Seminar here ..Seminar there ...There is a seminar everywhere !

Well... This is kind of busy couple of weeks, Running ArchiCAD 13 Launching Seminars ! 

Here is the schedule :

Bahrain:

Date : Tuesday 27th October 2009 (10:00 AM -1:00 PM)

Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel

UAE:

Date : Wednesday 4th November 2009 (10:00 AM -1:00 PM)

Venue: Hilton Dubai Jumeirah Hotel

Qatar:

Date : Monday 9th November 2009(10:00AM - 1:00 PM)

Venue: Doha Marriott Hotel

Kuwait:

Date : Monday 16th November 2009(10:00AM - 1:00 PM)

Venue: Sheraton Kuwait Hotel

Agenda:

 

Interested ? email us at : atone@almoayed.com

Artlantis 3

Ok..so Artlantis 3 is out, the problem is that I really LOVE Artlantis, and that I am really busy these days working on different things, Because of that I didn't have much time to play with Artlantis 3.

However I managed to find some minutes to play around with it ,.. hmm.. now lets start with what is new (to view the official news click here) but here there is more of my - notes so far- still I have to work  with the software a lot actually as I didn't even cover more than one or two points of the new features :

- A new Rendering Engine... hmmm.. good news , better quality with detailed models, more controlling options when it comes to final renderings, which is REALLY COOL, you can control different settings for surfaces (i.e : surfaces with direct sun, and indirect sun) you can control "Color Bleeding" quite dramatic huh? its actually the feature where you have reflected colors with radiosity ( like that green light emission that happens on walls next to grass) you can control that now ! and I love that ! the price that comes with that? is a slower rendering time compared to Artlantis 2. but still .. quite fast.

- Layers : that helps, now you can hide specific elements (layers) in some views ! whoohooo ! no more trees jumping in your face because you need to place it for another scene .(actually there is more about layers that you can even import specific layers from ArchiCAD !)

- Transparency option for BB and Trees ! nice feature , more of "now you see me .. now you don't"

- cloud and water animation  .. you thing it is nice to watch a cloud passing by while a tsunami is coming your way ? well.. good because now you can do it in Artlantis 3 !

I still have to play with lights .. looks interesting !

any how here are some renderings with different settings :

Financial Crisis? pfffffft...not in my house !

Ok... So no you know that ArchiCAD 13 is here ! and we were all suffering of the what so called Financial crisis, common ...don't keep it inside... yeah yeah .. cry ... yeah ..just take it all out .. that is healthy :P 

Anyhow .. with ArchiCAD 13 we are launching special offers that are valid till the end of 2009.. so wether you are a user that was looking to buy an add-on , or a you are considering buying a new package.. it is the best time .

New ArchiCADers :

- Offer 1 : Visualization Package ! 

- Are you into modeling ? and love to get a fancy renderings in no time? and want to share your model with your clients so easily where they can just walk around and explore it in a video-game type of exploration ?..well then what you need is ArchiCAD 13 to model, Artlantis Studio to get your fancy renderings and animations in no time, and Virtual Building explorer to share the model with your clients in a 3D environment (yeah ! you can wear those red-blue glasses too !) 

BUY ArchiCAD 13 + 24 Months Service Contract + Artlantis Studio for a special price and GET VBE for FREE  

- Offer 2 : FREE Add-on of your selection ! 

Buy ArchiCAD 13 + 24 Months Service Contract for a special price and pick one add-on of your selection for FREE ! ( VBE or Ecodesigner or MEP Modeler or Artlantis Render)

Old ArchiCADers !:

- Offer 1 : Are you on a valid contract ? Great ! ( I mean .. really !) ..why not boost your package? buy MEP Modeler + VBE for a special 20% off Discount and GET EcoDesigner for FREE

-Offer 2 : you are not on a valid service contract? hmmm.. you just missed the opportunity above ! so sad ..eh? ..well ..not really .. what about : buy a 24 Months Service Contract and GET 50% off on one of the add-ons ( VBE or EcoDesigner  or MEP modeler)

for more information please don't hesitate to contact us atone@almoayed.com