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Velo3D Secures $11.5 Million Full Rate Production Contract from Key US Defense Contractor

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FREMONT, CA, USA, Feb 18, 2026 – Velo3D, Inc. (NASDAQ: VELO), a leading additive manufacturing technology company for mission-critical metal components has been awarded a multi-year full rate production contract from a key U.S. defense contractor, valued at $11.5 million in support of a high-profile national security program.

“Velo3D is absolutely honored to continue supporting key industry partners delivering critical programs that strengthen our national security,” said Dr. Arun Jeldi, CEO of Velo3D. “This multi-year full rate production contract signals the trust and confidence our customers have in Velo3D to scale programs rapidly through faster part delivery, enhanced reliability and the surge capacity needed to meet evolving demands of their customers.”

The contract leverages Velo3D’s Rapid Production Solution (RPS) and industrial-scale Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) printing capability to produce high-performance, critical components quickly and at a lower cost than the same components produced using traditional subtractive manufacturing methods.

All Velo3D Sapphire printers are assembled in the United States and capable of printing parts up to 600mm in diameter and one meter in height repeatably across the entire fleet of Velo3D Sapphire printers. This advancement significantly expands addressable applications, enabling larger part production while offering the many benefits of LPBF technology, such as higher fidelity printing and Velo3D’s best in class layer-by-layer in-situ process monitoring.

About Velo3D

Velo3D is a metal 3D printing technology company. 3D printing—also known as additive manufacturing (AM)—has a unique ability to improve the way high-value metal parts are built. However, legacy metal AM has been greatly limited in its capabilities since its invention almost 30 years ago. This has prevented the technology from being used to create the most valuable and impactful parts, restricting its use to specific niches where the limitations were acceptable.

Velo3D has overcome these limitations so engineers can design and print the parts they want. The company’s solution unlocks a wide breadth of design freedom and enables customers in space exploration, aviation, power generation, energy, and semiconductor to innovate the future in their respective industries. Using Velo3D, these customers can now build mission-critical metal parts that were previously impossible to manufacture. The fully integrated solution includes the Flow print preparation software, the Sapphire family of printers, and the Assure quality control system—all of which are powered by Velo3D’s Intelligent Fusion manufacturing process. The company delivered its first Sapphire system in 2018 and has been a strategic partner to innovators such as Honeywell, Honda, Chromalloy, and Lam Research. Velo3D has been named as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies for 2024. For more information, please visit Velo3D.com, or follow the company on LinkedIn or X.

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Materialise Expands CMF Portfolio with Custom-Made PEEK Implants

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LEUVEN, Belgium, Feb 18, 2026 — Materialise NV, a global leader in personalized medical solutions, today announced the addition of PEEK (polyetheretherketone) implants to its cranio-maxillofacial (CMF) portfolio. The expansion provides surgeons with the flexibility to choose between titanium and PEEK for patient-specific reconstructions, while maintaining the continuity of Materialise’s integrated digital ecosystem — one planning session, one workflow, one partner.

The custom-made PEEK implants are fully integrated into the company’s established CMF portfolio, which includes collaborative 3D planning with dedicated clinical engineers in Mimics Enlight CMF software, seamless case management through Mimics Flow, and fixation with Materialise Standard+ Solutions. This continuity ensures surgeons can select the appropriate material for each clinical indication while maintaining the same validated, traceable process they rely on.

“Personalization isn’t just about material choices but about the precision of the planning process and the reliability of execution,” said Maarten Zandbergen, Market Manager at Materialise. “Our clinical engineers work hand in hand with surgeons to design each implant, and that collaborative approach remains constant whether the case calls for titanium or PEEK. What changes is the surgeon’s freedom to choose; what stays the same is the peace of mind that comes from a proven, end-to-end process.”

Clinical versatility within a trusted framework

The addition of PEEK complements Materialise’s existing titanium 3D printed implant portfolio, providing surgeons with expanded options while maintaining the precision, predictability, and clinical collaboration that define the Materialise approach to personalized CMF surgery.

PEEK’s radiolucent properties make it a preferred choice by many surgeons for cranial reconstruction, as well as facial contour restoration and onlay applications. The material complements titanium’s established role in load-bearing applications, giving surgeons expanded options for addressing diverse patient needs — from artifact-free postoperative imaging to lightweight anatomical restoration.

