CAD Garage Blog

Artlantis Studio Booster Sale

 

Another great Artlantis promo from our friends at Abvent the "Studio Booster" is aimed to assist you in moving from Artlantis Render to Artlantis Studio or from Artlantis Studio v1 to v3. All Artlantis Render v1, v2 and v3 (1st & additional) licenses are now $615 for the upgrade to Studio v3. And for those on Artlantis Studio v1 you can upgrade to v3 for $615 as well! For those moving from Artlantis Render v1 to Studio v3 that's a 50% savings-pretty good nickel.

If you don't currently own Artlantis Render or Studio we have some deals on those as well. In honor of the "Artlantis Road Show 2011" we are offering 10% off Artlantis Render or Artlantis Studio from now until July 15th, 2011. Sounds pretty good right? Well you also get the Dosch Design 3D Cars 2007 (it's a Road Show you know) as a free download as part of the deal-regularly $145.

Artlantis is a stand-alone rendering solution that is committed to interoperability. Abvent, developers of Artlantis, have worked hard on the exchange of data between Artlantis and the leading CAD applications such as ArchiCAD, Vectorworks, SketchUp, and Revit in order to make 3D models more accessible to you.

Check out our Artlantis page for more info on these deals. The Studio Booster sale runs from now until July 31st, 2011.

Happy rendering,

Greg

 

How to Unleash ArchiCAD's Hidden Power Free Webinar

 
Take advantage of this golden opportunity for free ArchiCAD training, from Eric Bobrow and the ArchiCAD Best Practices Course. Sign up for one of the sessions HERE. We've had some great feedback from some of our ArchiCAD clients who have taken Eric's Best Practices course and are pleased he is able to offer this session for free.

Choose the day and time that works best for your schedule: Tuesday 6/07 at 6PM, Wednesday 6/08 at 9AM, Thursday 6/09 at 6PM, or Friday 6/10 at 9AM. Times are Pacific Standard Time.

After interviewing members of the Best Practices Course he was able to crystallize the most powerful favorites from the course into a dynamic presentation that will truly open your eyes WIDE. Sign up for one of this week's webinars and learn: 

* Eight simple tricks to enhance your presentations and win your next project. 
* Five common mistakes that are hurting you and how to fix them. 
* Eighteen free resources that will help you improve your ArchiCAD skills. 
* Fourteen easy-to-implement methods that will reduce your production time by 25% to 50% or more!

In addition, it's not too late to sign up for the ArchiCAD Best Practices Course. To celebrate the release of ArchiCAD 15 from now until June 15 you will receive a $200 discount off the standard registration cost! Visit the ArchiCAD Best Practices Course website today. It is PACKED with resources that will make it easy for you to improve your productivity and achieve dramatically improved results. It covers all releases from ArchiCAD 10 through 15 (new modules will be added to cover the latest features in AC15) plus Start Edition 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

This is a step-by-step system that will transform your practice. Weekly lessons shine a light into all the nooks and crannies of this complex tool. Regular coaching calls give you direct, clear answers to your pressing questions. And when you sign up for the course, you'll become part of a community of ArchiCAD users focused on best practices that will support your efforts. 

It truly is time to take this important step to improve your practice, "sharpen your saw", and have more fun with ArchiCAD. Go to the course website now and check it out; you won't be disappointed!

 

Greg

Piranesi Returns

Informatix Piranesi has now returned to the digital shelves of CADgarage after being unavailable for few months due to changes in distribution. And as one of our favorite tools we're glad it's back! Check it out HERE on CADgarage.

The name has also changed from Piranesi 2010 Pro to Piranesi 6 to continue the previous naming conventions. Although essentially the same version there have been some bug fixes and support for SketchUp 8 in this release. The upgrade to Piranesi 6 is free for all owners of Piranesi 2010 Pro.

For those that are on Piranesi versions 4.0, 5.0 or 5.1 you can upgrade to Piranesi 6 and take advantage of all the new features in the current version or any you have missed in the past. You can find more info on upgrades and new features in Piranesi 6 HERE.

Some of the more popular new features have been layers which greatly improve the ease with which complex renderings can be created, plane & material locking, increased speed and 3D stereo imaging.

Included with version 6 are entourage galleries of people and trees to further enhance your renderings!

 

Greg

Artlantis Media Marathon

We have successfully survived another Boston Marathon up here and as I watched the runners heading towards the finish line it reminded me of those tireless efforts that many of us have gone through to get a project out the door after many long hours and the struggle to finish up the models and renderings. Under-appreciated and exhausted but always looking for new tools and methods to get across our own finish lines a little faster.  

 

Artlantis R (rendering) and Artlantis Studio (rendering + animation) have proved to be great tools for Architects and designers looking to create photo-realistic renderings and animations of their projects for marketing and visualization. Artlantis' ease of use and incredibly fast rendering algorithms have added to it's increasing popularity in the last few years. It's really decreased the need to have "experts" skilled in more complex programs spending days to achieve the desired results. And with connections to ArchiCAD, Vectorworks, SketchUp Pro and Revit it works with the major modeling tools in use by our profession.

But...

A great model of the building is just a start. What about the materials? Artlantis does come with a number of shaders but the add-on shader libraries will greatly increase the breadth of your selection without costing you a lot of your time creating new shaders nor do they dip too deeply into the wallet. And what about the entourage? Plunking your product on a barren wasteland isn't a great sale to the client.

 

We got you covered...

From now until 5/31/2010 purchase any of the Artlantis Shaders or Objects and enter coupon code "ART10" at checkout for 10% off. Click HERE to see the collection.

So bring your designs to life a little faster with Artlantis Shaders and Objects and win the race against time!

Greg

Birds nest in the 'garage

Winter is here in New England and as the birds set in to nest we to have a new bird in the CAD Garage. After many months of using our archicad_boston account for CAD Garage tweets we have now set up a new Twitter account, CADgarage, for a little more exclusive use by our team of mechanics. You can now find us at:

http://twitter.com/CADgarage

Myself, Jaimee Baker and Brian Clark will be keeping these birds busy tweeting about new products, specials and interesting resources for our clients. So expect to see more stuff on ArchiCAD, formZ, Bonzai, Cinema 4D, Piranesi, Macs and other things we like lining our new nest.

And of course if you are looking for more ArchiCAD specific info you can follow us at:

http://twitter.com/archicad_boston

We look forward to seeing all of you there!

 Greg Conyngham