Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Artlantis 5: Get Ready for the Revolution!

Another new feature of Artlantis 5 has been revealed in an 8 second clip on YouTube.  Here's what's behind the 'E' in REVOLUTION:


Sign up at www.artlantis5.com to be among the first to learn about the exciting new features Artlantis 5 will offer!

Friday, June 21, 2013

Save up to 75% on artlantismembers.com subscriptions

Artlantis Members is a web store offering thousands of high-quality Artlantis objects and shaders for sale or for free with a subscription membership. When artlantismembers.com went online 3 years ago, they started out with only 500 objects. At that time, the cost of a subscription was the same as it is today: $80 for a 6-month subscription and $160 for a 12-month subscription, which is a very good deal for access to a collection that size. Today, the collection has grown to over 4,800 objects and will soon surpass 5,000 objects, which at today's prices is an incredible value! To keep up with that growth and the increasing demands on their servers, they have decided to increase their membership subscription prices on July 15, 2013.

You may be aware that subscribers are able to download up to 15 items per day for free from their Artlantis media section. If you are a subscriber, this gives you access to all of that content, but helps manage the bandwidth usage on the site. What you may not be aware of are some of the great things going on behind the scenes. The Artlantis Members team have been hard at work creating localized versions of their store for different markets, including Japan, Europe, and the U.S. This is a massive undertaking and requires ongoing maintenance, but the end result is a better shopping experience for customers in those regional markets. They also continue to recruit new talented developers to the team, which means that you will see more new products added at an even faster pace.

Here is a breakdown of today's prices and the new pricing that will take effect on July 15, 2013:

6-month subscription:
Currently $80, will adjust to $140 (77¢ per day)
12-month subscription:
Currently $160, will adjust to $250 (68¢ per day)

So for less than the cost of a pack of gum, you can have access to 15 beautifully crafted and carefully optimized objects and shaders for Artlantis each and every day. That's less than 5¢ per object! We wanted to make sure to mention that while this offer is open to new customers, we are also able to extend the subscriptions of existing members, as well, at today's lower prices. We hope you'll take this opportunity to add or renew an artlantismembers.com subscription today.

 Purchase the 6-month artlantismembers.com Subscription

 Purchase the 12-month artlantismembers.com Subscription

 Preview the Artlantis media section on artlantismembers.com

Get Ready for the Revolution!

A tantalizing new website appeared recently, along with a series of mysterious tweets and posts offering this compelling call to action: Get Ready for the Revolution! For Artlantis fans who have anxiously been awaiting word on the next release, your wait is over: Artlantis 5 is coming soon!

The website features a release date countdown timer, along with a series of letters that form the word "REVOLUTION." Over time, each letter will unveil sneak peaks of some of the exciting new features of Artlantis. The first letter, R, links to an eye-popping video of a new feature that many users are sure to appreciate: relief mapping. We witness a stone wall transforming from a flat texture mapped surface to a truly 3D surface with plenty of depth. The video is short but impressive, and succinctly illustrates the vast potential for this feature to be used on a wide variety of building materials that architects and designers specify on a regular basis.

Visit the new website and while there, be sure to sign up to the email list so that you can learn about other exciting Artlantis 5 announcements.

 Witness the REVOLUTION...visit Artlantis5.com

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

BIMobject App for ArchiCAD

BIMobject® announced today that the cloud integration App for GRAPHISOFT's ArchiCAD, the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) architectural software developer, has been launched. The App is completely free of charge for all users of ArchiCAD worldwide, giving the ArchiCAD user a toolset to find, source, update and check BIM objects supplied through the bimobject.com cloud completely integrated in their software.

The integration is completely unique and is the best-in-class web service integration inside ArchiCAD. The App has functions to quickly browse the BIMobject® cloud database online and find real products from real manufacturers. A simple click to download and the BIM objects are loaded in the ArchiCAD user's project, ready for placement and further configuration.

Another great feature is the ability to check for updates. The App will check to ensure the actual version of the placed object in your project is the same version as on the cloud. If there is a newer version of the actual product in the cloud, the product information can automatically be transferred to the already downloaded files. This is a feature not seen in any other solution and gives a completely new way for manufacturers to update product data and add new properties to already downloaded objects. This solves the issue of keeping and maintaining data up to date, great for both the user and manufacturer.

The App also consists of a BIMail integration. ArchiCAD users now have the ability to send and receive BIMails directly from inside their BIM software, making ArchiCAD "social." Manufacturers have the ability to use BIMail to inform users about product news and updates through BIMail inside the ArchiCAD system.

Another thrilling functionality is the featured manufacturer section where building and interior product manufacturers can obtain their own branded button. It opens the private cloud of that particular manufacturer inside ArchiCAD so the user can browse that manufacturer's products directly. The manufacturers featured will update on a monthly basis through web services, and is directly connected to the cloud solution at bimobject.com.

The App for Windows is available for immediate download at bimobject.com or from inside the ArchiCAD 17 application. The App is also compatible with ArchiCAD versions 15 and 16. The App will be available for Mac in the second half of July.

 Download the BIMobject App for ArchiCAD

 View the press release

 Visit BIMobject.com

 Visit GRAPHISOFT.com

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Good news for Revit 2014 users!

The export plug-in from Revit 2014 to Artlantis 4.1 is now available for downloading!

Create your model in Revit, export and edit it in Artlantis. Return to Revit, make changes to the geometry, export a new Artlantis file and recover your previous work done in Artlantis.  The Artlantis export plug-in offers a direct transfer from Revit into Artlantis, without the need for intermediate file formats. During the export, special entities are automatically exploded. The Artlantis .atl file format is cross platform; it can be read on both Macintosh and Windows.