Each PEEK implant is manufactured in Europe by Ad Mirabiles, Materialise’s experienced manufacturing partner. Ad Mirabiles operates under an EN ISO 13485 certified quality management system and ensures consistent accuracy across every case. Materialise commits to a 72-hour turnaround time for PEEK implants following surgical plan approval, providing the same reliability the company has established with its titanium portfolio.

The custom-made PEEK implants are now available to surgeons across Europe (excluding Switzerland), where Materialise CMF solutions are established.

About Materialise

Materialise incorporates more than three decades of 3D printing experience into a range of software solutions and 3D printing services that empower sustainable 3D printing applications. Our open, secure, and flexible end-to-end solutions enable industrial manufacturing and mass personalization in various industries — including healthcare, automotive, aerospace, eyewear, art and design, wearables, and consumer goods. Headquartered in Belgium and with branches worldwide, Materialise combines the largest group of software developers in the industry with one of the world’s largest and most complete 3D printing facilities. For more information, visit https://www.materialise.com.

Artec 3D Localizes its Leo Wireless 3D Scanner for China

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Luxembourg, Feb 18, 2026 – Luxembourg-based 3D scanning leader Artec 3D is delighted to reveal a “Made in China” version of Artec Leo, its all-in-one, wireless 3D scanner, produced exclusively for the Chinese market.

Set to drive regional growth, this “Made in China” Artec Leo delivers the same groundbreaking performance as the original, while offering closer alignment with Chinese standards. Producing the device domestically also brings logistical advantages, simplifying local procurement.

“As part of strengthening our position in China and following our strategic partnership with Lenovo New Vision, we have launched local production dedicated to the Chinese market,” said Art Yukhin, President & CEO of Artec 3D. “The ‘Made in China’ Leo expands our presence in China and reinforces our role as a key partner in the region.”

Built to meet growing demand

Home to rapidly developing manufacturing, construction, energy, and heritage preservation industries, China is becoming a key market for 3D scanning. Though cross-border logistics and product compliance requirements can affect product availability, making Artec Leo in China and aligning it with local standards should improve access for new users across the country.

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Domestic manufacturing simplifies supply chains, shortens delivery times, and reduces costs, yielding savings that will be passed directly on to customers. By reducing shipping complexity and introducing consistent regional pricing, Artec 3D can provide a smoother purchasing and fulfillment experience.

Expanding further in China

Renowned for its speed, accuracy, and versatility, Artec Leo is used everywhere from industrial reverse engineering and inspection to CGI/VFX, education, medical, and more. The “Made in China” Artec Leo retains the same quality as its predecessor, only undergoing assembly elsewhere.

The “Made in China” Artec Leo significantly accelerates Artec 3D’s Chinese activities. For more than five years, the company has marketed industry-leading 3D scanners via its sales office in Shanghai. This growing area of Artec’s business has seen cutting-edge 3D scanning applied in the digitization of objects ranging from automotive parts to forensic clues and historic treasures.

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Over time, Artec 3D has taken steps to strengthen these ties, most recently partnering with Lenovo NV. Moving forward, Artec aims to leverage its partner’s huge production and computing capacity to grow its presence and better penetrate the Chinese market.

Altogether, these closer regional partnerships are positioning Artec 3D for stronger growth, greater competitiveness, and long-term success in the market. Improved recognition in China is expected to boost customer confidence, improving the potential of products for local business, government, and other national-level projects, where Artec Leo can really make a difference.

About Artec 3D

Artec 3D is an international company, headquartered in Luxembourg, with offices in China (Shanghai), Japan (Tokyo), Montenegro (Bar), Portugal (Lisbon), and the United States (Santa Clara, California). Artec 3D develops and manufactures innovative 3D scanners and software. Artec has a team of professional experts in the capture and processing of 3D surfaces as well as biometric facial recognition. Artec 3D’s products and services can be used in many industries, such as engineering, medicine, media and design, entertainment, fashion, heritage preservation, security technology, and more. For more information, visit https://www.artec3d.com.

