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CityEngine 2026 expands Python and streets
CityEngine 2026 brings its Python 3 API out of beta, improves CGA authoring and adds more precise street editing tools.
Stair Builder brings parametric stairs to C4D
A €25 Cinema 4D generator for stairs and railings, with presets, UV handling, and all of it parametric.
Redshift 2026.4 adds Redshift Live and expands support for Vectorworks
Maxon has released Redshift 2026.4. The update introduces Redshift Live as a new real-time render mode, drops Redshift RT, adds support for Vectorworks 2026 Update 4, and brings a set of rendering and workflow updates across the wider Redshift ecosystem.
Delhi in 3D: Kitbash3D goes urban
Kitbash3D launches New Delhi, a 3D asset kit with 84 models and 127 materials for building detailed urban cityscapes.
Venice in Unreal: Scans Factory’s UE5.7 Demo Goes Public
Venice rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5.7. Scans Factory’s new free demo shows off Lumen, Nanite, and solid optimisation, just don’t expect DLSS 4.
Autodesk 3ds Max 2026.3: A modest update with key workflow tweaks
3ds Max 2026.3 arrives with more precise Conform modifier controls, dynamic material switching, USD workflow improvements and an updated Arnold plugin.
The Cube Moved: Go for the Chaos (Ad) Vantage
Architecture Illustrators and Visualizers test Chaos Vantage for a narrative short and accidentally build a moving house. Unbox proves real-time previz can tell stories, not just sell floor plans.
KitBash3D’s “DieselPunk” kit free till 18 Nov – retro-futurism ahoy!
KitBash3D’s $245 “DieselPunk” 3D kit (1,395 meshes and 4K textures for Unreal 5) is free on Fab until 18 Nov 2025. Cinematic-grade, no LODs.
City Life for Crowds: iCrowds Lands in Blender
iCrowds, the new Blender add-on from iCity’s creator, brings smart Sims-style crowds, seven simulation systems, and 100k agents to 3D production.
Procedural Thursday: CityEngine Users Meet Online Tomorrow
Tomorrow, 5 p.m. CET: CityEngine User Meeting: free, online, and full of procedural nerds. Bring your node graphs.
3D Measure Master brings CAD-style precision to 3ds Max
The new plugin 3D Measure Master adds CAD-style measuring tools to 3ds Max, creating editable and renderable geometry for true 3D dimensions.
Free 3D Cathedral Kit Lands on Fab
Epic’s Fab marketplace offers RagTarock’s Abandoned Cathedral pack: 210 modular Unreal Engine 5 assets, Nanite and Lumen ready, free until 21 October 2025.
Capitol Scenes Go Digital — KitBash3D Adds Washington, D.C. to Unlimited Library
KitBash3D’s Unlimited just got the Washington, D.C. Kit—complete with Capitol, White House & more, ready for cinematic use.
No hard hats mandatory: 120 Free Construction-Site Props for Unreal & Beyond
Environment artist Marcos Frazao releases 120 free semi-modular construction-site assets via Epic’s Fab marketplace. Nanite-ready, 4 K textured, and available for Unreal Engine: no dust, no steel-toed boots, and definitely no hard hats required.
Interior assets without flat-pack stress
Ikea trip cancelled: Polygoniq’s Interniq 2.0 drops 800+ Blender interior assets, ready to install via Asset Browser—no hex keys, no queues.
Chaos Envision 1.1: Now with Smarter Traffic and Door Sensors—What Could Go Wrong?
Chaos Envision 1.1 adds traffic simulation, proximity sensors, batch rendering, and new material tools for streamlined architectural animation.
BagaPie 11: Blender’s Node Wrangler Gets 20 New Tricks
BagaPie 11 introduces 20 new tools, including parametric generators for doors, windows, and bolts, enhancing Blender's modeling and scattering capabilities.
Lumion 2025: Rendering Realism Gets a Ray-Traced Makeover
Lumion 2025 introduces AI-powered upscaling, enhanced ray-traced water and fog, and a new Scene Inspector for streamlined workflows.
