With the year drawing to a close, let's revisit the blog posts that stole the spotlight in 2024. From intriguing industry insights to helpful how-tos, these posts were read more than 135,000 times by the Enscape community 🙌.
Counting down from 10, here are the most popular articles of the year.
10. The state of AI in architecture: insights from 1,200+ architects and designers
We surveyed architects and designers worldwide to learn how they're incorporating AI into their design processes and workflows. With responses ranging from excitement to caution, the findings provide a thorough overview of AI's emerging role in architecture.
9. Learn about the latest updates in Enscape 4.2
The release of Enscape 4.2 in October gave us an assortment of updates that strengthened Enscape's most significant advantage—its seamless integration with the host application. It included Revit Graphics Override, Support for WCS Mapping in Rhino, Multiple Section Planes for Rhino & Vectorworks, plus more.
8. What is green architecture, and why is it essential for sustainable living?
As environmental awareness and future consciousness gain traction, green architecture may hold the key to a sustainable tomorrow for buildings and people. An essential element to ensuring buildings are truly environmentally friendly is collaboration. Architects, developers, engineers, and occupants must work together to enforce sustainable building practices for a better tomorrow.
7. Revit 2025 updates Enscape users should know about
Revit users will enjoy this comprehensive overview of Revit 2025, which outlines how you can create stunning visualizations, animations, and VR experiences in Enscape. Read about extensible storage (Schema), Toposolid, Material Browser, and more.
6. Enhancing Enscape renders with AI: architectural visualization redefined
Architect and CGI Artist Vlad Moldovan shares his thoughts on AI and how he incorporates it into his visualization workflow to achieve lifelike results. He also tells us how he finds a happy medium between AI and architectural visualization.
5. Enscape 4.1 is here! Design with purpose and make an impact
This release introduced Enscape Impact, the brand-new add-on designed to seamlessly integrate real-time rendering with building performance analysis. It also included the Chaos AI Enhancer, artistic visual modes, colored shadows update, plus so much more.
4. Chaos AI Enhancer: boost visual quality with AI in Enscape
Realistic assets bring a project to life and help clients understand design intent faster. The Chaos AI Enhancer lets you export better-looking assets straight from Enscape, speeding up your workflow so you can focus on designing.
3. Enscape for SketchUp 2024 is now available
SketchUp users will enjoy this summary of the updates in SketchUp 2024, which includes Trimble Connect & Live Links, Graphics and Ambient Occlusion Snaps, Live Component Surface Modifiers, and more.
2. Enscape 4.0: the foundation for the future
The first major release of 2024 included features such as new people and animated vegetation assets, an NVIDIA denoiser for capture exports, ray-traced artificial lights, and more. It also unveiled an overhauled codebase, which strengthens the interoperability between products within the Chaos ecosystem.
1. Top 13 AI tools for architects in 2024
AI in architecture was undoubtedly a popular topic, as shown by our number one most-read blog post—a compilation of AI tools for architects! Whether you want more time to focus on complex problem-solving or push your creative boundaries, there may be a tool perfect for you on this list.
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