iCUBE release VRayPattern plugin for 3ds Max

iCUBE unveils the availability of V-ray pattern plug-in.
This plugin is compatible with 3ds Max versions: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, all 32 or 64 bit and V-Ray 1.5 (SP2 and higher), V-Ray 2 - 32 or 64 bit. This plug-in is very useful for curving geometry of any surface. The plug-in occasionally develop geometry exclusive of extra memory consumption. The users can easily generate fields and landscapes covered with grass and trees.

The plug-in performs like a displacement map. To cover the surface of geometry, the displacement map utilizes raster or vector maps of pattern. VRayPattern can employ any of the original geometry for proliferation.

Luxology® LLC unveils the release of the Studio Environment Set 2 (SES 2) Kit

Luxology® LLC unveils the release of the Studio Environment Set 2 (SES 2) Kit, a set of 50 high dynamic range (HDR) spherical images specially designed for professional-quality lighting & visualization of small to medium sized objects. Yazan Malkosh of 9b studios has produced the wide-ranging library of images included in SES 2 kit for Luxology.

SES 2 kit provides the ability to render an animation and perceive all 50 environments with zero setup time takes all of the guess work out of studio lighting.

SES 2 kit is well suited for Architects, artists, industrial designers, engineers, packaging specialists and CAD visualization professionals. They will be able to select pre-built SES 2 studio and interior lighting setups without generating traditional lighting setups for each project.

The SES 2 Kit is obtainable right away for both Mac OS X and Windows operating systems for a suggested retail price of USD $69.

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Maintenance release for SketchUp 8

Google team just launched a maintenance release for SketchUp 8. The sketcup users will be highly benefited with this release as it will solve several, long standing, bugs. These are given below :-

The "Shadow Bug."The codec selection issue on Windows.The "whack-a-mole" issue with Outliner on a Mac among other Outliner oddities.Failures when trying to export an image at a large resolution.Blank Components browser

If SketchUp 8 already installed, simply click Help on Windows or SketchUp on Mac then select Check Web for Updates... to avail this update.

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