Lumion View: Real-Time Rendering Now Inside SketchUp
Lumion introduces Lumion View, a real-time visualization plugin for SketchUp, enabling photorealistic 4K renders directly within the modeling environment. Now in early access.
ICity 1.3.0: Building Blender Cities Faster Than a Coffee Run
ICity 1.3.0 for Blender introduces major performance enhancements and visual upgrades to its Grid and Terrace Block systems, streamlining 3D city creation.
KitBash3D’s Gaea: Free Fantasy on Fab
KitBash3D’s Gaea fantasy architecture pack is free on Fab in March, featuring modular medieval buildings for Unreal, Blender, and more.
Architectural visualisation in a war zone
Let's do a 3D reconstruction of the Museum of Western and Eastern Art with Rhino and Blender in Odessa (Ukraine)!
HouseCraft: Your New Architectural Sidekick
Transform basic geometry into detailed, destructible structures in Blender with HouseCraft, now featuring FBX export for seamless integration into game engines.
TD Meetup 08: Procedural Content Generation with Unreal
Procedural Content Generation is a technique in which content is generated through the application of an algorithm, as opposed to being created manually.
Procedural Worldbuilding mit Unreal
We build realtime environments with Unreal's Procedural Content Generation Framework (PCG) - or do you really want to do everything by hand?
How can vegetation be made more realistic?
Use V-Ray and Corona Renderer to make grasses, shrubs and flowers even more attractive? This free ten-minute film makes thumbs greener.
How to connect CityEngine with the Unreal Engine?
The architecture software CityEngine can also do Unreal - but how does it work? Product manager Avonlea Fotheringham and software developer Benjamin Neukom show the workflow.
Now even more realistic 3D people with the new Anima?
AXYZ Design, a company specialising in architectural visualisation, has released the latest version of its crowd generation tool. Artificial intelligence should ensure noticeably more realistic motion sequences.
Epic Games and Autodesk move closer together
The strategic collaboration is intended to accelerate processes in the field of architecture - but also in the entertainment & media industry in the future. In addition: Free access to Twinmotion architecture software for Autodesk Revit customers is introduced.
CAD tool for concept artists?
In February, Nick Kallen went into open beta with his tool - version 0.6.6 has now been released. Anyone who works with Blender is in for a pleasant surprise!
CityEngine 2021.1 Expands BIM Support
Esri CityEngine 2021.1 adds IFC interchange, terrain-sculpting updates, material export, dashboard tools and improved 360 VR rendering.
Free Post-USSR Builder Creates Modular Apartment Blocks in Blender
Alexey Yakovlev’s free Post-USSR Builder generated configurable apartment buildings in Blender 2.93 and later.
Twinmotion 2021.1 Expands Datasmith and Megascans Workflows
Twinmotion 2021.1 introduced a Datasmith-based importer, multi-Revit synchronisation and integrated Megascans assets for architectural visualisation.
ArcGIS CityEngine 2021 Adds VR Viewer and Unreal Engine Export
Esri’s ArcGIS CityEngine 2021 introduced a web VR viewer, terrain sculpting, improved transforms and Unreal Engine import.
Hum3D Without Borders Contest Invites Artists to Build 3D Landmarks
Hum3D’s Without Borders competition challenged artists to create a 3D world around a prominent building and explain its history and appeal.
Twinmotion 2021.1 Improves Unreal Exchange
Twinmotion 2021.1 adds a Datasmith-based Unreal importer, multi-Revit synchronisation and access to selected Megascans assets.
Chaos Cosmos Launches with 650 Free Assets
Chaos Cosmos launches with more than 650 models and HDRIs for V-Ray, Chaos Vantage and V-Ray Vision workflows.
More Than 50 Unreal Fest Online Sessions Available
Epic Games made over 50 Unreal Fest Online 2020 videos available across games, architecture, automotive, film, television, broadcast and cross-industry topics.
Survey Tracks Archviz Rendering Engines
CGarchitect’s 2020 survey collected more than 2,500 responses about renderers used, tested and considered for architectural visualisation.
Houdini City Roads Generator | Tool
Build roads, pavements, car parks and more with Denis VFX's tool.
