Explore 60 Years of Design with Habitat at The Design Museum 

“Changing Spaces: 60 Years of Designs with Habitat” is a one-of-a-kind exhibition at The Design Museum in Kensington. This unique event, running from 10th July to the 11th August 2024, will celebrate retailer Habitat’s 60th anniversary with a free display that delves into our evolving relationship with our homes.  The exhibition explores how design allows … Read more

What’s New In Chaos Corona 12?

Chaos Corona 12 is here! The updates include a better process for exporting scenes to Vantage, improvements to Corona Pattern, Curved Decals, Scatter Instance Brush in Corona for 3ds Max, and the revamped Virtual Frame Buffer. What is Chaos Corona? If you work in visualisation and use 3ds Max or Cinema4D, Chaos Corona is for … Read more

A Beginner’s Guide to 3D Warehouse for SketchUp

Starting your SketchUp journey and feeling a bit lost? Or, perhaps you want to save time on your models?  Enter 3D Warehouse for SketchUp.  This vast online library of models is a treasure for designers of all levels. Whether you’re crafting a simple chair or an intricate building, 3D Warehouse has got you covered. Let’s … Read more

SUMMER SALE: Save 5% on Top Software This Summer!

From now until August 30th 2024, we’re offering 5% off on top CAD software this summer.  Whether you are a product designer, mechanical engineer, visual effects artist or architect, you’ll find a good deal here.  Look for the Summer Savings box on eligible products.  When shopping on CAD Software Direct, enter SUMMER5 at checkout for … Read more

Connected Workflows with Chaos Enscape and V-Ray

Chaos has changed how Enscape interacts with V-Ray and other Chaos products.  For years, it had been difficult to get renders out of Enscape and passed over to the visualisation teams, who often had to rebuild from scratch. But no more!  Chaos has created a link between Enscape and V-Ray, which helps architects and visualisation … Read more

What’s New In SketchUp 2024?

what's new in Sketchup 2024

SketchUp 2024 is here! The much anticipated launch offers a brand new graphics engine, new visual depth settings and so much more. SketchUp continues to be a top choice among design and construction professionals for its user-friendly tools and flexible capabilities. For those unfamiliar with the software, SketchUp is  3D modeling software used for a … Read more

Rhino World – Discovering What’s New

Rhino World

Rhino World 2023 took place in Barcelona, running between October 18th-20th. This is the official international event related to the Rhino and Grasshopper ecosystem, a gathering of all McNeel regions, worldwide resellers, trainers, industry partners, 3rd party developers, and expert users. It’s here that we find out the latest news about Rhino WIP, Rhino Inside, … Read more

Vectorworks Mix-n-Match Sale

Vectorworks Save 30%

30% OFF 3 or More Vectorworks Annual SubscriptionsMonday 19th June – Friday 7th July 2023. Buy any 3 (or more) Vectorworks annual subscription licenses and receive 30% off the first year! Both new and existing customers are eligible for this offer. Click one of the links below and be sure to use code MIXNMATCH30 at … Read more

Artlantis 2021 – New Update and New Media Items

Artlantis 2021

The latest version of Artlantis 2021 is now available and brings a host of fixes including: Easy Rendering Parameters: Replaced Shadow details and Speed/Quality Ratio sliders by popup menus Fixed SKP importer on Windows machine without SketchUp 2021 installed Fixed SKP importer on Windows machine using double byte langage, like Russian and German Fixed RAL … Read more

I’m New to Vectorworks, What’s the Cheapest Way to Buy Vectorworks?

This is a common question we hear from new Vectorworks users. Typically, a user knows that Vectorworks is the right software for them because they’ve used it as a student or in-practice but now need their own licence. When starting out, it can be a substantial purchase and in this post we’ll have a quick … Read more