🗞️ AEC/tech Newsletter #17
👋🏼 Hi there! The AEC/tech Newsletter supplements the TRXL Podcast to fill in the details of what’s happening in the AEC/tech landscape. Happy reading.
Evan Troxel
OpenUSD Standard Alliance takes shape
NVIDIA has helped form the OpenUSD Alliance, a group dedicated to establishing and promoting the Open Universal Scene Description (USD) as a standard for 3D graphics. The alliance includes several notable companies in the entertainment and technology industries, including Pixar (who originated the technology in 2012), Apple, Adobe, and Autodesk.
AI-based reverse image search in SketchUp's 3D Warehouse
The new 3D Warehouse Image Search feature was shown to me during a personal demo session at the SketchUp booth at the AIA Conference on Architecture in June. This kind of workflow just makes so much sense. Simply drag an image of an item you want in your model (you
Chatting with your BIM
Creating video from still images with the help of AI
Do you have some old renderings of projects in your archives? That was rhetorical.
Want to see if they can be even more compelling as video? While your images may be worth 1,000 words, videos are often a more rich means of communicating an idea. Runway aims to do
Unity launches beta program for visionOS
Unity:
Unity, the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, announced today the launch of its beta program for visionOS that includes access to Unity PolySpatial. Featuring integration with the Unity editor, creators can build experiences that run in visionOS, and leverage the amazing features
More ShapeDiver updates
Welcome news for us Mac users: ShapeDiver recently announced they added support for the Mac version of Rhino 7.
Are you interested in building your own online configurator, including a 3d model and changeable parameters? Look no further.
ShapeDiver lets you upload and display your Grasshopper models online in a