Dassault to Reveal Future of Scalable AI for Connected Industries at MWC Barcelona 2026

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VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France, Feb 18, 2026 — Dassault Systèmes will showcase the future of connectivity and industrial artificial intelligence at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, March 2-5, 2026.  The company’s 3D UNIV+RSES are redefining how connected industries create, produce and manage the life cycle of high-performance data centers, semiconductors, 5G networks and autonomous systems to build a smarter, more resilient and sustainable world.

In Hall 4 – Stand 4B25, immersive virtual reality experiences, avatars, autonomous robots, spatial computing and connected objects will reveal ways in which AI and virtual twins combine to move products, operations and business models from pilot to scale. Professionals across research and development, engineering, manufacturing and business transformation will discover strategies to master complexity, improve efficiency, innovate, and accelerate digital transformation through virtual creation, experimentation and validation. Highlights include:

  • Optimized networks in an AI-generated city:  an immersive, VR experience with virtual twins integrating product, infrastructure and environmental intelligence steps into a real-time inspection, diagnostics and repair workflow to ensure safer, more resilient and efficient connectivity. 
  • Transformed data center planning, creation and operation:  spatial immersion with virtual twins explores data center layouts, airflow behavior and equipment placement to validate decisions, reduce risk, and optimize performance – before construction and throughout the life cycle.
  • Virtual and real robots: a hands-on experience pairing Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform with Westwood Robotics’ THEMIS robot demonstrates the virtual design, engineering and validation of complex robotic behaviors before they reach the real world.

In addition, Dassault Systèmes executives will share insights and expertise during two “Manufacturing and Production Summit” panel discussions:

About Dassault Systèmes

Dassault Systèmes is a catalyst for human progress. Since 1981, the company has pioneered virtual worlds to improve real life for consumers, patients and citizens. With Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform, 370,000 customers of all sizes, in all industries, can collaborate, imagine and create sustainable innovations that drive meaningful impact. For more information, visit www.3ds.com.

Exploring 3D Scanning Metrology: A Guide to Accuracy and Resolution

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Measuring the world around us has evolved from simple hand tools to sophisticated optical 3Dtechnology. Whether it is documenting a delicate museum artifact or ensuring an engine component is built to within a few microns of its design, modern metrology relies on structural light scanners like those developed by SMARTTECH3D. To truly understand how this technology works, one must look at the two fundamental pillars of 3D imaging: accuracy and resolution.

Moving Beyond Traditional Measurement

For a long time, the industry relied on manual tools such as calipers or large Coordinate Measurement Machines (CMMs). While these “old school” methods are reliable for certain tasks, they have significant drawbacks. Traditional tools are often slow because they measure one point at a time and require physical contact with the object, which risks damaging sensitive surfaces. Furthermore, they demand high levels of expertise to operate correctly.

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In contrast, 3D scanning has become the modern standard by offering a non-contact solution that captures millions of data points almost instantly. This process creates a “3D Digital Twin,” a complete virtual replica of the object that provides much more information than the limited measurements gathered by manual tools. Because the system is largely automated and intuitive, it removes much of the difficulty and human error associated with traditional metrology.

Accuracy Versus Resolution

The terms “accuracy” and “resolution” are frequently used interchangeably, but they represent two distinct concepts in the world of 3D scanning.

Resolution refers to the level of detail or the density of the dots within the digital model. You can think of it as the distance between two measurement points. A helpful guideline is the “Rule of 10,” which suggests that to properly map a 1 mm feature, you need a point every 1/10th of a millimeter, resulting in at least 100 points per square millimeter. High resolution is the key when the goal is to capture sharp edges and small details of parts (for example turbine blades),as well as capturing organic textures. SMARTTECH3D has the highest resolution 3D scanner on the market: SMARTTECH3D PRO 20 MP with a resolution the density of points over 1300 points per mm2 (150 mm x 100 mm FOV).

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Additionally, SMARTTECH3D has a dedicated 3D scanner model named MICRON3D COLOR stereo, which is meant for digitization of valuable artifacts and museum pieces. It is characterized by its high resolution, that is able to capture even the slightest scratch as well as life-like color capture.

