Objects Online closes its doors

It has been a long, wonderful journey, but as they say, all good things must come to an end. Objects Online is closing its virtual doors and is now redirecting to artlantis.com. With the introduction of Abvent's online store and the Artlantis media store, Abvent will now be handling the distribution of Artlantis in the U.S. and Canada. Abvent will continue working with its existing reseller network to bring you localized sales and support.
 
For our ArchiSuite and Artlantis Members customers, please contact those developers directly for future sales and support. Cigraph (ArchiSuite) is online at www.cigraph.it and Artlantis Members is online at www.artlantismembers.com. For those of you in need of ArchiCAD objects, which is where it all began for us, don't forget to check out our good friends at BIMobject and BIM Components for high quality, FREE ArchiCAD content.
 
As the manager of Objects Online for the past nine years, I would like to express my sincere gratitude and best wishes to all of our wonderful customers whom we have had the pleasure of serving over the years. Thank you so much! I hope to chat with many of you again in the future as I take on the role of support specialist with Abvent.  (Chris Stringer)
 

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Get an exclusive look at Artlantis 5!

LIVE! Wednesday, September 4, at 11:00 A.M. PDT (Pacific Daylight Time):

An exclusive look at what makes Artlantis 5 so revolutionary!

Join Chris Stringer, General Manager of Objects Online, Abvent’s Artlantis distributor in the US & Canada and a BIMobject.com US franchise, for an exclusive look at the fantastic new features Artlantis 5 has in store for YOU!

This online webinar is free, but space is limited!  Reserve your spot today by clicking here!

For the Americas:
11:00 AM, PST
2:00 PM, EST

For Europe, Middle East, and Africa:
7:00 PM, BST
8:00 PM, CEST

Australia and Asia:
September 5, 4:00 AM, AEST

Render Rally...A Celebration of Speed, Power, and Beauty

As warmer weather reaches the Northern Latitudes, few words can truly describe the exhilarating feeling of riding in a classic car with the top down, the radio on, and the open road ahead. Nothing comes between you, your vehicle, and the surrounding panorama. In a singular moment, all that speed, power, and beauty are yours. This is what it feels like to use Artlantis.

Artlantis is a fine-tuned balance of speed, power, and beauty. As soon as you drop the first shader, 3D object, or light source into the scene and see the instant preview results, you know you are behind the controls of something incredibly responsive, fun, and easy-to-use. This carries through to the final renderings, which are delivered with amazing speed and superb quality.

Now through June 30, Objects Online invites you to take Artlantis Render for a free 30-day test drive. If you love the way it handles, pick up your first seat of Artlantis Render at 20% off and additional seats at 15% off. And because no journey is complete without a good set of wheels, they're also offering select volumes of 3D Cars at 10% off. Get to the Render Rally before it ends!

Certain geographic restrictions may apply.  Please contact Objects Online for details.

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BIMcomponents.com Channels BIM Objects from BIMobject®

GRAPHISOFT, the developer of ArchiCAD, the Number One choice of architects for BIM solutions, will now channel BIM objects from the BIMobject® cloud and integrate them into the organic search results on BIMcomponents.com.

BIMcomponents.com, GRAPHISOFT’s portal for parametric BIM objects, will automatically channel objects developed, maintained, and published by real manufacturers in the central cloud solution at BIMobject.com.

The brand recognition of BIMobject® is well known and certifies that the objects come from real manufacturers and are real products that can be specified and sourced in real life. The unique channel concept developed by BIMobject allows building product portals to channel the BIM objects used by more and more websites around the world. For manufacturers, this offers convenience by centralizing the hosting and maintenance of their digital product data; the BIMobject® cloud handles all the building product searches to be updated.

The cooperation between GRAPHISOFT and BIMobject® will increase the visibility of the manufacturers’ BIM objects and simplify the way architects and engineers can search for BIM objects and download them to their favorite BIM system.

These high quality BIM objects are guaranteed to be by the manufacturers and quality controlled by BIM experts from BIMobject®.

