Artlantis 5 Sneak Peek: Tiling Shaders

Here's another quick look at what Artlantis 5 has in store for you! We've revealed what's behind the letter 'L' in R E V O L U T I O N: Tiling Shaders. Tiling Shaders are made of relatively small images with no repetition effect. By clicking on the dice in the Inspector, you can re-organize the tiles in a random way, guaranteeing that you'll have no repeats.

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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. New customers and long-time Artlantis users alike will benefit from this extraordinary offer!

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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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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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Furniture manufacturer Stolab releases more BIM objects

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.

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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 (Wed. May 29, 2:00 PM EDT) and register today!

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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 insulations 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 client's needs, and designers are our first clients in the chain of promoting and selling our high performance isolation FIBRANxps," says 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.

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Sovella release industrial furniture as BIM objects

Sovella is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of industrial furniture and workstations. Alongside quality and durability, Sovella workstation solutions are defined by ergonomics, modularity and human-centered designs.

Sovella wallshelving system meets the high demands set for storage in public spaces in terms of durability and load capacity. A wide range of wire shelves, pull out baskets, cloth rails and racks as well as perforated panels and hooks are available and compatible with each other. The system includes also a free-standing unit.

The BIM objects of the Sovella wallshelving system range are available for Revit and ArchiCAD, both in Finnish and English language. Please follow the link below to see the products on the BIMobject® portal, and while there, register to download them free of charge.

 View Sovella's products on BIMobject.com

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Artlantis 4.1 Plug-ins

Artlantis 4.1 has a different file format than that of version 4.0. Therefore, the exporters have been updated. The following export plug-ins are now available to download;

• ArchiCAD 14 and 15 (16 installs Artlantis 4.1 export plug-in by default)

• Vectorworks 2012

• Revit 2012 and 2013

• SketchUP 8

Artlantis 4.1 can open all .atl files belonging to the previous versions. As a result, users owning an earlier version of their CAD software can also choose Artlantis 4.1 for their visualization tasks. The Artlantis project file can easily be updated in case they need to change the CAD model by using the reference file feature from inside Artlantis: File menu > Use Reference File

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Revit 2013 Export Plug-in

The export plug-in for Revit 2013 to Artlantis 4 is now available for downloading. 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.

Here is 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.

 Artlantis Pricing and Ordering

 Download the Artlantis 30-day Demo

 Download the Export Plug-ins

Artlantis 4 Updates & New Plug-ins

Abvent has been busy this month, releasing a new Artlantis update, version 4.0.15. The update addresses the following issues:

• Eliminates problems occuring while replacing an object
• Fixes Fresnel option in the Shader Editor
• On Mac, corrects the QTSocketServer and the .tmp file
• Added a fix to the iVisit 3D Builder application
• Corrects Japanese character problems
  
  The complete list of fixes can be found in the ReadMe document zipped with the update.
  
  In addition, Abvent has released Artlantis 4 export plug-ins for Vectorworks 2011, Revit 2012 and SketchUp 8, rounding out the collection that already included plug-ins for ArchiCAD 14 & 15 and Vectorworks 2012.
  
   Download the Artlantis Updater
  
   Download the Export Plug-ins
  
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