en.Wedoany.com Reported - Autodesk recently released further details on its neural CAD model, specifically designed for 3D design, which was initially announced at Autodesk University 2025 in September 2025. Mike Haley, head of Autodesk Research, stated in a related paper that the company is building a professional-grade AI foundation model specifically for reasoning and generating precise 2D and 3D CAD information. In the paper, Haley described that neural CAD is expected to transform the current 3D design paradigm, allowing users to initiate design ideas through voice, typing, drawing, or uploading images, with the system reasoning the request and generating highly detailed CAD objects and components.
However, neural CAD remains in the hypothetical stage for now. The paper, nearly 3,000 words long, contains little new information. The AI capabilities demonstrated in the video are mostly already released technologies, such as Fusion AutoConstrain (launched in early 2025) and Forma Building Layout Explorer (an experimental feature in Forma Site Design, similar to the generative design application Autodesk promoted in 2017), and also mentioned the 2024 Project Bernini text-to-CAD feature.
The paper mentioned two previously undisclosed AI features. One is Fusion AutoTimeline, which generates a parametric history tree for non-parametric solids, applicable to imported components, but no availability date has been announced. The other is Project Quill, which allows users to convert rough sketches and text annotations into refined sketches and renderings with an ingenious interface design, though no release date has been mentioned either.
When neural CAD was first announced in 2025, there were questions about whether it was worth anticipating. Currently, these features have not yet been made available to users.
In other CAD software developments, IMSI Design released TurboCAD Mac 17, its 2D and 3D CAD suite for macOS, enhancing plugin capabilities with Copilot Render and Copilot Part Finder. PTC launched PTC Orbit, a cloud-native asset intelligence solution that connects PLM, ERP, CRM, IoT, EAM, and FSM systems to a unified asset record. According to Leo AI CEO Maor Farid, Leo AI is now available as an application within Onshape.
Additionally, Ed Fontes, Vice President of Development at Comsol, analyzed the 2026 World Cup match ball from a simulation perspective in "Modeling the Beautiful Game: From Ball Design to the Powerful Outstep Shot."
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