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

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

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:

ARTLANTISMEDIA.COM
 

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."

10 Free HDRi Spherical Skies Maps

This comes by way of blogger Ronen Beckerman. 10 half-sized resolution spherical environmental maps of the original commercial pack, VizPeople HDRI v1, are available for free download and non-commercial use. These are full 360˚ HDRI skydomes that integrate flawlessly into Artlantis 4.1 and can be used to light the scene, one of the key new features in the v 4.1 update. Try them out and see how they work!

To download the files, you'll need to scroll to the "Share to Download the FREE HDRI maps" portion of the page, about 1/3 down the page. From there, either like on Facebook, tweet on Twitter, or share via Google+, and a "Get the Files!" link will immediately appear afterward. After downloading, install them by unzipping and dragging the folder into your programs folder: Artlantis/Media/Images.

To apply the HDRI backgrounds into the Artlantis scene, go to the Perspectives Inspector and either double-click the Background Environment box and load the desired .HDR file, or drag-and-drop the HDRI from the Media Catalog into either the Background Environment box or the background of the 3D preview window. There may be a brief pause while the new HDRI loads into the scene. Finally, to use the HDRI as a light source in the scene, click on the HDRI button and check the "Use HDR Image Lighting" checkbox in the resulting dialogue. If you want the scene to be lit only by the HDRI background, deactivate the current Heliodon, but if you shadows cast from the sun, leave it on and be sure your Heliodon's sun position matches that of the sun in the HDRI.

 See the full article for the download link

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.

 Render Rally Pricing and Ordering

 Download the Artlantis 30-day Demo

 Download the Export Plug-ins

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.

 Visit BIMcomponents.com

 Visit BIMobject.com

 Are you a manufacturer? Get added to BIMobject.com

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!

 Register for the Webinar

 Download the Artlantis 30-day Demo

 Artlantis Pricing & Ordering

IBERfibran develops objects in cooperation with BIMobject

Portuguese manufacturer IBERfibran, from the international Fibran group, has created BIM objects for their insulation systems. FIBRAN SA designs and manufactures products and solutions for thermal insulation, acoustic insulation and fire protection, bringing energy efficiency into building, industrial, and marine applications.

"IBERfibran started this project in collaboration with BIMobject® in order to allow engineers, architects and designers to have an easily accessible tool to develop their insulation projects. We believe that this collaboration will simplify the process of modeling a building. We also believe that to be successful, we have to anticipate our clients' needs, and designers are our first clients in the chain of promoting and selling our high performance isolation FIBRANxps," said Vera Silva, Product and Marketing Manager for IBERfibran.

The range of four IBERfibran xps products are made available as a complete set of library parts, covering main needs for building insulation. The objects are available both in Revit and ArchiCAD. Please follow the link below to see the products on the BIMobject® portal, and while there, register to download them free of charge.

 View Fibran's products on BIMobject.com

 Are you a manufacturer? Add your products to BIMobject.com

 Read the complete press release

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: