ArchitecTools

ArchitecTools: Tools and Technologies for CGI

The evolution of technology has made 3D modeling and rendering tools more accessible, therefore enhancing workflows and improving visualization quality. Our portal carefully explores the best solutions for creating realistic renderings, managing materials and lighting, and using post-production techniques to achieve professional results.
Furthermore, stay updated on the latest innovations in the industry, from new architectural visualization techniques to the most advanced tools for digital design. Discover articles, guides, and in-depth insights to improve your workflow and stay competitive in the world of 3D architecture.

Oculus Touch

Oculus has released its Touch controller that allows sculpting and painting in VR.
Pico Goblin 3D Architettura

Pico Goblin all-in-one VR headset

This August Pico Interactive released an innovative all-in-one virtual reality headset, Pico Goblin. Initially, it was on sale on the USA and China markets and recently became available for the European users as well. We had an opportunity to test and to work with the Pico dev-kit and it's impressive.

PlantFactory

PlantFactory is an innovative 3D vegetation modeling, animation, and rendering software developed for the CG, SFX, architecture and gaming communities.
autodesk mudbox 2019

Autodesk Mudbox 2019 is out

Autodesk Mudbox 2019 update - Preserve Volume, Dynamic Tesselation, Combine Meshes, Separate Selection and other new options.

Autodesk Maya 2019

Autodesk has released Maya 2019 update with performance improvements, Cashed Playback for faster animations, Viewport 2.0 and other features based on user requests.

3ds Max Interactive

Autodesk has introduced virtual reality engine 3ds Max Interactive in 3ds Max 2018.1 Update

Clarisse 3.0 by Isotopix

Isotropix released Clarisse 3.0 - a new breed of high-end 2D/3D animation software which is the fusion of an animation package, a compositing software and a 3D rendering engine.

RAILCLONE PLUGIN FOR 3DS MAX

RailClone is a 3DS Max plugin for parametric modeling based on custom geometry parts. This new concept of lets you to build complex and realistic structures for Architectural Visualization, Civil Engineering, Industrial and Interior Design.
unreal engine

Unreal Engine 4.9

On August 31st 2015 Unreal Engine developers brought to the market the release of huge update pack for the software. This updates include hundreds different features connected to collision, particle system, archi-viz applications and many many other.

Real HDR released

Developers of Real IES, a standalone tool for generating photometric lights, recently released their new software - Real HDR, that allows creating 32-bit HDR files to use in various rendering software for custom lighting scenarios.

Grasshopper Archicad connection

Following a 6-month public beta phase GRAPHISOFT has released its intelligent Grasshopper–ARCHICAD Live Connection.
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V-Ray Next Beta 2

End of February Chaos Group presented V-Ray Next, Beta 2 for 3ds Max with GPU volume rendering, Nvidia denoising and many other cool new features.