Artlantis 5 Sneak Peek: New User Interface

'N' stands for New, as in New user interface, brought to you by Artlantis 5!

The Artlantis 5 Revolution is almost here, and we saved the best for last. The new user interface can now be viewed in one window and in full screen on both Mac and PC platforms. Keep an eye on your project while having all your tools at your fingertips!

Real-time radiosity preview
Artlantis's productivity is based on a fundamental concept: real-time preview. Regardless of the change in the scene settings (materials, lighting, environment), the preview is updated instantly. You control your work, you confirm your changes, and you run the calculation in high definition for your final image without wasting time.

Viewpoints
The freedom offered by Artlantis 5 comes from the multitude of viewpoints that you can create, save, and organize. Each viewpoint allows you to create a real study of your scene: date, a light source change, a camera lens change, adding a background -- edit and save the combinations of parameters in your list of viewpoints that are important to you.

In order to optimize the display of your project while keeping an eye on your list views, they appear on the left-hand side of the screen in a fixed position with a refocusing of the preview on the left, or on the fly so that the preview is not moved!

Inspectors
Now grouped at the top of the screen, inspectors allow you to edit all the parameters associated with shaders, objects, lights, heliodons and perspectives (perspectives, projected views, panoramas, VR objects and animations). The real backbone of Artlantis 5 is this clear and intuitive tool bar, allowing you to access -- with a minimum of clicks -- a maximum of Artlantis features and parameters. You can make adjustments, improvements, and fine-tune your scene and see the results instantly -- without taking your eyes off the preview window.

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Artlantis 5 Sneak Peek: Preview Controllers

We are so close to the launch of Artlantis 5! Based on what we've seen thus far, it's hard to believe it can get any better. But look at what's behind the letter 'O' in R E V O L U T I O N...OH my goodness!

Handling shaders or simple textures in the preview or in the 2D window is easy. A preview controller allows you to move, resize, and rotate shaders and textures. A simple keyboard shortcut is all it takes to snap a shader or texture to the geometry automatically.

Just like shaders and textures, objects are handled with the same ease in the preview or in the 2D view. Rotate, move, resize or duplicate...everything is optimized! The objects can also be snapped onto edges.

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Artlantis 5 Sneak Peek: Low Radiosity for Objects

I can't believe what's behind the 'I' in the Artlantis 5 R E V O L U T I O N, and neither will you...

If you work with "heavy" objects, i.e. objects that take a long time to calculate because of their high level of detail, then this new feature is for YOU!

Introducing Low Radiosity for Objects. This new feature will greatly reduce the calculation time necessary for your most detailed objects. Check out the teaser video to see what we mean.

Sign up at www.artlantis5.com for e-mail updates about what this revolutionary new version of Artlantis has in store for you.

And, don't forget! Abvent has announced free upgrades to Artlantis 5 on ALL Artlantis 4 licenses purchased on or after July 1, 2013! This offer includes Artlantis 4 first and additional full licenses as well as upgrades.

Get ready for the Artlantis 5 revolution!

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Artlantis 5 Sneak Peek: Media Store

What's behind the 'T' in the Artlantis 5 R E V O L U T I O N is nothing short of T E R R I F F I C! Here's a sneak peek of the new Artlantis Media Store, coming soon:

Artlantis 5 offers an In-App Store, offering more than 5,000 shaders, objects, and billboards for sale. To access these and enrich your renderings, just create an account, purchase credits, and download your Media. Your purchased Media will be downloaded into the proper catalog under the correct categories and sub-categories. All you have to do is use them! Also, there are plenty of Media available free of charge, so check those out, too!

Visit www.artlantis5.com and sign up for e-mail updates about revolutionary Artlantis 5, coming soon!

Don't forget! Abvent has announced free upgrades to Artlantis 5 on ALL Artlantis 4 licenses purchased on or after July 1, 2013! This offer includes Artlantis 4 first and additional full licenses as well as upgrades. Why wait? Buy now!

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Artlantis 5 Sneak Peek: Volumetric Lighting

Abvent has revealed what's behind the letter 'V' in R E V O L U T I O N -- the Artlantis 5 revolution, that is...

If you've ever wanted to put your renderings in the spotlight, this feature will definitely appeal to you: volumetric lighting. That's right. In Artlantis 5, the lights and sun can cast warm, glowing rays into your scene, just like they do in real life. Perfect for so many uses, from bright, inviting exterior renderings to dramatically lit interior renderings of churches, night clubs, theaters, etc. Check it out!

