News: AECO
AIA26: Expo Show Floor Report 1 — Autodesk
Autodesk is the subject of our first AIA26 show report and we cover what we saw and focused on around Forma products at the show
AIA26: AI and Automation Shine in San Diego—Some Highlights
Agentic AI and automation were front and center at AIA26 in San Diego this year. In this brief report, we bring you some highlights of what we saw.
AIA26: Architosh 12th 'BEST of SHOW' honors for digital technologies at AIA San Diego
The 2026 AIA National BEST of SHOW honors for the most interesting and compelling software and digital technologies at AIA26
News: Visualization
AIA26: Maxon's new Redshift for Revit and More
Redshift for Autodesk Revit and Graphisoft Archicad (beta) shown at AIA26 San Diego in Maxon booth. New software for architects and interior designers
Enscape, V-Ray, and Corona Get Veras AI Integration
Chaos integrates Veras into Enscape, V-Ray, and Corona and introduces new credit-based hybrid-licensing system for AEC visualization
SketchUp Adds Anthropic's Claude—AI-powered 3D modeling
Sketchup Connector for Claude adds trusted, intuitive AI enhanced 3D workflows to popular 3D modeler in AEC
Industry Commentary and Analysis
Autodesk Announces AutoCAD 2021—Includes Free Extended Access to Cloud Tools
New AutoCAD 2021 boasts excellent new features that will streamline the work of AutoCAD users on desktop, web, and mobile, integrating with Google Drive and AutoCAD Web App, plus lots more.
AIA26: Graphisoft Advances Design Intelligence Strategy
Graphisoft’s unified data intelligence design platform will support informed decision-making and better-performing buildings from earliest phases
HighDesign 2017 Explained—Can a Mac-only App Really Break Into the Windows CAD World?
ILEXSOFT’s co-founder says its expansion into the world of CAD on Windows, with its uniquely flavored Mac-only CAD, HighDesign, is more than just responding to its customers—it’s also about fitting into BIM workflows.
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.
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.
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.
Editor's Picks
News: Apple
Apple and TSMC working in AI chip for data centers
Apple and TSMC have been secretly working together on AI chips for data centers for years. Apple aims to edge up Google and Microsoft in the AI arms race.
Apple Intros Apple Silicon-based Mac Pro
Apple’s lovable Mac Pro enclosure is now married to Apple’s industry-leading Apple Silicon. But the new M2 Ultra-powered workstation isn’t for everyone.
Gurman says Apple Reality One Headset will have iOS-like Interface
Apple’s Reality One VR/AR headset may be a game changer for the immersive industry with a digital crown feature that is said to be a key feature.
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- Aug 24, 15 – SIG: Final Complete Siggraph 2015 Event Photos & Notes [10:53 am] 2 responses
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- Aug 22, 15 – ZWCAD Design releases ZWCAD+ 2015 SP3 [06:53 pm] 0 responses
- Aug 22, 15 – LightWave 3D Group Releases LightWave 2015 Update 3 [10:35 am] 2 responses
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- Aug 20, 15 – Parallels Launches Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac [03:19 pm] 2 responses
- Aug 20, 15 – GRAPHISOFT’s Marketing Campaign, “Faster than Ever” Wins Bronze Stevie® Award in 2015 IBA [08:20 am] 0 responses
- Aug 19, 15 – Nemetschek Vectorworks offers free industry conference passes and hotel stays to students [01:16 pm] 2 responses
- Aug 19, 15 – Top iPad app OrthoGraph is now at version 10.3 [09:57 am] 2 responses
- Aug 19, 15 – ARES Mobile featured in Grabowski series on Mobile CAD [09:52 am] 4 responses
- Aug 18, 15 – SIG: Pixar RenderMan’s News at SIGGRAPH 2015 [02:40 pm] 2 responses
- Aug 18, 15 – Wrap-Up: NVIDIA Launched DesignWorks VR at SIGGRAPH 2015 [12:30 pm] 2 responses
- Aug 18, 15 – EIZO ships new 4K ColorEdge High-End Displays [08:02 am] 0 responses
- Aug 15, 15 – Bradford College case study with GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD 19 offer [12:15 pm] 2 responses
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- Aug 13, 15 – Parallels Launches Parallels Access 3.0 Remote Access App [02:55 pm] 2 responses
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- Aug 13, 15 – SIG: New KeyShot Plugins for Autodesk Maya 2016 and Cinema 4D [10:46 am] 2 responses
- Aug 12, 15 – Allegorithmic Integrates NVIDIA DesignWorks Technologies into Substance Designer [12:55 pm] 2 responses
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- Aug 12, 15 – SIGGRAPH 2015: OTOY improves economies of scale, speed and cost with powerful next-generation production pipelines [10:31 am] 2 responses
- Aug 12, 15 – AIA says US Architecture Firm Compensation Rises [08:12 am] 2 responses
- Aug 11, 15 – LightWave 3D Group and 3rd Powers Team Up to Offer Powerful Creativity Bundle for SIGGRAPH Week 2015 [01:11 pm] 2 responses
- Aug 11, 15 – SIGGRAPH WEEK 2015: LightWave 3D Group offers free 90-day LightWave 2015 Full Feature Trial Software [01:09 pm] 2 responses
- Aug 11, 15 – SIG: Khronos Invites Industry Participation to Create Safety Critical Graphics and Compute Standards [01:06 pm] 2 responses
- Aug 11, 15 – SIG: Autodesk at Siggraph 2015 in LA [11:43 am] 0 responses
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- Aug 07, 15 – Chaos Group Releases V-Ray 3.1 for Maya [12:10 pm] 0 responses
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- Aug 06, 15 – E-on Software Ships Carbon Scatter 2015.5! [02:36 pm] 0 responses
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- Aug 05, 15 – Market report says CAD market in Japan to grow 5.7 percent from 2015 – 2019 [12:15 pm] 0 responses
- Aug 04, 15 – MAXON Announces Milestone Cinema 4D Release 17 [01:55 pm] 0 responses
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- Jul 30, 15 – SIGGRAPH 2015 Conference Mobile App is available for download [02:41 pm] 0 responses
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- Jul 29, 15 – Autodesk’s July update to Fusion 360 adds many new features [03:25 pm] 541 responses
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- Jul 28, 15 – Nemetschek Vectorworks Named Headline Sponsor for Build New York Live [06:40 pm] 0 responses
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- Jul 23, 15 – CS Odessa has released its first iPad App—Diagram Viewer [01:23 pm] 2 responses
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- Jul 21, 15 – Visidraft gets limelight in Architect Magazine [12:50 pm] 4 responses
- Jul 20, 15 – LightWave 3D Group offers special cross-grade offer for LightWave 2015 [08:30 am] 3 responses
- Jul 15, 15 – GRAPHISOFT touts major win with Brazilian architecture firm [04:43 am] 26 responses
- Jul 13, 15 – Autodesk Building Ops is new iPhone based app for building operations [05:23 am] 15 responses
