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Updated:
June 4, 2006 5:33 PM
Notice
1: Architosh
editor, Anthony Frausto' email "[email protected]"
is no longer in use. Please note for your Address Book. Write
[email protected]
for new address. Thanks!
Coming
Up! Piranesi for Mac OS X review this week!
And more...
New
Items: We have a special new user gallery
feature on the paintings
and drawings of Andrew Guidry, Architect and Artist. If
you are interested in showing your artistic work (any medium)
please email us.
We
have all new features at left including the
best
Mac Switcher story ever told (even Apple hasn't produced
a story this good!) There's even more to it than what Joe
told us...according to his colleagues at work. More on that
later...
Apple's
new Power Mac G5 computers are
the
fastest CAD and rendering computers on the planet for
the buck and then some...Read
the full report here. And the Architosh
Forums have reached a milestone: 1,000 members.
"build-it-hawaii" was our 1,000th
member and is from Hawaii and is a general contractor
by profession.
Macworld
Expo Reports and Photo Album. We will be rolling out our
show reports starting today. We have a very large photo album
with pictures of Steve
Jobs and John Mayer on stage together introducing Apple's
new GarageBand. Check it out!
Also
we have a number of exciting discussions going on in the Architosh
Forums so go join in.
Upcoming:
Several Reviews, including formZ 4, SketchUp and Piranesi
and more...plus a awesome Firm Profile article from Scandanavia.
We
have a new
review of Strata 3DPro on Mac OS X by Strata. Plus some
comments are the G5 in CAD and 3D.
We
also have a new feature Product
Review of Electric Image Universe 5. Additionally
we have a review
of 3dNY Master Series Modeler Training solution--which is very nice--and we want to draw attention
to our Richard
Kerris interview from Siggraph week.
Also...
We
have an important
poll we'd like you guys to help us out with concerning
the Future of Architosh. We have a new history
article on Apple on left concerning processor design and
Mach.
We
have a new
review of ImageModeler 3.5 for Mac OS X - an interesting
product useful to a wide range of situations from architectural
photogrammetry to general modeling.
Recent
items: They include our review
of FastTrack Schedule 8, a project scheduling application
on OS X, hot news about ArchiCAD 8 seminars and our new
and improved Mac CAD/3D/AEC forums. We also have an indepth
review
of VectorWorks 10.
Recently
we heard some interesting comments from Richard
Kerris of Apple about highend CAD and engineering apps
on OS X and mentioned the new World
Trade Center Proposal Web site by Lord Norman Foster.
We
have good
news about FileMaker in architecture.
In
a TidBits article we mention that Nemetschek NA is now shipping
their RenderWorks
Training CDs and Graphisoft has announced their Ideas
Competition winners.
Also
check out a new
management app for Architecture and additional news below.
Receive
Free Gift and App! Yes,
if you have ordered from our Architosh
MacMall Store (got the 2 percent Architosh Discount) then
please write to us
with your order info and we will send out a small gift now
and free application later this year.
New
news at left, including more dongle support with iMate for
Mac OS X, plus Star
Wars Bounty Hunter a Maya exclusive. And don't miss the
new MECcheck
for Mac by the DOE and Red Rock Software Inc. News.
Also
see the Architectural Record House Awards. Read how Macs ruled
the architect's awards.
Also
we cover Nemetschek's
new 3D Power Pack modeling extension. We also feature
a special
exclusive interview with Graphisoft US, Vice President
of Architecture, Chris Barron, AIA.
We
have a very nice story about one high school teacher's use
of BOA for
their Mac lab.
Please
help support the Architosh website
by shopping through our Apple Store links and shopping our
Architosh e-Store.
Thanks to all!
More
News below tables!
Special
report from contributing editor Don Seidel, AIA, regarding
plotting in OS X.
Since
our major announcements regarding Autocad for Mac OS X we
have received record
levels of new petitions numbering in the several hundreds.
We will be sharing more news on Autocad for Mac OS X shortly.
Additionally,
we have updated our Find
Indexes with numerous items double-entered.
We
have a new product review story on VectorWorks ARCHITECT for
Mac OS X and new items at left. There is also some good talk
in the Architosh Forums.
Go Join in!
We
want to bring your attention to two key petition surveys at
left (bottom). Early indicators for the Hardware survey show
widespread support for a quad G4 Mac. Is a quad in your future?
Check
it out.
Our
MacDraft 5 product
review has arrived (see at left) and we have Part 1 of
our exclusive interview
on VectorWorks for OS X.
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