D5 Render Challenge II – Now On!

D5 Render Challenge

A prize pool of over $19,000 USD in cash, and a D5 Render Pro subscription await the winners! How to Join > For this challenge, the theme is ‘Distance: How Far Would You Go‘.Let D5 render serve as a tool for your creation and storytelling. It can be a brush that adds colour to your … Read more

Rhino.Inside.Revit Online Course

Rhino Inside Revit

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

What’s New in Twinmotion 2022

Twinmotion 2022

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

VisualARQ 2.12 Available Now

VisualARQ 2.12

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

Christmas Opening Times and End of Year Deals

Christmas Deals

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

Upgrade Your Old V-Ray Licence to V-Ray 5 this December!

V-Ray 3 Upgrade

Starting now until December 31st 2021, V-Ray 3 licence holders can upgrade to V-Ray and save 15%. How Can I Upgrade? Buy a new V-Ray 5 perpetual licence at a 15% discount for a limited time only. This promotion applies to both V-Ray licences and Render Nodes. This includes all perpetual licences such as V-Ray … 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

Webinar: Model Validation with Solibri and Vectorworks

Vectorworks Solibri

Can Vectorworks’ connection with Solibri Direct provide the model validation you need? 2:00pm – 3:00pm BSTWednesday 29th SeptemberRegister Here > In this webinar, architecture industry specialist, Luka Stefanovic, will be joined by Colin Davis of Studio Partington to discuss how the Solibri Direct Connection was used throughout Studio Partington’s project for Islington Council. Vectorworks’ partnership … Read more

ENVISION 21

Enscape Envision 21

Register now for ENVISION 21, Enscape’s virtual user event. Inspired by the great work and passion of Enscape users, ENVISION 21 is an opportunity to connect, learn from each other, and boost the community spirit! You can see the sessions planned and the speakers joining right here. September 28th to 30th, 2021Register Here What to … Read more

Grasshopper Components for Hydrostatics in Orca3D

Grasshopper Components

Orca3D now includes Grasshopper components for automating Orca3D’s hydrostatics and stability calculations! This update, Version 2.0.22, is free to Version 2 users and is available for download now. Details of other improvements in this release can be found here. If you aren’t familiar with Grasshopper, it is a graphical scripting editor that is included with … Read more