Spotlight: Vectorworks 2027, and a cleaner Revit and DWG handoff
Vectorworks 2027 is shipping. Revit families and DWG dynamic blocks import as live objects, and a geolocation wizard lines up surveys.
Spotlight: Emesent SLAM scans now drop into Trimble Connect
Emesent GX1 and Hovermap SLAM data can now flow into Trimble Connect and Business Center. What scan-to-BIM teams should test first.
Spotlight: Forma Street Design, and Civil 3D as a connected client
Autodesk is putting early street design in Forma and making Civil 3D a Forma Connected Client. What civil and BIM teams should try in the closed beta.
Spotlight: Autodesk’s AI shift, and what Revit 2027 actually adds
Autodesk is moving AEC work toward Forma and Autodesk Assistant. Here is the AI that shipped in Revit 2027, and what BIM teams should try first.
Spotlight: Bluebeam Revu can now talk to your AI through MCP
Revu 21.9+ on Bluebeam Max can connect Claude, GitHub Copilot CLI and AnythingLLM so prompts run markup and PDF work inside the drawing set.
Spotlight: Firm Details, a Revit library that stays in the model
A look at Firm Details, a native Revit add-in that turns existing project details into a searchable firm library without a migration.