Jan Kaliciak, a long time creative professional and instructor, has been using Strata to help with his contributions to the EOS Mars Program for many years. Now he has taken his work from virtual to physical using Strata and 3D printing. What is the EOS Mars Program? “It’s an imaginative and speculative enterprise in visualizing the possible realities of moving and living in a Mars environment, based on current science and engineering developments.” Is it science? Yes, and no. In Jan’s opinion, sometimes imagination leads science. Now, with 3D printing, Jan can communicate his concepts

Do yourself a favor and head over to Instagram to follow @Strata3D! We’ll be highlighting work created by professionals like yourself each week, enabling you to be inspired & that much more successful using Strata. Today’s post features a throwback of Strata’s creators, Ken & Gary – check it out! If you’re interested in being featured, please send an email to socialmedia@strata.com  

The good news just keeps rolling in for Design 3D CX 8. In this review, Photoshop User Magazine gives Design 3D a five diamond rating and calls it a “hot pick”. Here’s a small sample of the review: “With Design 3D CX 8, you can create beautiful 3D objects and scenes, architecture, and even interior design… Focusing on modeling makes Strata Design 3D CX 8 incredibly fast and the new Embree Raycasting Technology, which has been integrated directly into the Strata rendering engine, provides an overall speed increase of up to eight times that of the previous release.” To read

Another important update was released today. Design 3D CX 8.1.1 adds 12 fixes and improvements. Added to the recent free 8.1 update this makes for more than 30 important changes to Design 3D CX.

The most recent review of Design 3D CX 8 for Mac comes from IT Enquirer. The headline reads: “Strata Design 3D CX 8 Winter 2015-2016 Release renders faster, better, with stage models” – They get us – they really get us =)