Accuracy, on the other hand, represents the “truth” of the measurement. It describes how closely the digital scan matches the actual physical dimensions of the object. To ensure reliability, systems undergo rigorous testing based on international standards like VDI/VDE 2634. High accuracy is the gold standard for industrial manufacturing, quality control, and reverse engineering, where even a tiny deviation from the original design can lead to mechanical failure.

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The Power of Structural Light

The technology behind SMARTTECH3D scanners involves projecting specific light patterns onto a surface to map its geometry. This structural light approach offers several advantages, such as the ability to digitize entire objects in seconds. Because the process is automated, it eliminates the “shaky hand” factor that can ruin manual measurements. Additionally, these systems can capture high-resolution color and texture, a feature many industrial scanners lack, making them ideal for creating lifelike digital archives.

Real-World Uses and the Path Forward

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The applications for this technology are vast and varied. In manufacturing, it is used to check engine parts for errors before they leave the factory. In archaeology, it allows researchers to create non-invasive digital twins of fragile fossils or ruins, preserving history without touching the original site. In the healthcare sector, high-accuracy scans allow for the creation of dental implants and prosthetics that are perfectly tailored to a patient’s unique anatomy.

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Looking to the future, 3D scanning is becoming even more intelligent. Artificial intelligence is now being integrated to automatically clean and process scan data, while robotic arms are being used to perform 24/7 quality inspections on factory floors. As these tools become lighter and more portable, they are moving out of the lab and into the field, allowing for high-end precision everywhere from remote archaeological digs to active construction sites. Ultimately, these advancements help businesses and researchers save time, reduce costs, and preserve the world with unprecedented precision.

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CONTACT Software Partners with TJ Digital Systems to bring Manufacturing Excellence to UK Companies

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The strategic partnership combines CONTACT’s PLM, MES, and IIoT solutions with TJ Digital Systems’ problem-solving expertise to streamline engineering and manufacturing processes for companies across the United Kingdom.

In today’s highly competitive market, efficient product development and manufacturing processes are critical for business success. Digital solutions are key to achieving this: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) enables cross-team collaboration and accelerates development, while Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) support efficient scheduling and resource allocation. Industrial machinery connected through the Internet of Things (IIoT) provides real-time production insights to identify bottlenecks, reduce downtime, and improve product quality. 

Now, CONTACT Software joins forces with TJ Digital Systems to roll out end-to-end digital solutions for manufacturers in the UK. The strategic partnership combines CONTACT’s modular Elements platform with TJ Digital Systems’ deep knowledge of the UK manufacturing sector and proven expertise in systems integration, digital consultancy, and performance delivery.

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CONTACT Elements enables companies to merge data silos into a single source of truth and integrates seamlessly with enterprise systems such as ERP or CAD. It supports cloud deployment and provides AI capabilities to optimize processes all the way from product development to manufacturing and service. Elements’ modular, low-code architecture allows gradual expansion, offering a future-proof solution that adapts to changing market requirements, customer demands, and regulatory standards.

As CONTACT’s regional partner, TJ Digital Systems will support UK customers throughout the entire implementation journey: from consulting and needs analysis to deployment and long-term support. Their comprehensive approach connects people, data, and technology. It fosters a culture of continuous improvement, enhances efficiency through standardized, lean methodologies, and leverages cutting-edge digital solutions such as CONTACT Elements. For customers, this leads to tangible results: TJ Digital Systems achieves an average efficiency improvement of 25% in their projects. 

“We are thrilled to partner with CONTACT Software to bring the Elements digitalization platform to manufacturers across the UK,” said Tim Shelley, CEO of TJ Digital Systems. “This collaboration enables UK manufacturers to streamline processes, improve operational visibility, and respond faster to market demands.”

“The UK manufacturing sector is setting a strong pace in digital transformation, and we are excited to support this momentum together with TJ Digital Systems,” said Dimitri Baumtrok, Head of International Business at CONTACT Software. “By combining our Elements platform with TJ’s deep local expertise and proven delivery capabilities, we enable manufacturers to connect the top floor with the shop floor, accelerate time-to-value, and achieve measurable operational impact. This partnership is a powerful step in scaling our partner ecosystem and bringing integrated, AI-driven PLM, MES, and IIoT solutions closer to customers across the UK.”

