Vasari Beta 3 Quietly Releases...

The latest version of Vasari has been released with some new features.  The new version features some of the new aspects of Revit 2014 such as non-rectangular crop regions, split elevations, double clicking to edit, and the material editor.  I am still waiting for some of the visual styles of FormIt to make their way into Vasari or Revit...!

To download Vasari Beta 3 click here....
To view a list of all the new or enhanced features click here...

Thanks to David for the first word of this...

Vasari Talk - Design and Analysis Webinars

The entire Vasari Talk Webinar videos are online and can be found here...

Check them out for yourself!  Some cool stuff.

What do you guys think??

Download Project Vasari 2.5 Now!

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Project Vasari Version 2.1 Released!

Check out the new Vasari release!

OVERVIEW

Autodesk^® Project Vasari is an easy-to-use, expressive design tool for creating building concepts. Vasari goes further, with integrated analysis for energy and carbon, providing design insight where the most important design decisions are made. And, when it’s time to move the design to production, simply bring your Project Vasari design data into the Autodesk^® Revit^® platform for BIM, ensuring clear execution of design intent.

Project Vasari is focused on conceptual building design using both geometric and parametric modeling. It supports performance-based design via integrated energy modeling and analysis features. This new technology preview is now available as a free download and trial on Autodesk Labs.

LATEST UPDATES

• Ecotect Wind Tunnel Analysis  
• Improved Automatic Zoning for Energy Models 
• Performance and Stability Improvements 

Click here to see more about the new features...

Click here to download Vasari 2.1 now!!!!

Project Vasari 2 - Released and Free!

I apalogize for the lack of posting the past couple of days.  I have a major deadline in work approaching... Thank goodness for Revit, BIM, and SAuBIM....

Well, if you have not heard already a new version of Vasari has been released.  I have to say... It is awesome!  Some very cool little features.  David Light, who has shown some incredible skill with Vasari, has produced a great post with all the new features...

• Click here to see David's post.
• Click here to download Vasari now!

New Technologies: Project Nucleus and the New Vasari

Some fantastic new announcements in the Revit community.  First, there will be a new Vasari being released soon (Version 1.1). 

Click here to see a trailer of the new Vasari...

Stay tuned for a post as to when Vasari is released.

Next,  Project Nucleus is live over in the Autodesk Labs... This one you have got to check out. 

Overview
Project Nucleus integrates the Nucleus simulation engine from Autodesk® Maya® into Autodesk® Revit® and Project Vasari. It allows designers to experiment with "form-finding" in the conceptual design phase by simulating forces directly in Revit and Project Vasari. (An upcoming technology preview of Project Vasari will include the Project Nucleus functionality.)


Project Nucleus can simulate a wide range of physical phenomena in real time, like wind, gravity, constraints, and collisions. These forces can help architects generate free-form shapes, many of which would be impossible to model by hand.


The technology preview ends on December 31, 2011. Any designs that you create remain valid after that date, but the Project Nucleus add-on will no longer operate when the technology preview terminates.
Click here to see the Web Page for Project Nucleus with videos and download information...

DesignByMany Challenge Winner - Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion House

And the winner is David Light!  A fellow Revit blogger and all around great guy... Congrats David!  Very cool solution to the challenge using Vasari.



Click here to see the other entries and runner ups...

Click here to see David's submission page and download the Vasari Model...

Click here to see the Challenge page...

Click here to see David's blog...

Vasari - Conceptual Bug Maker?

I know Vasari is in the Labs and not a retail release from Autodesk but I though I would mention a couple little bugs I have noticed while usingthe software...  Are any of you having these issues?

Kicks Internet:  I have used Vasari in both ways (streaming install and downloaded install) and noticed that each time I run the softare, if I am connected to the internet via wifi, the connection drops.  Either it completely disconnects or has "limited or no connectivity".  The fix? Easy, disconnect and reconnect to the wifi.  Very strange little bug.  The only reason it has been frustrating me is because it kicks my internet radio!

Funky Graphics:  Now, I know Vasari is all about "conceptual modeling" and "free forms"... But, what is with the funky graphic issues on the menu bar?  Is it the conceptual idea of an Undo Button, or the Undo Button?  ** I tried takingn a screen cap but the graphic errors would disappear when ever I select a different program / function**

Solar Radiation Workflow: No doubt, the solar radiation features of Vasari make it an insanly powerful tool. But I found it an annoyance to turn off/on the solar raditation model that wraps your massing.  For example, if you run a solar radiation analysis and manipulate the mass it updates.. great.  But, if you delete the solar radiation object (because that is just what my brain and fingers want to do) it can cause some interesting problems.  Try running the solar radiation after deleting the element and there is nothing to see...  A few steps of deleting, escaping, and so on... then, finally you are back to square one.


By all means, comment... Are you having similar problems?

I am a huge advocate for Vasari and really love the concept... Just thought I would share a few annoyances.

Now, if you will hold on... I have to reconnect to my wifi because Vasari kicked me off...