What is Cyber Essentials, and Why Do Design Businesses Need It?

Cyber Essentials is a government-backed certification scheme that helps businesses to protect themselves against cyber threats. In 2024, 50% of businesses reported a breach or attack. This isn’t just targeting huge multinational enterprises. Small and medium businesses are also targeted. Your business’s data is valuable to bad actors, even if you don’t realise it is.  … Read more

What’s New in Solidworks 2025

SOLIDWORKS 2025 brings many exciting updates designed to enhance productivity, improve workflows, and deliver powerful tools for modern design and manufacturing. This version offers significant improvements across the board, from advanced rendering capabilities to expanded CNC machining and 3D printing functionalities. Whether you are optimising parts, assemblies, or drawings or leveraging cutting-edge collaboration tools, SOLIDWORKS … Read more

What’s New In V-Ray 7 for Rhino

What's New In V-Ray 7 For Rhino?

V-Ray 7 for Rhino is the latest iteration of Chaos’ powerful 3D rendering software. This update brings various features which help architects, designers, and visualisation artists bring their ideas to life.  Known for its versatility and precision, V-Ray integrates with Rhino and Grasshopper, providing real-time renders and stunning photorealistic images. V-Ray also works with other … Read more

Bella Render: Stunning Spectral Rendering for Product Design and Architectural Visualisation.

Bella Render prides itself on being easy to use and achieving stunning results. It integrates with Rhino, Maya, and SketchUp to provide realistic renders for architects, product designers, and other visualisation professionals.  What sets Bella Render apart is its dedication to effortless physical accuracy. The software is predictably designed, so very little trial and error … Read more

Visualisation in SketchUp: How SketchUp Can Help Your Architectural Design Workflow

In architectural design, communicating ideas with clarity can make a big difference. Stunning visualisations can take a concept that inspires to a design that makes stakeholders sit up and take note. Tools for visualisation in SketchUp can help you create work that wins work and gets people listening. While SketchUp is best known for its … Read more

What’s New In V-Ray 7 for SketchUp

V-Ray 7 For SketchUp

V-Ray 7 for SketchUp brings many exciting features and tools designed to improve efficiency, expand creative possibilities, and enhance presentation capabilities. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned visualiser, this release offers innovative solutions to help you work smarter and produce stunning results. Let’s take a closer look at what’s on offer. What is V-Ray? … Read more

What’s New in Chaos Corona 12, Version 1?

Chaos Corona 12.1 builds on the strengths of version 12, delivering tools that improve speed, collaboration, and quality in 3D rendering. From real-time scene interaction with Vantage Live Link to enhanced caustics and automatic exposure adjustments, this update simplifies workflows while elevating the visual results. What is Chaos Corona? Corona Chaos delivers efficient 3D rendering … Read more

Cyber Security for Design Businesses: Best Practices for Protecting Your Company and Clients

Cyber Security for design businesses is more important than ever. According to government research, 50% of all businesses (including 70% of medium and 74% of large businesses) reported a cyber breach or attack in 2023. It’s not just your data that’s at risk. It’s your clients’ data, too. From intellectual property (IP) to email addresses, … Read more

Enscape Impact: Real-time Sustainability Reporting 

Enscape Impact

The pressure is on for architects to design sustainably. Enscape Impact is an Enscape plugin that can help you design sustainable projects and get real-time feedback on the early stages of your designs. At Chaos, they’ve been researching the impacts of the climate crisis on the design industry and found some interesting trends. The Architects … Read more