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The Nemetschek Group is rolling out MCP server (AI technology) across its product lines, and one of the newest and most interesting is Maxon’s new Cinema 4D MCP Server. The technology lets Cinema 4D users use their AI assistant of choice, including Anthropic’s Claude or OpenAI’s ChatGPT, to offload chores, automate tasks, and streamline workflows so they can focus on creative work. Cinema 4D MCP Server “The idea is simple: artists retain control while handing off any tasks they consider a chore.

In its official fall release, Budapest-based Graphisoft announced its 2026 product portfolio, centering its roadmap on intuitive design, expanded AI capabilities, and cross-disciplinary ecosystem integration. Under the strategic theme “It feels right,” the company aims to eliminate software friction, enabling architects, structural engineers, developers, and MEP specialists to make data-informed design choices from initial feasibility studies through construction delivery.

At Autodesk University 2026 in Las Vegas, Autodesk dropped a major preview detailing the next evolution of its artificial intelligence strategy. Moving aggressively beyond static, single-app Q&A chatbots, the CAD titan showcased an ecosystem driven by specialized “agentic AI” deployed across its unified industry clouds: Autodesk Forma (AEC), Autodesk Fusion (Manufacturing), and Autodesk Flow (Media & Entertainment).

Vectorworks is a finalist in six categories in this year’s Annual Construction Computing Awards (‘The Hammers’) from the UK’s Construction Computing magazine. A popular vote invites industry professionals to weigh in on who is deserving of this year’s awards.

At long last, a software developer has created a 2D/3D architectural diagramming tool. Lumion is well known for its real-time rendering, but the company has also released an architectural diagramming tool.

AUTODESK UNIVERSITY RETURNED TO THE Venetian Resort Convention Center in Las Vegas with powerful momentum and inspiration for more than 10,000 attendees looking for solutions to improve their business workflows. Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost spoke with sincerity and passion about his commitment to creating connected solutions that increase productivity and ease of use while cutting unnecessary costs.

The award-winning Morpholio Trace tablet application that was acquired by Vectorworks recently now has a new enterprise offering designed to deploy Trace at scale within architectural and landscape architectural organizations. Morpholio Trace is an application that runs on tablet computers like the Apple iPad and works with the Apple Pencil to enable sophisticated hand sketching, drawings, markup, and annotation, and can interact with Vectorworks.

Every September, we can expect the latest annual release of Vectorworks, which tends to be a bit more exciting than nearly all other BIM makers due to the fact that the Nemetschek Group’s daughter company tends to have a predictable pattern of delivering exciting new features across a range of development vectors. Let’s unpack that statement briefly.

Autodesk University 2026 kicked off yesterday, and Architosh’s West Coast editor, Akiko Ashley, is on the ground in Las Vegas with Kevin Cahill, an architect, VFX 3D artist, and her husband. We will therefore have deep insights into AU2026 this year, plus interesting insights from the expo floor and more. The Forma Platform This year at AU2026, Autodesk is showing just how much more mature the Forma cloud platform and ecosystem have become in a few short years.

Maxon of Germany, a subsidiary of the Nemetschek Group, is headed to IBC 2026 and will be giving exclusive first looks at major product updates and brand-new innovations for Cinema 4D, Autograph, Redshift Render, Red Giant, and ZBrush. For Maxon users in Europe or abroad, IBC 2026 will be the place to be. In addition to major updates to Maxon One, some of the updates to individual products will be some of the biggest product advancements in years.