”The integration with BIMobject.com, the world's leading manufacturer specific content provider, offers direct access to an extensive collection of high quality BIM content by real manufacturers available both in ArchiCAD 17 and on BIMcomponents.com. This creates a huge value for our users by providing the quality and details very much a standard for the BIMobject® content,” said Akos Pfemeter, Director of Global Marketing, GRAPHISOFT.

”We are very pleased to have BIMcomponents as the latest in a long row of channel partners. We continue to serve building and interior product manufacturers to create a dynamic and maintainable infrastructure for product content   management. We expect the BIMcomponents.com collaboration to be very useful for both ArchiCAD users as well as the manufacturers in the building industry,” said Stefan Larsson, CEO of BIMobject AB.

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LIVE! Online webinar: Rendering BIM models in Artlantis

On Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 2:00 PM EDT, Chris Stringer of Objects Online will be joining Greg Conyngham of ICS for a webinar on rendering BIM models in Artlantis 4.1. In this webinar, we will introduce you to Abvent's Artlantis, the fastest stand-alone 3D rendering application developed especially for architects and designers. Artlantis is ideal for quickly and easily creating high resolution 3D renderings, iVisit 3D Panoramas, QuickTime VR Objects and animations. You'll learn how to:

• Export your model from your 3D modeling program and and import into Artlantis
  
• Quickly apply shaders and textures to create photo realistic building materials
  
• Add objects and cutouts to your Artlantis model
  
• Add and manage lighting and atmosphere
  
• Create an iVisit 3D Panorama for client presentations 

Direct plug-ins are available for ArchiCAD, Vectorworks, SketchUp, and Revit in order to make Artlantis's rendering more accessible to you. Additionally, Artlantis reads the latest versions of the most common file formats such as .dxf, .dwg, .dwf, .fbx or .obj.

With Artlantis's renowned ease of use you no longer need specialists in your firm to achieve high quality, photo-realistic renderings and animations. Webinar guests will be able to take advantage of a special Artlantis promotion, which will be mentioned during the webinar. Mark your calendar (Wednesday, May 29, 2:00 PM EDT) and register today!

U.S. participants only, please!

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April 17 | Working with Shaders in Artlantis

Make time tomorrow for our #NovedgeWebinar on #Shaders in @artlantis 4.1. Sign up now! ow.ly/k7KgR
— NOVEDGE (@NovedgeStore) April 17, 2013

LIVE! Online webinar: Working with Shaders in Artlantis

What it's About:

Artlantis 4.1 is a powerful, easy-to-use 3D rendering application developed especially for architects and designers, ideal for quickly and easily creating high-resolution 3D renderings, animations, QuickTime VR Objects and iVisit 3D Panoramas. This webinar will focus on using Shaders in Artlantis, covering different types of Shaders, the Shaders Inspector, the Catalog, media collections, Postcards, and custom Shaders creation.

The webinar on April 17 is free and will last about about 1 hour, including the Q & A session.

Who is Presenting:
Chris Stringer is General Manager of Objects Online, Abvent’s Artlantis distributor in the US & Canada and a BIMobject.com US franchise. Trained as an architect, Chris has been involved in architectural software sales, training, and support since 1996. His professional interests include 3D parametric modeling and 3D visualization.

Who Should Attend:
Architects, Designers, 3D modelers, and anyone interested in photo realistic 3D visualization.

Webinar is free but space is limited. Mark the date (April 17, 2013) and reserve your webinar seat now.

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#Sale on @artlantis upgrades & @doschdesign 3d Transport 2010 #3D #Media #Objects bit.ly/VZLJPN fb.me/tZ098w09
— Objects Online (@ObjectsOnline) March 15, 2013

Up, up, and away with Artlantis!

Jules Verne, visionary 19th Century author of numerous epic travel adventures, once expressed that "anything one man can imagine, other men can make real." Perhaps nowhere is that statement better embodied than in the transformative power of architecture, where ideas are ultimately realized on a grand scale. While our imaginations might know no limits, without the right tools to express and communicate our vision, the journey from idea to reality can be a difficult one. In honor of the February 8 birthday of Jules Verne, Objects Online presents the Up, Up, and Away promo, an offer for the right tools that will set your ideas soaring.