Twinmotion 2020.2 Released
Twinmotion 2020.2 improves water and car-paint materials, adds parametric doors and expands its library of production assets.
ThinkStation P620 Adds Threadripper Pro
Lenovo's ThinkStation P620 paired up to 64 AMD Threadripper Pro cores with multi-GPU expansion for 3D, CAD and engineering work.
Unreal Marketplace Free Assets for July
July 2020's Unreal Marketplace selection covered environments, ArchViz interiors, PSD-to-UMG conversion, shooter code and characters.
Cologne Cathedral Time Travel in 360 Degrees
Cologne Cathedral from today back to the Roman Empire: Faber Courtial realized this time-travel trip in 360 degrees for WDR.
Back Again at animago in 2017: The Architecture Visualization Award
Anyone who would like to have their CG works from the architecture genre evaluated by professionals from this industry should send us their films by May 31, 2017.
5 Tips for Better Architecture Visualizations
Arqui9 shows in this tutorial which tricks can be used to create the best possible architecture visualizations.
Substance Designer 6
According to Allegorithmic, version 6 of Substance Designer is the most complete and versatile version of the tool ever produced. Here is an overview of the features.
Modo in use at edelVIZ
Outsourcing with a difference: the edelVIZ agency, founded by two Germans, is based in India (Panjim, Goa) and endeavours to combine Indian flexibility and German quality. What does this look like? We asked them.
MatPak for Modo – Interiors III
Part 3 of the interior pack for Modo brings more than 100 realistic surfaces, neatly sorted into categories.
Architecture Nominees for the Detail Special Prize
One day after the official animago jury session, the Detail jury trio met at NEC Display Solutions to find the six nominees for the special architecture prize. Here we present the projects.
New Material Preset Kit for Modo
"MatPak for Modo - Interior I" provides high-quality surfaces for your own 3D interior scenes.
The Jury for the Best Architectural Visualisation
As DP and the architecture trade magazine DETAIL are based in the same building, we joined forces to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the animago AWARD and, for the first time, offered the Architecture Special Prize in cooperation with DETAIL. Here we introduce the jury that will assess the submitted architectural visualisations in terms of design, project concept and overall composition on 19 August.
animago Still Gallery: Archviz
The animago AWARD honours the best CG stills each year. Many more entries from around the world also deserve to be presented, like these archviz works.
animago AWARD 2016 – Here We Go!
DP readers have known exclusively for some time; now it is official worldwide: submissions are open for the animago AWARD 2016!
Guide to Successful VR Projects
VR is on everyone’s lips, but many people don’t really know what, how, why ... V-Ray developer Chaos Group has now published a Virtual Reality Guide for artists.
Modeling a Chair in C4D
Rob Redman provides insights into the fundamentals of Cinema 4D and explains how to model a chair using simple methods.
Watering the Architecture
In this tutorial for the Gobotree Learning Station, the Vyonyx team shows how to create water for architectural visualisations.
Lumion 5.7
Version 5.7 of the architectural visualisation software Lumion has been released. These are the new features.
SLiB Released
The SLiB package contains the Maya plug-in SLiB | Browser, which can be used with the associated architectural shader library.
Use Google Earth Pro for Free
Google Earth Pro is now available free of charge after registration and download. The Pro version contains many useful 3D functions compared with the standard version.
Indigo Renderer 3.8
Glare Technologies has released Indigo Renderer version 3.8 and is offering the software at a special price until the end of December.
Lumion in Its Fifth Version
Version 5.0 of Lumion, the 3D rendering software for architectural visualisations, will be released on November 3.
Real-Time 3D Software for Architects
Twinmotion is new architectural-visualization software intended to work in real time and be compatible with all modeling software packages.
Maxwell Render 3 Is Here
Next Limit Technologies has released version 3 of Maxwell Render and is launching with 30 new features.
Free 3D Bed
Even cheaper than at Ikea! Rei Studio from Vietnam is making a 3D model of a bed for 3ds Max available free of charge.
