Recorded webinar: Architectural visualization of ArchiCAD models using Artlantis

In case you missed GRAPHISOFT's live, online seminar featuring Artlantis, you can watch the recorded version here:

Import updater DWG-DXF 2013 for Artlantis Studio 4.1.8

Abvent has released an update for Mac and Windows that permits Artlantis 4.1.8 to open DWG-DXF 2013 files. To install, first make sure Artlantis isn't running. Then, download and run the installer. Follow the instructions to complete the process.

 Download the Import Updater

 Download the Artlantis 30-day Demo

Updated! Artlantis teams with Vectorworks at Ecobuild 2013

PARIS, February 25, 2013 -- Artlantis and Vectorworks will team up at this year's Ecobuild (Stand N420) to present a series of BIM and project presentations from relevant industry professionals for architects, interior designers, and landscape designers.  Company representatives will be on hand to discuss one-on-one the latest product features as well as specific projects.

Ecobuild (March 5-7, 2013, London’s ExCeL) is the world’s largest event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment, drawing over 57,000 industry decision-makers from 120 countries each year, including the largest gathering of architects and specifiers in the UK.

For 25+ years, Nemetschek Vectorworks has been a global leader in design technologies providing elegant architectural software that offers Building Information Modelling (BIM); landscape, urban and garden software that provides Site Information Modelling (SIM) and lighting design capabilities in a flexible, hybrid-design environment. 

Artlantis is the perfect software for Vectorworks users, allowing them to present their projects with 3D photorealistic renderings. Artlantis enables you to improve and bring realism to your Vectorworks 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 want.

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.

Register for free entry!

View the Vectorworks / Artlantis presentation schedule at Stand N420 here!

Download the Vectorworks plug-in for Artlantis here!

Journées portes ouvertes

Amischampenois, le 21 mars c'est journée portes ouvertes chez SIC! Venez découvrir la gamme @abvent!abvent.com/events/jpo.php @archicad
— Artlantis(@Artlantis) February 20, 2013

Artlantis teams with Vectorworks at Ecobuild 2013

Ecobuild (March 5-7, 2013, London’s ExCeL) is the world’s largest event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment, drawing over 57,000 industry decision-makers from 120 countries each year, including the largest gathering of architects and specifiers in the UK.

Free to attend, Ecobuild is about sharing innovation, ideas and best practice, sparking debate and discussion, and learning about the most current regulations and legislation.  Designed to inspire and educate the sustainable built environment community, Ecobuild’s highly acclaimed conference and seminar program will return for 2013, hosting a plethora of key industry speakers, ministers, lecturers and academics as well as a sprinkling of celebrity speakers and hosts.  Representing the entire supply chain from across the sustainable built environment, Ecobuild showcases thousands of innovative products, solutions and initiatives from over 1500 organizations in the green infrastructure, building materials, renewables, solar, timber, design and lighting industries.

Join Artlantis and Vectorworks at Stand #N420 at Ecobuild 2013!

For 25+ years, Nemetschek Vectorworks Inc has been a global leader in design technologies providing elegant architectural software that offers Building Information Modelling (BIM); landscape, urban and garden software that provides Site Information Modelling (SIM) and lighting design capabilities in a flexible, hybrid-design environment. 

Artlantis is the perfect software for Vectorworks users, allowing them to present their projects with 3D photorealistic renderings. Artlantis enables you to improve and bring realism to your Vectorworks 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 want.

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.

Register for free entry!

Download the Vectorworks plug-in for Artlantis here!

We hope to see you in London!

Artlantis 4.1.8 update is now available!

The Artlantis 4.1.8 update version fixes a number of bugs and also includes an enhancement.

Enhancement:
Artlantis 4.1.8 introduces two new parameters for the DXF-DWG import: the distance between Knots, and the deviation angle between faces. They come in addition to the 2D conversion parameters and control the triangulation of the 3D geometry. As a result, Artlantis can correctly interpret and triangulate moldings or any curved body built in the CAD modeler.

Bug fixes:

Mac and Windows:

• ArchiCAD .gsm objects: the colors were not distinguished when saving by layers or on a unique layer.
• Reopening a file wasn't possible; now the Revert command allows it.
• The program would freeze when selecting an object.
• Artlantis crashed when using "Delete the material ID unused"
• When exporting a file from SketchUp 8 to Artlantis, some viewpoints were ignored.
• Export from ArchiCAD 16 to 4.1: the geometry was offset from the origin.
• DWF and OBJ export: the geometry wasn't exported if the current view was a panorama, a VR object or an animation.
• OBJ import fixes: missing textures.
• DWG-DXF fixes: Tessalation, distorted geometry and missing geometry

Mac only:

The Artlantis color picker didn't match the material in the preview.

Windows only:

• In the Objects Inspector, checking/unchecking a layer in the lower part of a long list would result in the display jumping back to the top of the list.
• Scene Information, Translate Origin command: displayed an incorrect icon.
• Issue when Activating/Deactivating layers from the perspective view inspector.
• iVisit 3D builder didn't work if XQuartz was missing.
  

Artlantis 4.1 users will be notified automatically about this free update and they can download it from www.artlantis.com. The Artlantis demo version was also updated; users can download this latest 4.1.8 version right away.

Download the Artlantis 4.1.8 update here.

Download the Artlantis 4.1.8 demo version here.