News

Pixar’s Renderman technology is now free to download

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 31, 2015

RenderMan is Pixar’s core rendering technology, and is now available for free RenderMan, Pixar’s core rendering technology for animation and…

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Hardware

Review: HP OMEN Pro [pre-production unit]

Posted by DEVELOP3D - April 21, 2015

With a brand new mobile workstation, HP breaks the mould of its enterprise-focused ZBooks offering a uniquely styled machine that…

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News

First Look: HDR Light Studio 5 – ‘reborn’ in a new light

Posted by Stephen Holmes - May 13, 2015

Lightmap has launched version five of its HDR Light Studio software for visualisation, stating the product has been “reborn” such…

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News

AMD FireRender – a new physically correct material and rendering technology for professional

Posted by Greg Corke - May 19, 2015

AMD is going after a slice of the professional design visualisation market with its new GPU-optimised FireRender plug-in. The physically…

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News

BOXX delivers overclocked 8 core workstations

Posted by Greg Corke - May 27, 2015

The BOXX APEXX 4 7402 (left) and APEXX 2 3402 (right). The new BOXX APEXX 2 3402 and APEXX 4…

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Product Design

Review: KeyShot 6 beta preview

Posted by DEVELOP3D - July 14, 2015

Due for launch at this year's Siggraph conference in Los Angeles, KeyShot 6 is a major update to everyone's favourite…

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News

How fast is your SolidWorks 2015 workstation?

Posted by Greg Corke - July 29, 2015

This Menjac gearbox is one of three new SolidWorks models to be added to the benchmark. If you are a…

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News

Nvidia targets CAD and visualisation software developers with new design viz toolkits

Posted by Greg Corke - August 11, 2015

2015 Harley-Davidson Street Glide rendered in Iray for Rhino. Production data courtesy of Harley-Davidson Motor Company Nvidia is ramping up…

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Visualisation

Rendering: Market overview

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 17, 2015

You've nailed your 3D product model. Now you want to show it off - to your boss, your team, your…

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Hardware

Rendering: Hardware

Posted by Greg Corke - August 20, 2015

From laptop to desktop, render node to render farm, Greg Corke gives a back to basics guide to buying hardware…

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