Maxwell 5 Launches Today

Maxwell Render 5

The physically-correct, unbiased spectral engine at the core of Maxwell not only produces beautiful images, but also lighting-accurate simulations. You may have heard in the past that Maxwell achieved such high quality by being quite slow, something Next Limit themselves will admit. With Maxwell 5, the story has changed. A fully rewritten multi-GPU core now … Read more

Vectorworks Customer Appreciation Sale

Vectorworks Customer Appreciation

As a way of saying thank you to the people using Vectorworks, active Service Select customers can purchase a new license with a huge 50% discount when adding to their existing contract at the prorated cost. This discount is available across new licenses and add-on modules. If you’ve got a parked 2017, 2018 or 2019 … Read more

KeyShot 9 – Free Upgrade!

KeyShot 9

KeyShot 9 is almost upon us, and in anticipation of the release we’re giving customers a free upgrade to KeyShot 9 when purchasing or upgrading to KeyShot 8 on or after October 1st 2019! The promotion is valid for all new KeyShot 8 purchases and upgrades (from KeyShot 6 and KeyShot 7) to KeyShot 8 on or after October 1st. … Read more

LIVE ZBrush Sculpt-Off to Start 2019 ZBrush Summit.

ZBrush Summit

Only a matter of days after our 3D Friday event (which you should definitely register for), Pixologic are back with the 2019 ZBrush Summit! Kicking things off is the LIVE Sculpt-Off on Thursday 26th September. 24 contenders, 3 hours, only one champion. Who will walk away with the glorious ZBrush heavyweight belt this year? You … Read more

Win a FREE SketchUp License worth £547!

SketchUp Competition

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

Maxon Announces Next Generation Cinema 4D at SIGGRAPH 2019

Cinema 4D R21

While delivering new features and new subscription pricing options, Cinema 4D is now unified into a singular version. Cinema 4D has always been easy to learn and use, but now it’s even easy to choose the version you want at a new low price. Feature Highlights One Version of Cinema 4DR21 marks the introduction of … Read more

KeyVR Webinar Recording Available Now

KeyShot KeyVR

The “Creating Immersive VR Product Experiences with KeyVR” webinar recording is now available to watch on demand. If you’re interested in KeyVR, contact us now for a free trial. What is KeyVR? KeyShot and KeyVR are both built upon the core framework of the KeyShot application, which allows us to share many core application features, … Read more

Student SketchUp for Summer Competition

SketchUp Competition

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

ZBrush 2019.1 Available Now as a Free Update

ZBrush 2019

ZBrush 2019.1 is now available as a free update for all users, and Pixologic strongly recommend upgrading to this latest version as soon as possible. It includes several new features as well as a number of enhancements or fixes within both the ZBrush feature set and various plugins. How to Update For users with serial … Read more

V-Ray – Behind the Scenes at Zaha Hadid Architects, Blur Studio and WeWork

Total Chaos

Total Chaos Masterclasses are an incredible opportunity to find out about the technology and techniques the world’s leading studios use to create astonishing content every day. On May 16, Chaos Group welcome professionals to Sofia, Bulgaria for three Masterclass tracks. Pick from design, VFX or architectural visualisation and deep-dive into industry practices from the likes … Read more