Don't forget to visit www.artlantis5.com and join the Artlantis 5 revolution by signing up for regular updates!

Also, a reminder that Abvent has announced free upgrades to Artlantis 5 on all Artlantis 4 licenses purchased on or after July 1, 2013! This offer includes Artlantis 4 first and additional full licenses as well as upgrades. New customers and long-time Artlantis users alike will benefit from this extraordinary offer!

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The BIMobject App for ArchiCAD now available for Mac

The BIMobject® App for ArchiCAD has been a great success for Microsoft Windows users, and today BIMobject® releases the Mac version ahead of schedule. ”The new App launched for GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD is the most advanced version of our App technology we have developed so far. It shows a clear path where we are heading with BIM content cloud integration. Manufacturers enter the BIM world for real and can both communicate directly with users and supply them with updated and high quality BIM objects straight into the BIM software ArchiCAD,” said Stefan Larsson, CEO of BIMobject AB.

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FREE Upgrade to Artlantis 5!

If you haven't purchased Artlantis 4 yet, now's definitely the time! Why? Because Abvent has announced free upgrades to Artlantis 5 on all Artlantis 4 licenses purchased after July 1, 2013!

This offer includes Artlantis 4 first and additional full licenses as well as upgrades. New customers and long-time Artlantis users alike will benefit from this extraordinary offer!

And, if you haven't done so already, visit the Artlantis 5 teaser site to sign up for regular updates about the Artlantis 5 revolution coming your way! Check out the short clips about much-anticipated Artlantis 5 new features!

Join the Artlantis 5 revolution when you purchase Artlantis 4 today!

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Knauf Danogips release complete set of Multiregel s450 as BIM objects

BIMobject® recently published Knauf Danogips' wall system Multiregel s450 Classic Board on the bimobject.com portal.

Knauf Danogips is a part of the Knauf group, which is a global family business and one of Europe’s largest manufacturer for building materials. Knauf Danogips focus is to develop building systems that lower the total amount of costs, without compromising quality, environmental, and/or esthetic values.

The BIM objects of the Knauf Danogips range are available for ArchiCAD, in the second half of June the objects will also be available for Revit.

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Save up to 75% on artlantismembers.com subscriptions

Artlantis Members is a web store offering thousands of high-quality Artlantis objects and shaders for sale or for free with a subscription membership. When artlantismembers.com went online 3 years ago, they started out with only 500 objects. At that time, the cost of a subscription was the same as it is today: $80 for a 6-month subscription and $160 for a 12-month subscription, which is a very good deal for access to a collection that size. Today, the collection has grown to over 4,800 objects and will soon surpass 5,000 objects, which at today's prices is an incredible value! To keep up with that growth and the increasing demands on their servers, they have decided to increase their membership subscription prices on July 15, 2013.

You may be aware that subscribers are able to download up to 15 items per day for free from their Artlantis media section. If you are a subscriber, this gives you access to all of that content, but helps manage the bandwidth usage on the site. What you may not be aware of are some of the great things going on behind the scenes. The Artlantis Members team have been hard at work creating localized versions of their store for different markets, including Japan, Europe, and the U.S. This is a massive undertaking and requires ongoing maintenance, but the end result is a better shopping experience for customers in those regional markets. They also continue to recruit new talented developers to the team, which means that you will see more new products added at an even faster pace.

Here is a breakdown of today's prices and the new pricing that will take effect on July 15, 2013:

6-month subscription:
Currently $80, will adjust to $140 (77¢ per day)

12-month subscription:
Currently $160, will adjust to $250 (68¢ per day)

So for less than the cost of a pack of gum, you can have access to 15 beautifully crafted and carefully optimized objects and shaders for Artlantis each and every day. That's less than 5¢ per object! We wanted to make sure to mention that while this offer is open to new customers, we are also able to extend the subscriptions of existing members, as well, at today's lower prices. We hope you'll take this opportunity to add or renew and artlantismembers.com subscription today.

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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 3-dimensional surface with plenty of depth. The video is short but impressive, and succinctly illustrate 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 for the email list so that you can learn about other exciting Artlantis 5 announcements.

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Export plug-in for Revit 2014 to Artlantis 4.1

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.

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BIMobject App for ArchiCAD Released

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.

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New SketchUp 2013 export plug-in for Artlantis 4.1

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.

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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 webinar 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 get signed up for the webinar. We look forward to seeing you online!

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