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Luxology Launches modo 401 with New Rendering and Animation Features
Innovative New Workflows Leverage Deep Functionality Improvements in the Fourth Major Release of modo

San Mateo, Calif. – June 19, 2009 – The rapid evolution of modo took another leap today as Luxology® LLC announced the immediate availability of its latest 3D content creation software, modo 401. With a focus on rendering and animation enhancements, modo® 401 delivers a wealth of new features and innovative workflows, which enable users to easily model on top of existing geometry, see changes in their scene immediately from the radically improved Preview renderer and efficiently re-use assets throughout the content creation process. These new features benefit customers in a broad array of disciplines such as architectural visualization, product design, game development and advertising image production.

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Luxology Hosts modo 401 Roadshow Across Germany
Extensive modo Demonstrations Taking Place in Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Frankfurt

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April 14, 2009 – Luxology® LLC, in collaboration with maconcept and the SAE Institute, will be showcasing the newest version of modo® 401, its innovative 3D modeling, painting and rendering software, at the modo 401 German Roadshow from April 24 through April 30, 2009. The demonstrations will be conducted by Luxology’s Training Division Manager, Andy Brown, who will provide tips and explore modo’s new asset-based workflow, followed by a question and answer period after each session.

Roadshow dates and locations are as follows:

Friday, April 24, 2009
SAE Institute Berlin
Soltauer Str. 18-22
13405 Berlin

Monday, April 27, 2009
SAE Institute Hamburg
Feldstr. 66
20359 Hamburg

Wednesday, April 29, 2009
SAE Institute Cologne
Medienzentrum Ost
Carlswerkstraße 11-13
Gebäude 11c
51063 Köln

Thursday, April 30, 2009
SAE Institute Frankfurt
Homburger Landstraße 182
60435 Frankfurt

Demonstrations in Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt will begin at 3:00 p.m. The demonstration in Cologne will begin at 4:30 p.m. For more information or to register, please visit http://www.maconcept.de/content/view/263/.

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Luxology Announces Customized COLLADA Plug-in for modo
New Functionality to be Showcased at GDC 2009 Chalk Talk Session

San Mateo, Calif. – March 23, 2008 – Luxology® LLC, developers of modern, artist-focused 3D software, today announced a new customized COLLADA plug-in for the soon to be announced modo® 401. Introducing a host of new features for exporting from modo and a totally new COLLADA importer, modo 401 users will be able to easily preserve key attributes of their modo creations for file export and round-trip manipulation even in complex 3D pipelines.

Luxology will be demonstrating its new COLLADA plug-in at the GDC 2009 Chalk Talk session called “New COLLADA I/O Plug-in for modo 401.” Presented by Luxology’s David Vasquez, the session will take place at the Intel Visual Adrenaline Lounge from 1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 26.

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Luxology’s Andy Brown Hosting Workshop Sessions at IDSA Conference
Workshop Sessions Using modo Software Will Focus on Shoe Modeling

Boston – March 10, 2009 – The Industrial Designers Society of America’s (IDSA) Northeastern District Conference will be featuring two sessions hosted by Luxology’s Learning Tools Division manager, Andy Brown. The two workshop sessions will focus on modeling and visualizing a soccer shoe design right down to the stitching using modo®, Luxology’s award-winning 3D modeling, painting and rendering software. These sessions are both part of the IDSA Friday “Bootcamp” Workshops, which will take place on Friday, March 27, 2009 from 2:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. These sessions will demonstrate how subdivision surface models are well suited for the conceptual design of hard and soft body consumer product goods. Luxology will have an exhibit space at the conference.

The IDSA Northeast District Conference will be held from March 27-29, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge located at 575 Memorial Dr., Cambridge, MA 02139-4896.

For more information or to register for the IDSA Northeast District Conference, please visit http://ned.idsaboston.org/register/.

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Luxology Previews New SolidWorks Importer at SolidWorks World 2009

Orlando (SolidWorks World, Booth # 1207) – Feb. 9, 2009 – Luxology® LLC , developers of modo®, a modern, designer-focused 3D software application, today demonstrated a new SolidWorks importer during SolidWorks World 2009. The importer is the result of a joint engineering effort between Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks and Luxology, and will be included in the upcoming release of modo 401. Compatible with Windows operating systems, the new importer supports the loading of SolidWorks files directly into modo for decoration, animation and rendering. To see Luxology’s new importer working inside of modo 401, please visit the company’s booth, #1207.