CopperCube 3 Release
The new version of the 3D editor for interactive 3D applications has been released. CopperCube 3 is intended to make it possible to publish and program 3D content in Flash or WebGL without major programming effort – so nothing stands in the way of a shooter in the browser.
animago CONFERENCE: Architecture — Film and Marketing
Marc Gruber-Laux of pure was secured as a speaker.
Dosch Design Introduces New Products
The manufacturer is adding new packages across every area of its product range
The Big Screen for Everyone – RTT Presents RTT DirectAutoCAD Conversion Tool
Until now, high-end visualization solutions such as RTT DeltaGen were used almost exclusively by larger companies. The new RTT DirectAutoCAD conversion tool changes that, allowing smaller architecture and design studios to use the industry-leading RTT DeltaGen visualization software. The tool will be available shortly, optionally bundled with RTT DeltaGen 8.0.
DETAIL CREATIVE AWARD Special Category for the animago AWARD 2008
The submission deadline for the DETAIL CREATIVE AWARD, a special category of the animago Award 2008 with prize money of 5,000 euros, has been extended to July 31, 2008. Anyone who would like to make a 20-second spot on the subject of architecture and win 5,000 euros can take part.
Awarded: Nemetschek Allplan Honors the Best Portals for Architecture and Civil-Engineering Students
Nemetschek Allplan supports a competition at Macromedia University of Applied Sciences for Media in Munich.
Lichtblick 4D 3ds Max Design 2009 at Architecture Day 2008
Top-Class Building Planning, Architectural Visualisation and Cost Planning.
Efficient, simple, easy to learn, extremely productive and economical.
Agenda:
13:00: Admission
13:45: Welcome / Lichtblick 4D
14:00: Autodesk Revit Architecture 2009 - The Architectural Software of the Future
15:00: MuM Construction Cost Planning: Reliable and Fast Cost Planning in Building Construction
16:00: Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2009 - Architectural Visualisation at the Highest Level
17:00: Revit Architecture in the Everyday Work of an Architectural Practice
17:30: Come Together
18:00: End of the Event
New Version of Scia Engineer Offers Optimal Integration with Allplan BIM 2008
With the new version of its structural-analysis software, Nemetschek Scia offers extensive new features and improved integration with Allplan BIM 2008. Scia Engineer 2008 delivers significantly faster response times, for example when analysing concrete and steel components or refreshing the screen.
Urban Planning at the Push of a Button with CityEngine
Fastest modeling with procedural technology / free 30-day trial available from 23 May 2008
Autodesk Live Tour in May
Autodesk Wants to Reach Architects and Is Launching a Roadshow in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Revit Architecture and 3ds Max Design Accelerate Building Design
At the VisMasters Design, Modeling and Visualization Conference, Autodesk demonstrated how architects worldwide use Revit Architecture for Building Information Modeling and Autodesk 3ds Max Design for 3D visualization.
Maxwell Render Sponsors VisMasters DMVC
Spanish rendering-software specialist Next Limit Technologies is supporting the event in Boston.
3D-Modelling Symposium Berlin – Sophisticated Tools In Design, Architecture & Engineering
The Berlin University of the Arts, in cooperation with Visual-Dream Berlin, is organising Germany's first 3D-Modelling Symposium for industrial designers, architects and engineers.
The event for professionals and students from the above-mentioned disciplines takes place on the premises of UdK Berlin and comprises three modules: Lectures, Case Studies and Masterclasses. In these, experts from Germany and abroad demonstrate solutions to the requirements of contemporary architecture and construction as well as modern design using 3D modelling, predominantly with Rhinoceros software.
In the Lectures (45 minutes each), speakers present multidisciplinary applications, including on the subject of Generative Design; participants in the Case Studies (45 minutes each) are introduced to projects or product applications such as Paracloud. The Masterclasses (3 x 5 hours each) develop 3D modelling skills with experienced instructors in product, automotive and marine design as well as architecture. Evening Lectures are also planned with renowned architects, designers and engineers who are pioneers in the use of Rhinoceros for 3D applications.
