March 28-30, 202210:00 AM – 5:00 PM CESTHosted by McNeel Europe Many third-party plugins have been developed to enable the interoperability between Autodesk’s BIM software Revit and McNeel’s Rhino / Grasshopper, to various degrees of success, in terms of ease of use and speed. Using one of Rhino 7‘s new frameworks, known as Rhino.Inside, Revit … Read more Rhino.Inside.Revit Online Course
Chaos’ cloud rendering platform, Chaos Cloud, lets users enjoy simple, fast, and smart rendering – without relying on local hardware configurations or virtual machines – all directly within V-Ray‘s UI. So, What is Cloud Rendering? When rendering projects from 3D applications, in most situations users will be utilising local hardware – meaning the CPU and … Read more Simple and Fast Cloud Rendering with Chaos Cloud
Monday 14th February – Friday 18th March 2022 If you’re new to Vectorworks, now is a great time to start sketching, modelling, and presenting – while saving money! Vectorworks are offering a 30% discount on new licences, when purchased with a 12-month Service Select membership, until March 18th only. Don’t forget – Vectorworks also comes … Read more 30% OFF New Vectorworks Licences
Presented by Ildikó Szabó, Abvent’s Marketing Architect, join this webinar to learn about the workflow of rendering an Archicad model with Artlantis. More than ever before, Artlantis’ core assets are openness, speed and efficiency! Your choice of8:00 – 9:00am GMTor4:00-5:00pm GMT9th Feb 2022 Register Now > The latest version of Abvent’s stand-alone rendering application developed … Read more Artlantis 2021 Live
Welcome to SketchUp Pro 2022. This release includes new and improved modeling tools, additional search functionality, time-saving enhancements in LayOut, and so much more. These updates will help speed up and simplify your workflows so you can stay focused on your designs. What’s New in SketchUp Pro 2022 Search in SketchUp ‘Search’ is now a … Read more SketchUp Pro 2022 is Here – New Design Tools for 3D Modelling in 2022
February 14th -16th , 202210:00 AM – 5:00 PM CET The upcoming Grasshopper level 1 course is designed for the professionals who would like to gain a good understanding of parametric design principles and learn Grasshopper efficiently. In the three-day course, Ping-Hsiang Chen (computational designer at Zaha Hadid Architects) will take you through a journey … Read more Grasshopper Level 1 Online Course
As of January 15th 2022, a new and more secure sign-in system is being implemented to SketchUp. Regarding this, Trimble recently released the following statement: In an effort to increase security and better protect your account information, we will be upgrading Trimble’s sign-in platform over the next couple of days. After the change occurs, you … Read more Attention All SketchUp Users – A Change to Signing In
Twinmotion 2022.1 offers a host of new features that make it even easier to createand share stunning visualisations and immersive experiences for architecture,construction, urban planning, and landscape design. Create high quality images, animations, presentations, and VR walkthroughs. Twinmotion offers unprecedented real-time quality, an extensive high-quality asset library, easy to learn and use tools, and seamless … Read more What’s New in Twinmotion 2022
This is a free update for VisualARQ users which includes new features and fixes: Support for Worksessions Support for Grasshopper Player Override section attributes by Plan View and Section View style Save changes on VisualARQ display modes (Hidden, Conceptual, and Realistic) Show wall or slab layer names and custom parameters in tags Structural profiles for … Read more VisualARQ 2.12 Available Now
From all of us at CAD Software Direct, we’d like to extend our sincere thanks to our customers and partners, and we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. CAD Software Direct Opening Times Our offices are open as normal on December 23rd, so any orders placed before then will be … Read more Christmas Opening Times and End of Year Deals