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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

AIA26: Graphisoft Advances Design Intelligence Strategy

AIA26: Kestrel Labs -- Native BIM Compliance Platform

Enscape, V-Ray, and Corona Get Veras AI Integration

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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

Cinema 4D Comes to iPad

Real-time rendering comes to V-Ray viewport in V-Ray 7

Maxon Enters AEC with Real-Time Rendering

Industry Commentary and Analysis

Bentley Systems' OpenSite Designer Now Available

OpenSite Designer uniquely integrates modeling, optimization, and automated deliverables to accelerate digital twin advancements for civil site designers.

Apple Updates MacBook Pro—Intros 6-Core 8th Gen Intel Processors

Top line performance boosts using Intel’s Coffee Lake processors with up to 6 cores, plus iPad Pro and iMac Pro features aim this generation more firmly at Mac Professsionals.

WebGL 2.0—Why It's the Path to Stable Open Standards-based 3D Web Graphics

As WebGL 2.0 has emerged into a powerful technology built on the back of a very successful WebGL 1.0 now fully utilized across numerous professional CAD and 3D apps on the Web. This feature discusses this history and why WebGL 2.0 is such a crucial standard.

ILEXSOFT's new HighDesign R8.2 for architectural design

The Mac-Only Cheetah3D Gets Biggest Update Ever in Version 7

Autodesk's AutoCAD Web App—Named Finalist in User Experience by Fast Company

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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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