Video: Interview with Heinz Rüedi from Inselspital Bern
At Lichtblick 4D's Meet & Greet in Berlin, DP editor Michael Krimmer had the opportunity to speak with architect Heinz Rüedi about architecture and 3D visualisation. Heinz Rüedi is Head of the Support Division at Inselspital Bern (Bern University Hospital)
Nemetschek’s New Brand Identity
Nemetschek presents itself with a new corporate design, underscoring the group's focus as a producer of software technology for the AEC industry
3ds Max Design 2009 targets visualisation
Autodesk presents 3ds Max Design 2009 in Germany, with new rendering, lighting-analysis and interoperability tools.
Ready for the future: Nemetschek Allplan presents a new software package for
Aspiring architects and engineers can master all their planning tasks during their studies with the new student version of Nemetschek Allplan.
Allplan BIM 2008 Takes Center Stage at ACS
Allplan BIM 2008 will be a central exhibit at ACS, held alongside Light + Building in Frankfurt from 9 to 11 April 2008.
Weltenbauer presents current software
Weltenbauer presents software news at the information day in Wiesbaden and at the Autodesk stand at the ACS Congress. Max, Maya with extensions, Combustion 2008, Unity3D for game development for the Wii and the brand-new Quest3D 4.0, PlugIn´s such as Speedtree and workflows specifically for architecture - for example with Vue or Quest3D.
DIGITAL PRODUCTION 02/08 Reaches Newsstands
DIGITAL PRODUCTION 02/08 goes on sale on 29 February 2008 for €14.95, with a focus on 3D artists and architecture.
TÜV SÜD confirms performance of Nemetschek’s graphical quantity calculation
For the third time in succession, TÜV SÜD has
certified the performance of Nemetschek's graphical quantity calculation. Graphical quantity calculation enables smooth
data exchange between the Allplan BIM 2008 3D planning software and the
solution for construction cost management and tendering, Allplan BCM. With the quantities
determined from Allplan, the associated
bills of quantities can be determined in a single operation in accordance with VOB 2006.
Autodesk Splits 3ds Max 2009 into Two Editions
Autodesk has announced 3ds Max 2009 for entertainment artists and the new 3ds Max Design 2009 for architecture and visualization.
IMAGINA: Tour with the video camera
Our DP team has returned from IMAGINA in Monaco and brought back a video featuring a tour of the exhibition.
Vanished Roman Temple Reconstructed with 3D Technology
1,280 electrodes collect over 110,000 underground data.
Lichtblick 4D: Meet & Greet on 23.11. in Berlin
Lichtblick 4D's annual Meet & Greet in Berlin has quickly developed into an industry meeting point for the 3D scene in Germany's growing media focal point. Whether game developer or film producer, whether visualization specialist or architect, whether design or Web, there is something for everyone. Exciting and attractive presentations by experienced professionals from daily practice alternate with highly competent product presentations.
Autodesk Tools Visualize Wuhan Prototype
Revit, Maya and 3ds Max supported BIM, sculptural modelling, environmental analysis and final visualization for the Wuhan Blue Sky prototype.
ArcelorMittal and Nemetschek sign a strategic agreement
Both companies are pushing cooperation and the promotion of planning and modelling software for steel construction.
Living Cloud Wins Virtual Architecture Award
Tanja Meyle's Living Cloud wins the public prize in the first Second Life Annual Architecture and Design Competition.
Tech Data Europe appoints Mike Appel head of CAD business division
Tech Data Europe announces the appointment of a long-standing industry expert to head its European CAD division: As head of the European CAD division, Mike Appel is now responsible for the further development and growth of the highly successful CAD division at the international IT distributor and operates from Kistlerhofstraße in Munich.
dc days: Trend topic architectural visualization
The intersection between 3D and architecture is growing. Architects who want to keep up with the times and compete internationally must deal with the subject. For 3D artists, there are likewise opportunities here to bring ideas and work services to the customer.
With a certificate against climate change
Autodesk is a founding member of the German Sustainable Building Council.
Nemetschek: New CAD software for integrated 3D planning
The new 3D planning software for Building Information Modeling, Allplan BIM 2008, is the focus of Nemetschek’s trade-fair appearance at DEUBAU 2008 in Essen. It will show how architects and planners can switch between a 2D, 3D or component-oriented way of working in a single system.