Artlantis 'AIA Convention' Promo

Objects Online and Abvent will participate in the AIA convention in Miami on June 10-12, 2010. To celebrate, Objects Online is running a fantastic promo! Order a new, one-seat professional license of Artlantis Render or Artlantis Studio at their online store through June 14, 2010, and receive 10% off. As an added bonus, you'll also get a FREE download of the Cultured Stone Artlantis media volume. If you are attending the AIA show, stop by booth #2780 (located in the Software Pavillion) to save even more...take an EXTRA 10% off your Artlantis purchase at the show!

Hope to see you in Miami, but if you can't make it, please do take advantage of this great promotional offer between now and June 14, 2010!

This offer is valid in the U.S. only!

Enter the Artlantis Render Contest to win valuable prizes!

Design8 and ArtlantisMedia.nl are pleased to announce the Artlantis Render Contest. Click here for details, and enter by June 30, 2010, to be eligible to win any one of the following prizes:

First Prize:

• Three-year subscription to ArtlantisMedia.nl
• Three Artlantis Media CD's (3D Furniture, Modern Furniture, Wood)

Second Prize:

• Two-year subscription to ArtlantisMedia.nl
• Two Artlantis Media CD's (Bathroom & Spa, Industrial)

Third Prize:

• One-year subscription to ArtlantisMedia.nl
• One Artlantis Media CD (3D Furniture)

Images will be judged by Alain Picard (Abvent), Marijke Schaper (ArtlantisMedia.nl), and Orlando Sardaro (Design8).

Good luck and start your renders!

Clinic made of freight containers heads to Haiti

Our regular readers may recall an earlier post about the conversion of unused shipping containers to clinics to be used in developing nations. We now have word that a much-needed clinic made of freight containers is on its way to Haiti. Designed by Anshen + Allen using ArchiCAD and rendered in Artlantis, these clinics will provide life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable victims of Haiti's January 12 earthquake. Click here for the rest of the story.

The alpha version of Artlantis 3 64-bit is now available!

We are pleased to announce that the alpha version of Artlantis 3 64-bit is now available for downloading here.

This version is dedicated to those Artlantis 3 users who are working with large databases and experience memory saturation during the calculation of renderings.

The 64-bit version can access physical memory (RAM) above the 4 GB range,
which is not the case with the Artlantis 32-bit version.

This alpha version is delivered as is, and users are invited to use it at their own risk. We recommend backing up all your Artlantis files before beginning to work with this new version.

To install Artlantis 3 64-bit alpha version, Artlantis 3 32-bit version must be installed first, and serialized on the computer.

Limitations of the Artlantis 3 64-bit alpha version:

• The Import-Export plug-ins are not available. Files in formats other than .atl must be opened in Artlantis 3 32-bit version first and saved in the Artlantis native file format.

• Artlantis 3 32-bit version will not be able to open files saved in Artlantis 3 64-bit version any more.

• Artlantis 3 64-bit alpha version does not contain the Key-Server application.

For further information about the installation and compatibilities, please read the ReadMe document. Encountered bugs can be reported through the online Support Center.

Thank you!

ArchiCAD 14 Fosters Open Collaboration between Architects and Engineers

BUDAPEST, May 11, 2010 -- GRAPHISOFT today announced ArchiCAD 14, the latest version of its award-winning architectural design software. ArchiCAD 14 continues the company's innovation in model-based design collaboration by offering intelligent workflow solutions to the extended design team.

Click here for the full press release...

Making of ALX

The INFOR Distributor of ArchiCAD and Artlantis for Portugal, will be present on May 8 and 9, 2010, at the Making of ALX event, featuring the art world, to show the diversity of solutions in the Creative Process.

Bringing together students of architecture from four different universities, such as the Higher Technical Institute, the Autonomous University, the University Lusíada and the University Institute of Lisbon, the ALX Association was recently established to introduce the competitive world of architecture to students through various events and facilities, and to unveil the many solutions presented by architecture.

[w] www.alx.pt
[w] www.infor.pt
[e] vsilva@infor.pt

Artlantis training opportunities in Europe

Current and potential Artlantis users will be pleased to learn that a number of trainings will be held in several cities across Europe in the coming weeks and months ahead:

May 9 - Artlantis Studio for beginners - Bucharest, Romania
http://www.consoft.ro/training/artlantis-studio2-training/

May 27 - Artlantis Render training - Paris, France
http://abvent.com/services/formation/formation.php?id=49&id_formation=3

May 28 - Artlantis Studio Training - Paris, France
http://abvent.com/services/formation/formation.php?id=44&id_formation=17

June 16 - Artlantis workshop - Linz, Austria
http://www.habra.at/Artlantis1.php

June 24 - Artlantis workshop - Vienna, Austria
http://www.a-null.com/ArtlantisRenderStudio.php

July 22 - Artlantis workshop - Vienna, Austria
http://www.a-null.com/ArtlantisRenderStudio.php

Artlantis training in Austria

Artlantis users in Austria will be pleased to know that there are several excellent training opportunties coming up in June and July:

June 16 - Artlantis workshop - Linz
http://www.habra.at/Artlantis1.php

June 24 - Artlantis workshop - Vienna
http://www.a-null.com/ArtlantisRenderStudio.php

July 22 - Artlantis workshop - Vienna
http://www.a-null.com/ArtlantisRenderStudio.php

ArchiCAD behind best pavilion designs at Shanghai World Expo

Artlantis users who model their designs in ArchiCAD might be interested to know that some of the best pavilions currently on display at the Shanghai World Expo were designed using ArchiCAD. For a closer look at the fantastic pavilions representing Norway, Hungary, Finland, Iceland, and Russia, click here.

Enjoy!

ArchiCAD monkey video: Exporting ArchiCAD to Artlantis

Our regular readers may recall an excellent tutorial from Apollo Spiliotis, also known as the ArchiCAD monkey, posted a few weeks ago, which showed how Artlantis works seamlessly with CAD + BIM.

We're pleased and proud to inform you that Apollo is back with a new video, Artlantis 101. In this latest tutorial, Apollo explores how to download the Artlantis 3 trial from the Artlantis site as well as from MyArchiCAD.com. Remember! If you're a student or teacher, you can apply for a FREE, one-year educational license for ArchiCAD and Artlantis from MyArchiCAD.com.

"In addition to the trial, I download the ArchiCAD to Artlantis exporter -- enabling me to save my 3D ArchiCAD model into an Artlantis one, so I can edit and render it. Next, I export the 3D building model I created in show ACM005 from ArchiCAD, import it to Artlantis, and give a quick overview of the general interface. ..."

Thank you, Apollo, and keep up the good work!