Autodesk Aquires Dynamite VSP & Dynamite SIM from 3AM Solutions

Yes, I know the press release is from a few days ago but I've been busy teaching in Los Angeles for the past few days.

Official press release
Posted to the area discussion group blog

Back when U.S. CAD became a reseller in July of 2009, I knew that DVSP & DSIM had great potential and was a great solution for our civil engineering customers. Even before that arrangement - as early as 2008 I was looking at these tools as being the next place to work with your civil design for visualization. I'm sure some will say boo-hiss for Autodesk aquiring yet another company - but to be honest its a perfect fit for existing Autodesk customers. For those already using DVSP & other Autodesk products, it will simplify their purchasing orders, give them a central location for support and give them access to a larger pool of R&D resources. Anyways, I look forward to the possibilities that this will open up.

New Webcast for 3ds MAX and Civil Engineers

There will be a new webcast in the Design Visualization series on Wednesday July 15th at 10am Pacific. It will feature a workflow for the civil engineering industry and how 3ds MAX can be used for these types of projects.

Edit: The link stopped working and I have replaced it with a link to all Design Visualization webcasts presented by Autodesk.

Alternate link

Dynamite VSP 4.0

Double news bulletin:

3am Solutions has released their latest version of their flagship product - Dynamite VSP 4.0.

• Full compatibility with 3ds MAX Design 2010 & AutoCAD Civil 3D 2010
• Full 64bit support

In addition, U.S. CAD has become authorized to sell Dynamite-VSP within the United States. I hope to give you more info as we become deeply involved with this product.

Looking for Informational Resources?

Whether you use AutoCAD or 3ds MAX, Revit or Civil 3d - you'll find something for you at the Autodesk Resource Center. Check it out! http://resources.autodesk.com/ You'll find webcasts, tutorials white papers and more. Finally they have consolidated everything in a one stop shop!

3ds MAX Design 2010

So after having played around with max for a few weeks now I'm beyond words with excitement for the potential of this release. To mark the occasion I have a special project planned to celebrate. Here is a little clue to what it involves...

3ds MAX 2010 Viewport Shading

Here is a couple of screen captures I took of a scene I opened on my computer of an interior house with artificial lights. Both shots were taken on the same laptop with a Nvidia Quadro FX 1600M. 2009 is significantly darker, less shadow pronouncement and generally low in graphic quality. 2010 is brighter, smoother, better all around. Click one of the image previews for a larger version...

3ds MAX Design 2010

Holy Osnap! This next release of 3ds MAX Design could be a huge leap if this stuff comes to fruition!
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