Any Vectorworks Purchase

Vectorworks End of Year

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