Seamless CAD’s new Quad Bake uses CAD face and edge data to generate quad-oriented Blender meshes rather than relying only on display tessellation. The developer describes shared boundary sampling, surface-specific meshing and automated validation.
SmileFy’s new cloud-based AI Smile Designer turns a facial photo and intraoral scan into tooth-specific analysis and a facially guided 3D design. Approved designs can be exported for in-office 3D printing, according to the company.
Plasticity 2026.2 adds a reusable Assets workflow and Studio-only geometry constraints, alongside Project Align, curvature analysis and refinements to surfacing tools. The constraints are not yet saved with the project file, an important limit for handoffs.
NVIDIA has published USD BRep, an Apache-2.0-licensed C++ and Python library for creating and editing BRep solids in OpenUSD. Its clearest near-term role is geometry exchange and automation, not a substitute for a complete feature-history CAD system.
ZWSOFT has appointed Logicom Saudi Arabia as a distributor, expanding its local channel for ZWCAD. The announcement concerns distribution and access, not a change to the software’s capabilities.
Hi3D has released v1.0 inference code and model weights for local 3D geometry refinement. The workflow requires a coarse mesh and reference image, and its hardware, output and licensing limits matter for production adoption.
Morphé brings implicit modeling, voxel processing and vector-field tools into Grasshopper for Rhino 8. Its proposed OpenVDB handoff targets simulation workflows, though performance and model-size details have not been disclosed.
V-Ray 7, Update 5 adds an in-product AI assistant, MCP connections for supported scene operations, and AI-powered asset search and generation in Cosmos. Host-app support varies, and 3ds Max users should check third-party plugin compatibility before upgrading.