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Luxology’s modo Software Helps NASA Visualize Prototype Moon Rover Featured at Inauguration Parade

Washington, D.C. – Jan. 20, 2009 – A new NASA lunar rover, the six-wheeled Lunar Electric Vehicle, is making its first public appearance during the parade at the inauguration ceremonies for U.S. President Barack Obama. The prototype was visualized in Luxology’s modo® 302 software by NASA designers at the Langley Research Center, enabling them to create a photoreal image of the vehicle prior to physical production. The designer’s precise rendering relied heavily on modo 302 features such as Micropoly Displacement, which allowed them to get the texture of carbon fiber just right. Both parade attendees and TV viewers can view the first public showing of the next-generation rover, visualized in Luxology’s modo software and produced by NASA for the proposed manned return to the moon in approximately 2020.

Rob Burns, Bob Evangelista, Dave Helton, Jeff Murch, and Josh Sams of AMA Inc. contributed to this project for NASA.

The Presidential Inauguration will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009, beginning at 10 a.m. EST. It will be airing on all major networks. For more information, please visit www.inauguration.dc.gov/index.asp

More images of the modo-created prototype can be viewed at www.nasa.gov/exploration/home/LER.html

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Luxology Offers Two New modo Training Videos for its Growing Architectural Visualization Customer Base

San Mateo, Calif. – Dec. 10, 2008 – Luxology® LLC today announced that two new sets of videos focused on architectural subjects have been added to the company’s growing training library. Using modo® 302, Luxology’s artist-friendly 3D content creation software, the “Architectural Modeling” video training album demonstrates how to create an architectural model from a given set of dimensions, and the “Architectural Interior: Lighting and Rendering” video album provides techniques for creating compelling day and night shots of a contemporary interior living space. To expedite the learning experience, Luxology provides pre-built models and images with each tutorial. Both albums are produced in high-definition resolution and are available for immediate purchase at http://www.luxology.com/store/training_materials.aspx.

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ROKKAN Taps Luxology’s modo for Interactive 3D Website Development

San Mateo, Calif. – Nov. 10, 2008 – Graphics on websites are now rivaling the game itself. To keep up with consumers’ growing demand, full-service interactive agency ROKKAN has integrated Luxology®’s modo® into its production pipeline for creative 3D website development. ROKKAN, best known for creating content-rich 3D websites for games and products such as 2k Games’ Bioshock, Stride Gum’s Spit it Out Adventure, Nintendo’s Mystery Case Files and Dawn’s Dawn Hands Have Talent, relies on modo for its superb modeling and rendering tools, along with its seamless ability to enhance existing workflow.

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Luxology Announces Rhinoceros File Translator for modo

San Mateo, Calif. – Oct. 8, 2008 –Luxology® LLC, an independent technology company developing next-generation 3D content creation software, today announced the immediate availability of a new 3DM file translator that allows modo® users to exchange files with Rhinoceros® (Rhino), the popular 3D design tool from Robert McNeel and Associates. Developed using modo 302’s File I/O Software Developer Kit (SDK), this new translator allows modo users to both read and write meshed 3DM files, greatly enhancing workflow for modo and Rhino users working in industrial design, design visualization, package design and marketing content development. Available from www.luxology.com, the new 3DM translator is based on Robert McNeel and Associates’ OpenNURBS™ library and is available in both Mac and PC versions.

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Luxology Announces imageSynth 2 – Seamless Texture Creation Plug-in for Adobe Creative Suite 4

San Mateo, Calif. – Oct. 6, 2008 – Luxology® LLC, an independent technology company developing modern 3D content creation software, today announced the immediate availability of imageSynth™ 2, the newest version its popular image processing tool. Featuring up to ten times faster performance, imageSynth 2 allows artists to quickly process existing images into new seamless textures, synthetic images and backgrounds, and generate super high-resolution images from low resolution sources. imageSynth 2 is now available in both a standalone version and as a plug-in for Adobe® Creative Suite® 4. For more information or to purchase please visit www.luxology.com/store/imageSynth.aspx.

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Luxology’s Nexus Powers PhotoView 360 Design Visualization Tool in SolidWorks 2009 3D CAD Software. Companies Collaborate on Highly Interactive Rendering Application

San Mateo, Calif. – Sept. 25, 2008 – Luxology® LLC, an independent technology company developing modern 3D content creation software, today announced that its Nexus® technology was used to jointly develop PhotoView 360, the new design visualization application that is bundled with SolidWorks Premium and Professional 2009 editions. Designed to deliver new levels of interactivity, the software features physically based lighting, a library of realistic surface appearances and a collection of studio-quality lighting environments. Nexus is the core rendering technology behind PhotoView 360. Information on PhotoView 360 and the complete SolidWorks 2009 offering is available at www.solidworks.com.

