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VAPROSHIELD on the MOVE
Visit Us at NW Wall & Ceiling Convention!
Tuscon, AZ | May 3-5
Talk to our Tech Experts about solving reverse vapor drive, view mock-ups and examine samples of our high drying capacity WRB/Air Barrier membranes at booth #18!
Join us at ABAA Conference & Trade Show
Salt Lake City, UT | May 8-9
Come visit us at ABAA 2018 Conference on May 8th & 9th. View mock-ups and samples of our simplified air-barrier system at Booth #26. See you there!
Visit us at Humid Climate Conference
Austin, TX | May 21-22
Join us at the Humid Climate Conference May 21 & 22, and learn how our products are essential to energy efficiency and passive home design.
Wilsonart Blends Nature with New Quartz and Solid Surface Designs
Versatile Hard Surface Palette Perfect for both Home and Workplace
TEMPLE, TX (March 20, 2018) – Technology may be everywhere, but consumers today are still looking for ways to bring nature into their everyday lives. From bringing plants indoors to add color, visual texture and cleaner air to choosing accessories and paint colors with natural themes, nature is top of our list for making our environments comfortable, calm and aesthetically pleasing. Wilsonart, the leading manufacturer of engineered surfaces, introduces new Quartz and Solid Surface designs that blend nature’s beauty and look stunning in both home and commercial settings.
“Nature was the inspiration behind the color palette in Wilsonart’s new Quartz and Solid Surface offering,” said Paul Mikulencak, Senior Product Designer, Wilsonart. “These new designs capture the same natural beauty of granite and marble but with a refined, artistic flawlessness that works equally well in both residential and commercial environments. They address the growing desire for corporate workplaces to incorporate a casual, nature-inspired, home-like design in commercial applications. We call this Nature Blending.”
The new hard surface designs tap into the color trends of warm and cool whites, greys and neutrals but also takes advantage of the resurgence of classic black stone. Several of the new Quartz “inspired-by-nature” veining patterns were created through robotic technology, making them unique in the marketplace.
Launch of 11th language to be celebrated with eight launch events
Columbia, MD (April 2, 2018)—As part of a worldwide rollout that began with the English release in September 2017, global design and BIM software developer Vectorworks, Inc. announces the release of the Chinese version of its Vectorworks 2018 software line, which includes Vectorworks® Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Designer and Fundamentals, as well as BraceworksTM, a structural load analysis add-on module. The Chinese language version is the final installment to join other languages, including Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese and Spanish.
“Year after year, Vectorworks makes strides to continue as a superior, global design tool, and this year is no different,” said Cecil Fung, managing director of Mad Macs Technology Distributions, Ltd., the Vectorworks distributor in China. “Chinese designers choose Vectorworks because it offers dual platform capability, 2D tool flexibility and a variety of tools for the landscape and entertainment industries, such as plant tags, truss tools, reporting functions, stage analysis and more. They can look forward to the even more robust and efficient workflows with Vectorworks 2018.”
To showcase the new features of Vectorworks 2018, Mad Macs Technology Distributions Limited will host the following free events this spring across China:
• Shanghai: April 17
• Nanjing: April 19
• Hangzhou: April 20
• Guangzhou: April 23
• Wuhan: April 25
• Chongqing: May 4
• Chengdu: May 7
During each launch event, attendees will have the opportunity to hear about successful projects completed with Vectorworks software. Attendees of the events can also enjoy free refreshments. Space is limited, and registration can be completed here. Questions about the events can be emailed to events@vectorworks.cn.
Some of the well-received updates in the Vectorworks 2018 Chinese version include:
• Multiple drawing views: Use multiple views of a project simultaneously and begin work in one view pane and finish it in another. Switch effortlessly between viewports, views and visibility settings — simply set up panes and view them all at once. Instantly gauge the impact of a design change across 3D, plan, section and elevation views, and even start a rendering in one view while working in another.
• Direct section and elevation editing: Edit models directly from viewports: add openings, align and distribute windows, reposition doors across multiple layers, reshape walls — it’s all possible. Change the 3D views while in the section to see how edits simultaneously affect plans and model views. And, create better-looking, more-accurate drawings in a fraction of the time.
• Improved graphic output for architectural documents: Generate documentation from a BIM file much more efficiently. Improved graphic controls within section views of wall joins and wall, or slab and roof components provide the flexibility to quickly achieve high-quality documentation from a 3D model.
• Braceworks – New Product Module: An add-on module for Vectorworks Spotlight and Designer, Braceworks provides design, production and rigging professionals with an easy way to gauge the performance of temporary entertainment structures under load to ensure safety and compliance with engineering standards.
• Direct site model contour editing: Edit a site model easier than ever with improved site model settings and direct 2D contour editing. Modify each contour line as easily as editing a polyline.
Learn more about Vectorworks 2018 at vectorworks.cn.
To purchase Vectorworks in your local language, find your regional distributor at vectorworks.net/international.
New color from Citadel Architectural Products: Extra Dark Bronze
Indianapolis, April 4, 2018 – Citadel Architectural Products announced the addition of the color Extra Dark Bronze to several products in its line of metal composite material cladding.
This coil-coated color has been added to Series G: Premium PVDF and is now available in both 48- and 60-inch widths. Extra Dark Bronze is a match to Classic Bronze (Series D), offering the same hue in a high-performance PVDF with a 30-year standard warranty.
Visually, it resides between Statuary Bronze and Ebony on the color spectrum, providing the specifier an additional option for complementing window and storefront extrusions.
Extra Dark Bronze is available on the following products:
