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 Christmas Opening Times and End of Year Deals

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

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 Twinmotion FREE with Vectorworks until March 2022!

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 Webinar: Model Validation with Solibri and Vectorworks

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 ENVISION 21

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 Grasshopper Components for Hydrostatics in Orca3D

Visualising Spaceport America with Enscape

Enscape

Viewport Studio is a team of architects and designers based in London and Singapore. With a series of award-winning designs under their belt, a major project they took on in 2019 was designing the interior of Spaceport America. Gautier Pelegrin, Director of Viewport Studio, shared how the Enscape and Rhino design workflow played a significant … Read more Visualising Spaceport America with Enscape

V-Ray 5 for Unreal Released

vray-5-unreal

V-Ray 5 for Unreal has released, and now architects and designers can explore V-Ray scenes in Unreal with more precision, take advantage of time-saving workflows, and enjoy improved compatibility with other V-Ray 5 applications. Set V-Ray Light Bake’s parameters to optimise lightmaps for specific projects, perform colour corrections and composite layers of renders directly in … Read more V-Ray 5 for Unreal Released

A Change to Licensing Redshift

Redshift

A major upcoming change to the Redshift licensing model has been announced by the team behind the popular GPU-accelerated 3D renderer. “Given the nature of Redshift as a product which integrates into other host applications and leverages cutting edge hardware, we believe customers need access to the latest releases for an optimum experience. We are … Read more A Change to Licensing Redshift

VisualARQ 2.11 Available Now

Rhino for Architecture

VisualARQ 2.11 is now available for download. This new update includes some new features and enhancements including: Import and export options dialog to read and save IFC models with data or as geometry only. Option to show plan and section views with no projection. Scale doors and windows with the Rhino Scale commands. Multiline tags, display … Read more VisualARQ 2.11 Available Now