Thea Render Version 3.5 Out Now

Thea Render 3.5

Available as Thea Render for SketchUp, Thea Render for Rhino, and Thea Render for Cinema 4D, version 3.5 sees numerous enhancements and new features. UV Randomizer is a new option in the Coordinates panel which effectively removes the repetition and randomises the appearance for all instances sharing the same material. Bitmap Randomizer provides an additional … Read more

Join Maxon’s First 3D and Motion Design Show

Maxon Design Show

8:30AM PST / 11:30AM EST / 5:30AM CET Join the Maxon 3D and Motion Design Show online to soak in some valuable tips, techniques and real-world production workflows using Cinema 4D, Redshift, ZBrush and the Red Giant suite of products. This series of artist-focused streaming shows includes presentations from Chris Schmidt, 3D educator and founder … Read more

Simple and Fast Cloud Rendering with Chaos Cloud

Chaos Cloud

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, users will usually use local hardware—the CPU and GPU inside their computer—to do the … Read more

Autumn Savings until October 31st

Autumn Savings

Visit CAD Software Direct before the end of October, and you’ll see the AUTUMN5 code available to use at checkout to save an additional 5% on selected popular 3D CAD modelling and rendering software. Save an additional 5% on Rhino 3D Save 5% on new Rhino licences and upgrades using AUTUMN5 at checkout! Rhino 7 … Read more

Twinmotion FREE with Vectorworks until March 2022!

Vectorworks Twinmotion

Until March 31, 2022, owners of Vectorworks can get a perpetual license of Twinmotion absolutely free. With Twinmotion, you can easily turn your Vectorworks designs into high-quality images, panoramas, and standard or 360° VR videos in seconds! What is Twinmotion? Twinmotion is a fast and easy solution for real-time immersive 3D architectural visualisation. A simple … Read more

Design London is Underway – See the Highlights

Design London

Design London is on right now, and you can experience the electric atmosphere for yourself until Saturday. Design London’s inaugural show is the talking point of this year’s London Design Festival and brimming with things to see and do. Don’t miss your chance to sit in on a talk, browse an exciting array of new collections … Read more

Urban Renewal & Vectorworks

Urban Renewal and Vectorworks

This article is the start of a short series on the benefits of Vectorworks within urban regeneration. Above and beyond the obvious impact of Covid, there are many more changes taking place at secondary and tertiary levels of almost every aspect of daily life. Economically, so much focus has been given to the tech giants … Read more

Save on Maxwell Render and RealFlow this Summer

Next Limit Sale

The hottest season of the year is upon us, and to celebrate, Next Limit are treating the render community to a summer special! This offer starts now, and runs to the close of business on June 30th 2021. 50% OFF a New Licence of RealFlow 10 RealFlow is an industry-standard, out-of-the-box fluid simulation software. Fast and … Read more

Over 100 New Models in Chaos Cosmos

Chaos Cosmos

The first update of Chaos Cosmos streamlines asset sharing for you and your team by enabling downloads and imports from shared network storage locations.  The library has also been expanded with render-ready 3D people from AXYZ design, as well as brand new furniture, accessories, and lighting fixtures. You can view the Chaos Cosmos library here. … Read more

Enhance your SketchUp Projects Easily with Skatter and Transmutr

Skatter and Transmutr

Skatter – Powerful Scattering Render huge amounts of vegetation, crowds, carpets, quickly populate city blocks, create parametric assemblies, and more – all right inside SketchUp! The “Render only” feature is currently supported by V-Ray, Thea, Corona, Octane, Indigo, Enscape, Shaderlight, IRender nXt, Twilight Pro, Raylectron and Kerkythea. But you can still use Skatter with any … Read more