As far as I known this preview are based on GPU and only for preview section. Rendering process is still based on CPU. But there is no block from maxwell to change to full GPU or CPUGPU in their next move.
I still love Octane all the way but Maxwell support and materials are still the best for me ...

I may be reading too much into the new internet connection requirement, but from what is being said my guess is 2.3 might have some sort of cloud computing option where users who want to link systems on a render have that option. Now that would be awesome! Looking forward to the next update

Hi, we're working on collada, it will be in beta3, the one following the next 2.3

Radiance

Awesome news on Collada import. Is there any chance the obj import and collada import will recongnize objects that are split up by geometry not just material in a future release. For example can I open an ...

Gthrash,

I highly recommend moi3d for opening up your solidworks models in and saving out an .obj Moi can import iges, step, or .sat from solidworks. There is a free demo to try on their site http://moi3d.com/

I am using solidworks 2010 sp3, and the collada export works, but it looks like collada ...