Design Connected releases Connecter 1.7
Free standalone 3D asset browser with tight links to 3ds Max and Cinema 4D adds support for Substance materials.
Thursday, July 11th, 2019
SketchUp
Download four new free Renderpeople 3D characters
Includes an animated male figure and two rigged female figures. Multiple common 3D formats; for commercial use.
Monday, July 8th, 2019
Act-3D releases Lumion 9.5
Free update to real-time archviz software improves Collada import, adds 50+ wood and brick materials. Pro users get new plant models.
Tuesday, June 25th, 2019
Chaos Group launches Chaos Cloud online rendering service
Accessible within nine key editions of V-Ray, with Corona Renderer and Phoenix FD to come, but limited GPU support as yet.
Thursday, February 28th, 2019
The best Black Friday and winter 2018 deals for CG artists
Updated with a new batch of winter offers: save money on CG software and resources with these deals.
Friday, December 21st, 2018
CL3VER unveils CL3VER Cloud
New real-time visualisation platform based on Nvidia's RTX tech renders V-Ray scenes and streams the result to standard web browsers.
Thursday, December 20th, 2018
Chaos Group releases V-Ray for Unreal
New app converts scenes created in other editions of V-Ray for use in UE4, also baking out V-Ray lights.
Friday, November 9th, 2018
Act-3D releases Lumion 9.0
Real-time visualisation tool gets new toolsets for sky lighting, rain, grass and fur in the Pro edition; better workflow in the base edition.
Wednesday, November 7th, 2018
Adobe ships Dimension CC 2.0
Designer-friendly 3D software gets support for layered decals, FBX and STL import, interactive web export for design reviews and AR.
Tuesday, October 16th, 2018
Try V-Ray Cloud for free
Now in open beta: push-button cloud render service lets you launch jobs directly inside 3ds Max or Maya. Free for a limited time.
Monday, August 13th, 2018
Epic Games releases Unreal Studio 4.20
UE4-based visualisation platform gets iterative import workflow, new SketchUp exporter, MDL support.
Saturday, July 21st, 2018
Chaos Group launches V-Ray Cloud in beta
Sign up now to test this intuitive new cloud rendering service integrated directly inside V-Ray.
Thursday, March 1st, 2018
Render Legion scraps Corona Renderer for SketchUp
Chaos Group 'did a far better job' with V-Ray for SketchUp, admits firm of its now-defunct alpha builds.
Monday, February 5th, 2018