A little while back, we announced the start of our SketchUp competition for students. The challenge was to send anything built in SketchUp… but we did things a little differently this time. Instead of setting a competition theme with strict rules, we left it up to the student entrants to provide their course brief along … Read more
20th September 2019 – 1pm to 4pmRegister Now > FirstsiteLewis Gardens, High Street ColchesterEssex, CO1 1JH Register and Attend – Get Free Stuff! The first 10 people to register and attend will get their choice of Affinity Photo, Designer or Publisher! As an added bonus, anyone who attends will get 5% off their next order … Read more
Vectorworks are joining us this 3D Friday for a live demo walking you through a typical architectural design process. Held at Firstsite in Colchester, you’ll also have a chance to get hands on with our Oculus Rift VR set, browse some 3D modelling and CADCAM applications, and more! 20th September 2019 – 1pm to 4pmRegister … Read more
3D Friday is back, and this time we have Vectorworks joining us for a live demo walking you through a typical architectural design process. Held at Firstsite in Colchester, you’ll also have a chance to get hands on with our Oculus Rift VR set, browse some 3D modelling and CADCAM applications, and more! 20th September … Read more
There’s still time to enter our latest 3D competition with a top prize available for the taking! Remember, things are a little different this time around because we don’t have the theme or brief…you do! We want you to send us your course brief and the work you created for it. It doesn’t matter if you … Read more
We are excited to share some of our favourite features and improvements in the latest product update to SketchUp Pro 2019 and LayOut. This release has made SketchUp more intuitive and fun to use with focus on improvements to imagery exports, usability, and a seamless LayOut connection. New in SketchUp Professional output enhancements Exporting images … Read more
CAD Software Direct are excited to announce our latest 3D competition with a top prize available for the taking! Things are a little different this time around because we don’t have the theme or brief…you do! We want you to send us your course brief and the work you created for it. It doesn’t matter if … Read more
We’re opening our doors again for another 3D Friday this June in Colchester! For 3D architectural, urban, interior and product design we’ll be showing SketchUp and Vectorworks. To complement 3D modelling, we’ll also have some renderers including KeyShot and V-Ray. We’ll even have a full Oculus Rift setup with KeyVR for you to try demonstrating how virtual reality … Read more
There’s great news for SketchUp users! Abvent has released the SketchUp 2019 plug-in for Artlantis 6.5, Artlantis 7 and Artlantis 2019. Download the Plugin To ensure that current and potential users are up to speed, Abvent are hosting two Artlantis 2019 webinars on Wednesday, May 8th. The webinars are free, but space is limited. Don’t … Read more
V-Ray Next for SketchUp has just been updated with a number of bug fixes and feature enhancements to improve your rendering experience, including: Optimised Scene Management – The entire asset management system has been optimised and made more reliable. You’ll find it easier to work on heavy scenes with a large number of assets and … Read more