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News: AECO

Graphisoft Unveils Archicad 2026 & Nemetschek Creator

Graphisoft has officially unveiled its 2026 product portfolio under the unifying theme “It feels right,” bringing AI-assisted intelligence, cloud connectivity, and deep ecosystem updates across its architectural and MEP offerings. Crucially, the announcement sets the stage for the upcoming rollout of Nemetschek Creator—the full commercial embodiment and continuation of what was previously known to Architosh readers as Project Aurora—bridging early-stage cloud ideation, AI feasibility analysis, and detailed Archicad BIM workflows

AU2026: Autodesk Shifts AI from Chatbots to Agentic Ecosystems

At AU 2026, Autodesk unveiled its next-gen agentic AI strategy, evolving Autodesk Assistant into a cross-cloud orchestrator for AEC, Fusion, and Flow.

Vectorworks a Finalist in 'The Hammers' Awards

Vectorworks finalist in six categories at the 2026 Construction Computing Awards, including Morpholio Trace and Vectorworks Architect

Lumion intros Axogram—new architectural diagramming tool

AU2026: Key Announcements in Agentic AI, Forma, and Fusion

Vectorworks' New Morpholio Trace for Business

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News: Visualization

Lumion intros Axogram—new architectural diagramming tool

Lumion intros Axogram to generate architectural diagrams that remain connected to underlying geometry in Revit, Archicad and SketchUp

IBC2026: Maxon Brings Exclusive Fall Innovation Preview

IBC attendees to get first look at new Maxon fall release innovations, including new UI/UX updates for Cinema 4D, and advancements for full product lines

D5 Render 3.1: The Future of Architectural Design Reviews

D5 3.1 is changing the nature of architectural design reviews where interactivity is destined for the future of how architects collaborate with stakeholders

D5 Lite for Rhino and Revit Now Available

AIA26: Expo Show Floor Report 4—Chaos

Looking at Chaos V-Ray 7 Update 4

Industry Commentary and Analysis

Autodesk To Acquire SaaS Construction Industry Darling 'PlanGrid'—What It Can Mean

Autodesk announces its intention to acquire PlanGrid, giving the design software giant instant street cred in the booming Construction Tech software market. BIM 360, Revit and PlanGrid integrations and a deepening ecosystem for CDE systems will catapult Autodesk within the construction software sector.

SketchUp Launches AI-Powered Image Search for 3D Warehouse

SketchUp’s 3D Warehouse gains new AI-powered image search speeding up architect and designer workflows.

2018 Vectorworks Design Summit—Registration Opens

Sunny Arizona will be the site of the annual Vectorworks Design Summit this year. The resort will offer attendees an inducement to make a little fall vacation out of it or bring their family along. While the venue type changes the focus is on a powerful educational experience for their users.

Nemetschek Group—Begins 2021 with Double-Digit Revenue Growth

Apple's WebGPU Standard Proposal—Aiming at Common Access to Explicit Graphics

'The Wild' Is Compelling New AR-VR Software Solution for Mac and Windows

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News: CAID

AU25: All About Autodesk's AI Neural CAD Engines

Architosh discusses details of Autodesk’s new AI foundation models (neural CAD engines) with insights from interactions at AU25.

IMSI Design Releases TurboCAD Mac 15

TurboCAD Mac 15 product line features AI-powered TurboCAD Mac Copilot features to leverage AI technologies in AEC and MCAD CAD workflows.

Luxion Releases KeyShot 11

KeyShot 11 is a pivotal release that expands Luxion’s continued advancements with users to solve their most pressing product development needs in the areas of material design, information management, motion, automation, and presentation.

MultiPipe and new Apple Silicon Support in Rhino 7

Luxion Releases KeyShot 10.2

McNeel Ships New Rhino 6—Grasshopper Now Built-In

News: MCAD

Graebert releases ARES 2027—big AI push and Forma integration

Graebert of Berlin delivers substantial updates to ARES 2027 product line with deep AI advancements and Autodesk Forma Cloud integrations.

ProgeSOFT releases DWG-native iCADMac 2025

iCADMac 2025 from ProgeSOFT of Switzerland offers further competition to AutoCAD and other native DWG CAD applications with the latest macOS compatibility and optimization for ARM and Intel.

Product Watch: BOXX APEXX S3 and S4 with Intel Core Ultra CPUs

BOXX Technologies is the first pro workstation maker to ship new workstations featuring Intel Core Ultra 7 and Ultra 9 processors.

IMSI Design Releases TurboCAD Mac 15

Autodesk 2024 State of Design & Make Report—AI a Highlight

Autodesk intros AutoCAD 2025—AI and Smart Blocks and More

News: Animation & VFX

Cinema 4D Comes to iPad

Award-winning Cinema 4D 3D modeling and animation system coming to Apple iPad in late 2026 — enabling creativity on the go

Maxon appoints Steve Forde to Chief Product Officer

Maxon appoints Steve Forde as Chief Product Officer (CPO), where he will lead Maxon’s global product group and drive innovation and deeper connections to artists’ needs.

Chaos releases Vantage 3—real-time visualization platform

Chaos Vantage 3 boasts major new features in its biggest update in years, including Gaussian splat and USD file support, Night Sky system, AI tech, and a whole lot more.

Maxon releases new Red Giant Update—Enhanced Unreal Support

SPEC Releases SPECapc for Maya 2024 Benchmark, Adds SPEC Workload Development Kit

Maxon Delivers Massive updates for Maxon One

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