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

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 If there is a newer version of the actual product in the cloud, the product information can automatically be transferred to the already downloaded files.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

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

Get Ready for the Revolution!

The Artlantis 5 revolution...

Click here for details...

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!

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

AutoCAD and Artlantis: Proyecto Lost Station

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

 

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