Let’s see in detail what Artlantis can recover from your Revit model:

• The geometry
• All cameras for parallel views
• All cameras for perspective views
• The shading color and transparency of materials with their names
• The geographical position of the sun active for the parallel view that is used for the export.

 Learn how to use Revit and Artlantis together

 Download the Revit 2014 Plugin

 Download the Artlantis 30-day Demo

Friday, June 14, 2013

A message from Artlantis Render Farm

Uploading to Artlantis Render Farm is now easier and faster than ever!

Visit our private and direct web transfer channel, where all you have to do is identify your task ID# and your username.

Fast and Easy!!!
 
Don't have an account yet?  Open one right now and see why Artlantis Render Farm is the best choice for your professional Artlantis rendering needs!

Artlantis Render Farm is the only render farm in the world specifically dedicated to Artlantis users. We offer render calculation power to Artlantis users around the world. If you want to produce still images or complex, high-definition animations, you can trust our powerful machines and professional team to get your job done quickly and safely.

Artlantis Render Farm offers the Artlantis user community more than 300 CPU’s to render animations and still images.  Regardless of which version you use (Artlantis Render or Artlantis Studio, 32 or 64 bits) you can trust our render power to get your job done with the high quality settings you always wanted to use, but couldn’t because of long render times.

All you have to do is submit a project in the log-in area, fill out the task folder, and upload your archive.atl file -- our machines do the rest! After the calculation is ready, you’ll receive a download link to extract your animations and/or still images. It’s easy!

Open an account TODAY!  You must first register to use Artlantis Render Farm!

Sell your Media through Artlantismedia.com

Perhaps you didn’t know this, but you can sell your own Artlantis media at Artlantismedia.com. If you've created good Artlantis objects, billboards and shaders, you can send them to Artlantismedia.com and they will sell them for you. You set the price.

Click here for details!

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Furniture manufacturer Stolab releases more BIM objects for ArchiCAD and Revit

Swedish manufacturer Stolab has just released 13 additional BIM objects on the BIMobject® Portal. The BIM objects are available for ArchiCAD and Revit. Additional formats for AutoCAD and Artlantis will be made available in the near future.

Stolab has been producing furniture since 1907. Stolab manufactures and sells its furniture, preferably made from solid wood, to the Nordic home and public interior market. Stolab's aim is to achieve a unique market position through consistent actions in agreement with core values regarding their own manufacturing processes, design, functionality and environmental responsibility.

 View Stolab's products on BIMobject.com

 Read the complete press release

 Are you a manufacturer? Get added to BIMobject.com

 Are you an architect or designer? Tell us what's on your 3D BIM object wish list

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

AutoCAD and Artlantis: Proyecto Lost Station

Check out this fine example of an AutoCAD model rendered in Artlantis Studio 4.1 by 3D EDesign:
 

Thursday, June 06, 2013

Good news for SketchUp Pro 2013 users!

SketchUp Pro 2013 users will be pleased to know that the export plug-in for Artlantis 4.1 is now available in a free download.

Artlantis is the perfect software for SketchUp Pro users, allowing them to present their projects using 3D photo realistic renderings. Artlantis enables you to improve and bring realism to your SketchUp Pro models with 3D objects and textures.  Texture your models with high-resolution shaders to obtain a very realistic effect, then set your scene with as many light sources as you'd like.

These two programs will work for you in a complementary way, helping you to complete even the most ambitious projects, and giving your presentations the look you want.

 Download the Export Plug-ins

 Download the Artlantis 30-day Demo

 Learn how to use SketchUp Pro and Artlantis together

LIVE! Online webinar: Rendering BIM projects in Artlantis

If you've tried your hand at 3D rendering and gotten bogged down in tedious work, then get ready for a breath of fresh air! Artlantis was designed for the architecture workflow... nothing pretentious or overly complicated, just the right mix of ease, value, features, and quality.

Artlantis is the fastest stand-alone 3D rendering application developed especially for architects and designers, ideal for quickly and easily creating high resolution 3D renderings, panoramas, VR objects and animations. Plus, you can share your renderings and walk a client through your design with iVisit 3D, an interactive virtual reality app for your iPad and iPhone.

Join us for this free webinar on June 26 and we will show you how to use this fabulous software to create jaw-dropping photo-realistic renderings and animations as well as techniques to create sketch illustrations.

Click the Register link below and sign up for the webinar. We look forward to seeing you online!

 Register for this Free Webinar

 Download the Artlantis 30-day Demo

 Download the Export Plug-ins

 Artlantis Pricing & Ordering

Wednesday, June 05, 2013

ArchiCAD 16 export plug-in for Artlantis 4.1 updated

The ArchiCAD 16 export plug-in to Artlantis 4.1 has been updated. The following issues have been corrected:
  • When merging geometry, the coordinates did not align.
  • While exporting to Artlantis 4.1, ArchiCAD crashed when the ArchiCAD project had no geometry.
 Download the Export Plug-ins

 Download the Artlantis 30-day Demo

Saturday, June 01, 2013

Artlantisobjects.com is now known as Artlantismedia.com


A message from Artlantisobjects.com:
 
"For years we carried the name Artlantisobjects.com. The site became a success and with it grew the need for more info products and services. We started offering other materials and after a few years the name Artlantisobjects.com didn't fit all our activities anymore.

A new name was necessary. To serve everybody well we also needed a new website. It took a while but now we can present to you all:

If you were a member of Artlantisobjects.com, you can use the same username and password to log in to Artlantismedia.com

With the new website we also started a new Facebook page for Artlantismedia.com.
Facebook does not allow to change names of a Facebook page.

We like to ask you to visit and like the new Facebook page. As soon as we have enough likes we can merge the Facebook pages of Artlantisobjects.com and Artlantismedia.com."