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Improving archviz renders with Magnific AI

Bertrand Benoit has posted a blog post discussing the potential for Magnific AI to refine and potentially improve 3D artwork without compromising on creativity. Check it out on bertrand-benoit.com.

Comments (1) | Posted Tue, Mar 26

Blender Add-ons

ArchiPak 2.0 released for Blender 2.8

Blender ArchiPak is an add-on for Blender that adds several tools for Architectural Visualisers including the ability to create walls, doors, windows, slabs, fences, stairs, floors, roofs, trusses, kitchens, mouldings, blinds, beams and more. Archipak 2.0 has added support for Blender 2.8 and costs 49€. Find out more on the product's website.

| Posted Mon Feb 25, 2019

Resources

CGAxis offer subscriptions

CGAxis, the stock models site aimed at the archviz industry, has launched a new subscription service that gives users access to its complete library for a monthly or annual fee. Prices start at $39 for 50 downloads per month or $49 a month for 100 downloads. An annual subscription of $349 allows unrestricted downloads. Find out more on the CGAxis website.

Comments (3) | Posted Fri Sep 7, 2018 | source: PQ

Archviz

Rhino 6 released bringing full Grasshopper integration

Robert McNeel & Associates has announced the release of Rhino 6, bringing the visual programming language Grasshopper into the core application. Major new features include: (more...)

Comments (5) | Posted Thu Feb 1, 2018

Archviz

Scott DeWoody, creative media manager at Gensler

Richard Marshall interviews Scott DeWoody, creative media manager at Gensler, about their architectural visualisation pipeline. Read it on Sketchup's blog (expect content aimed at promoting Trimble products).

Comments (2) | Posted Tue Jan 16, 2018

Software

Twinmotion 2018 is out with Unreal Engine core, Mac compatibility

New features in the latest version of Abvent's real-time engine for architectural visualization include: the software now uses Unreal Engine for its real-time graphics, ArchiCAD and Revit live connections, 360° video export, PC and Mac versions, etc. More on Abvent's website.

| Posted Tue Aug 1, 2017 | source: Abvent Group

Software

Twinmotion 2018 preview

(Updated) New preview videos available, including a demo of v2018 at work titled "Simply Twinmotion". The software will be released on July 31.
Abvent is making available teaser videos of the upcoming v2018 of its Twinmotion real-time engine for architectural visualization. The videos released so far reveal that the new version is being powered by Unreal Engine and offers real-time synchronization with ArchiCAD and Revit. Watch them on YouTube.

| Posted Wed Jul 12, 2017

Archviz

Archviz pioneers discuss the past, present and future of VR

Chaos Group's CG Garage is sharing the audio of a panel discussion on the use of VR in architectural visualization that took place recently as part of the . The discussion was led by CGarchitect's Jeff Mottle and guests included Patricio Navarro (ArX Solutions), Luciana Carvalho Se (Realities Centre London), Dan Harper (Cityscape), Christiaan Klaassen (DBOX), Scott DeWoody (Gensler), Chris Nichols (CG Labs) and Lon Grohs (Chaos Group). More on CG Garage.

| Posted Tue Jun 27, 2017

Archviz

Blender for Archviz – part 2

Are we there yet? Lasse Rode from Archviz studio Xoio puts Blender and Corona to the test, taking advantage of the advances in the Blender to Corona bridge: "It is a great tool and it has potential to become a true replacement in certain scenarios". More on Xoio's website. (more...)

| Posted Tue Apr 4, 2017

Blender Add-ons

Tiler 1.1 for Blender released

Tiler is a Blender add-on by Glukoz designed for speeding up roof creation, which can also be used for generating various types of tile-based mesh patterns. It is especially useful for architecture visualization applications. Tiler allows to automatically trim generated tiles to walls' boundaries, add various kinds of randomness for more realism, generate tiles for wall joints (useful for roof creation), quick generation of displacement maps from your tiles, etc. More on Blender Market.

| Posted Fri Mar 10, 2017