The ascent begins with Artlantis Render and Studio upgrades. If you are using Artlantis 1, 2 or 3, venture up to Artlantis 4.1 at 10% off, now through March 31. With blazing speed, Artlantis can sail right through your rendering jobs with the greatest of ease, bringing your ideas to life with stunning quality and breath-taking visuals. If you're not yet on Artlantis 4, now is a great time to move up.

To accompany you on your Artlantis trek, we are offering a 10% discount on the Artlantis 3D objects media volume, Dosch Design 3D Transport 2010. This collection features 20 road vehicles, from light-duty trucks and vans to heavy-duty commercial haulers and semi tractor-trailers. Whether your renderings involve highways, parking lots, or construction sites, this collection is appropriate for a variety of paved and unpaved sites.

Happy trails and bon voyage! Don't forget, you can post pictures and videos of your incredible Artlantis journey in the Artlantis.com galleries!

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The 'Ground Floor' Opportunity from Objects Online

As the new year is ushered in, discussions inevitably shift toward new beginnings. Have you ever been offered the chance at a new beginning with a "ground floor" opportunity? Maybe someone approached you to become a part of something that holds the possibility for great things to come, opportunities for advancement, and huge potential rewards? Often, those dreamy promises are dangling at the end of a stick that is tantalizingly close, yet frustratingly out of reach. We're offering a "ground floor" opportunity of a different sort...one with immediate benefits and no strings attached! We're talking, of course, about the "Ground Floor" Opportunity Sale featuring two essential shaders volumes from the Artlantis Media Collection: Dosch Design's Ground Pro and Floor Pro.

The Ground Pro volume features 126 detailed shaders, 30 billboards and 35 textures of ground styles and materials, such as street surfaces, grass, dirt, and industrial surfaces, which can be applied to surfaces in your Artlantis scene with a flick of the wrist...just drag-and-drop. These high resolution textures will greatly enhance your architectural and landscape renderings. Floor Pro contains 80 detailed floor shaders for professional visualization of large floor areas including wood, parquet, laminate, marble and granite floors, natural stone, cobblestone, weathered and aged floor materials, and brick (can also be used on vertical surfaces, such as large brick wall areas).

Start the new year off right by adding one or both of these workhorse shader volumes to your Artlantis media collection. This may not be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that will make you fabulously wealthy, but it is definitely one sale that you won't want to miss!

Offer expires February 14, 2013.

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Sock away the savings!

The holidays are always full of surprises. Sometimes, it's a sparkling gemstone or shiny new gadget. Other times, it's another darned pair of neutral-colored socks from Aunt Millie. We can't control what other people give us during the holidays, but this year, we can control what we get from our rendering software.

If you're tired of getting the same old stuff from your rendering software every year, why not get more with Artlantis 4? Now through December 31, 2012, we're giving you the opportunity to sock away the savings with 20% off Artlantis Render & Studio first-seat licenses and 10% off selected Artlantis Media volumes.

Whether you like Artlantis for its world-famous speed and ease of use, or you delight in the world-class quality of the optional Maxwell Render engine, there's no question that with Artlantis, your workflow and renderings will benefit year after year. Download the free Artlantis demo today and see what a difference 30-days can make.

We hope you have an enjoyable and safe holiday season this year!

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Artlantis 'Pair of Aces' Promotion is Your Winning Hand

When the chips are down, nothing comes in handier than a pair of aces. For architectural visualization, Artlantis Render and Studio are your aces in the hole, an unbeatable combo that can pull you out of the toughest situations and put you in the winner's circle. Abvent is featuring this powerful pair in a special promotion, perfectly suited for offices that need to create a mix of still and animated renderings.

From now until October 31, save 25% when you purchase the Pair of Aces promo, featuring one first-seat licenses of Artlantis Render and one first-seat license of Artlantis Studio. Both can be used to render still images, while Artlantis Studio provides additional animation and VR movie-making capabilities. Hurry! This deal won't be on the table long...pick up this Pair of Aces and get in the game!