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Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. Licenses Luxology’s Nexus Rendering Technology Leading CAD Vendor Joins Luxology’s New Technology Licensing Program

Los Angeles (SIGGRAPH) – August 12, 2008 – Luxology® LLC, developers of modern, artist-focused 3D software, today announced that DS SolidWorks has entered into a technology licensing agreement to utilize Luxology’s Nexus® rendering technology. As one of the leading 3D mechanical CAD software vendors worldwide, DS SolidWorks selected Nexus for its modern architecture and superior rendering capabilities. Luxology.

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Bentley Systems Taps Nexus Architecture to Provide Enhanced Microstation Rendering Leading Provider of Software for Sustaining Infrastructure Licenses Technology Behind Luxology’s Award-Winning modo

Los Angeles (SIGGRAPH) – August 12, 2008 – Luxology® LLC, developers of modern, artist- focused 3D software, today announced Bentley Systems, the global leader in software for sustaining infrastructure, has licensed its Nexus rendering technology. Bentley chose Nexus for its overall performance and plans to use it for enhancements to Bentley’s MicroStation product line and many more applications in Bentley’s comprehensive portfolio of products.

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Luxology Adds Cogswell Polytechnical College to its Growing Education Provider Program

San Mateo, Calif. – August 5, 2008 – Luxology® LLC, developers of modern, artist-focused 3D software, today announced that Cogswell Polytechnical College has joined its expanding Education Provider Program. This partnership ensures that all students enrolled in Cogswell’s 3D Modeling major will benefit from increased access to modo® and other innovative 3D technology and training from Luxology.

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Florida State University Joins Luxology’s Education Provider Program

San Mateo, Calif. – July 22, 2008 – Luxology® LLC, developers of modern, artist-focused 3D software, today announced a partnership with Florida State University that will make modo® 3D software available to all students enrolled in the College of Communication’s Media Production Program as well as the staff of Seminole Productions, Florida State’s in-house production facility. Florida State is the first institution to join Luxology’s Education Provider Program (EPP), a new academic initiative designed to offer select colleges and universities with increased access to modo and other innovative 3D technology and training from Luxology.

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Luxology Offers New Rapid Prototyping with modo Tutorial Series

San Mateo, Calif. – July 15, 2008 – Luxology® LLC today announced the immediate availability of “MP3 Player: Rapid Visualization and Prototyping,” a new video album that demonstrates how modo 302’s robust toolset can be used to complement and enhance the product design process. Created by Luxology’s Training Division Director, Andy Brown, this training series offers step-by-step instruction on rapidly giving form to design concepts using Subdivision surfaces in modo. The video album also covers the process of preparing a model for 3D printing and creation of final presentation images. For more information or to purchase, please visit http://www.luxology.com/store/training_series12.aspx.

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Luxology Launches Education Provider Program

San Mateo, Calif. – July 8, 2008 – Luxology® LLC, developers of modern, artist-focused 3D software, today announced its new Education Provider Program, which offers leading colleges, universities and 3D animation schools worldwide access to academically-priced modo® and associated training materials from Luxology. The new Education Provider Program is a key part of Luxology’s plan to meet the growing demand for modo by offering additional educational benefits to customers in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

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Luxology’s modo Delivers New Perspectives on Seattle’s Space Needle

San Mateo, Calif. – June 30, 2008 – When the owners of Seattle’s Space Needle wanted a photorealistic 3D sequence of the iconic structure for a new marketing campaign, advertising agency Radarworks knew exactly who to call: Dawson 3D. Their confidence was rewarded when studio founder Henk Dawson delivered a stunning animated fly-by created entirely in modo® 302, Luxology’s award-winning, artist-friendly 3D content creation software.

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Luxology Expands its Training Offerings with Two New modo Tutorials

San Mateo, Calif. – June 16, 2008 – Luxology® LLC, developers of modern, artist-focused 3D software, today announced the immediate availability of two additional modo® 302 video albums created by Luxology’s Training Division. The albums, entitled “Concept Car” and “Cartoon Kid,” are provided in high-definition resolution and provide step-by-step instruction on how to efficiently use modo software to model, paint and render.

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Luxology Sponsors International Furniture Design Competition with Skuuma

San Mateo, Calif. – April 22, 2008 – In a rare opportunity, furniture designers of any level can compete to have one of their creations manufactured by a prominent international furniture manufacturer. Luxology® LLC, an independent 3D software company, announced that it is the primary sponsor of Skuuma‘s home and office furniture design competition, which began on April 21 and concludes July 23, 2008. Winners of the Skuuma Design Competition will be announced at the Dutch Design Week in October 2008 in Eindhoven, Netherlands.