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Get back to the books with Artlantis

As summer begins to fade into a collage of sun-soaked memories, we look to that time of year when students once again return to the classroom. Even for those of us whose formal academic careers have ended, this time of year is still a reminder of the importance of learning. In that spirit, we're making it easier to "Get Back to the Books" with our current promotion.

Now through September 30, all of our Artlantis training resources will be 10% off. To ensure that you can put theory into practice, we've also placed Artlantis Studio on sale. If you've been wanting to delve deeper into the advanced features of Artlantis, this is a great way to accelerate that process. We can't offer you a degree suitable for framing, but there's a good chance you can expect to receive accolades and praise from your clients and associates when they see your Artlantis renderings.

Save up to $75 on Artlantis training products if you purchase them at the same time as your Artlantis Studio purchase. Use coupon code Back2Books2012 at checkout.

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What's on YOUR BIM object wish list?

There are exciting changes coming to Objects Online, and we are asking for your help in shaping the future of our company. Please take our 5 minute survey and share your thoughts with us. Your input will help us make sure we're contacting the manufacturers that YOU want to see in the BIMobject Portal.

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How to find, search, and sort on the BIMobject portal

This video shows how to find, search and sort on the BIMobject® portal using the different filters available. The website is fully functional without an account. However, you will need to login if you want to download an object.

This makes it easy for you to share the links to the different products you find interesting, via social media for instance. Since there is no requirement to log in, you can be sure that the information shared is accessible and visible for everyone.

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Exciting changes at Objects Online!

During an election year, there is always a heightened sense that change is in the air. We may not know which way the winds will blow, but when we participate, we become part of a change process that keeps things vibrant, healthy, and renewed. Here at Objects Online, we are also undergoing some exciting changes this year, and your input can make a difference.

In April of this year, Objects Online became a BIMobject franchise. Our goal at BIMobject is to close the gaps that often exist between building product manufacturers and architects by offering a portal where thousands of high-quality information-rich manufacturers' BIM objects can be downloaded in a variety of BIM formats, at no cost to the end user. Furthermore, we are actively developing solutions to bring the portal to you, directly within your BIM software, allowing you to skip the trip to the website...smart, fast, and easy! Sound good?

This is a departure from the original Objects Online business model, where our customers visited our website and paid for the content they downloaded. We believe the BIMobject approach is a better way to serve the industry we know and love, providing a win-win for both architects and manufacturers. As a result, we have decided to discontinue all existing CAD and BIM-related object sales on Objects Online, effective August 1, 2012. We will be rolling out a completely new, streamlined website soon that will continue to focus on the Artlantis product family, while bringing you important news and information regarding the offerings from BIMobject.

Here's where your input can help. There are thousands of manufacturers out there, and we want to know which market segments and manufacturers are most important to you. If there are manufacturers you specify regularly, do they currently have BIM objects? Could their BIM catalog be improved or more fully developed? How would you rate the quality of the accompanying information? What source(s) do you use when searching for and specifying a product? Do you have contacts in or related to the building manufacturing industry who you feel we should be talking to? These are just a few conversation starters...feel free to elaborate. You can participate in our survey or contact us directly, but the important thing to take from all this is that we want to hear from you. We appreciate your loyal support of Objects Online over the past 15 years, and we want to continue to serve you for the next 15 years and beyond in ways that meet or exceed all of your expectations!

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We the People Promo...A Popular Uprising

The popular uprising has begun. The people have taken to the streets, and they're on sale! No, this is not some vulgar red light district sale. This is a red, white and blue special. From July 4 through August 15, you can take home one or more selected collections of Artlantis Animated 3D People for a great price.

In order to keep the peace, we are pleased to offer you a savings of $17.76 on each of the selected Artlantis Animated 3D People volumes. Since no tea party is complete without cream and sugar, we're sweetening the deal by offering an additional 5% discount if you purchase all 3 collections in one order.

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The coupon code for this promo is: people+5%