For more details about CONTACT Software, visit https://www.contact-software.com/en/

For more details about TJ Digital Systems, visit https://www.tjdigitalsystems.com/

HD Hyundai Selects Siemens Xcelerator for Integrated Digital Shipbuilding Platform

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PLANO, TX, USA, Feb 17, 2026 – Siemens announced today that it has been selected by HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (“HD KSOE”), the intermediary holding company of HD Hyundai, as a preferred partner to establish an integrated platform to manage the entire shipbuilding process as a single data flow to help ensure consistency across all its global shipyard facilities.

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The planned platform will form the core foundation of HD Hyundai’s “Future of Shipyard” project, a future-oriented shipyard that it aims to complete by 2030. The project forms part of HD Hyundai’s ongoing efforts to address data discontinuities that have existed across ship design and production processes and to establish a more structured, digitally enabled shipbuilding environment. Through the integrated platform, HD Hyundai aims to strengthen collaboration between engineering and manufacturing functions and to support stable execution of increasingly complex shipbuilding projects.

“The selection of Siemens Xcelerator represents an important milestone in advancing HD KSOE’s digital shipbuilding strategy,” saidTaejin Lee, Executive Vice President and Head of Digital Innovation Office. “By establishing an integrated digital platform that ensures consistency from design through production, we aim to address long-standing data discontinuity challenges and create a more structured and collaborative shipbuilding environment. This initiative will strengthen our ability to execute increasingly complex projects while enhancing efficiency, quality and competitiveness across our global shipyard operations.”

“Since 2022, Siemens’ collaboration with HD Hyundai has been focused on the future of shipbuilding and the development of next-generation digital design and production platforms,” said Tony Hemmelgarn, President and CEO, Siemens Digital Industries Software. “Siemens Xcelerator and our comprehensive digital twin technologies are well-positioned to support a unified digital thread across design, engineering and production. We look forward to helping HD Hyundai establish a scalable, open and future-ready manufacturing innovation platform that supports sustainable growth and operational excellence.”

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Based on the Siemens Xcelerator open digital business platform, HD Hyundai’s “Integrated Platform for Ship Design-Production Consistency” project will deliver a consistent digital thread of key data from design through production. Design and production will be connected in real time through a unified data backbone, significantly reducing inefficiencies and errors caused by data discontinuities between processes.

Within this unified digital environment, standardized data flows and system interoperability will connect key domains including computer-aided design (CAD), product lifecycle management (PLM), digital manufacturing, automation and simulation, enabling major shipyard activities such as planning, construction, expansion and modification to be reviewed in a virtual environment prior to on-site implementation.

HD Hyundai also plans to expand the application of model-based engineering practices and improve collaboration efficiency across organizations and functional teams. In particular, block assembly, welding information, piping, and electrical data will be managed in an integrated 3D model, improving design accuracy, optimizing production planning, and standardizing shop-floor operations.

The scope of the integrated digital platform is expected to extend across a range of vessel types, including commercial vessels and specialized ships. Key areas of application include structured management of equipment and component data, digital model-based performance analysis, lifecycle-oriented maintenance engineering and technical support frameworks for overseas shipbuilding projects.

Additionally, HD Hyundai is working on building an Industrial Metaverse-based digital representation of ships and shipyard sites, implementing “physical artificial intelligence (AI)” technology that can be used even in complex production environments by applying reinforcement learning using synthetic data and industrial intelligence in a virtual learning environment built using Siemens’ Digital Twin technology.

The two companies will take a phased implementation approach expected to begin in 2026, with application to operational vessels targeted from 2028. To learn more about Siemens’ work with HD Hyundai, visit https://blogs.sw.siemens.com/marine/2026/02/16/embarking-on-innovative-digital-ship-construction-with-hd-hyundai-and-siemens.

About Siemens Digital Industries Software

Siemens Digital Industries Software helps organizations of all sizes digitally transform using software, hardware and services from the Siemens Xcelerator business platform. Siemens’ software and the comprehensive digital twin enable companies to optimize their design, engineering and manufacturing processes to turn today’s ideas into the sustainable products of the future. From chips to entire systems, from product to process, across all industries. Siemens Digital Industries Software – Accelerating transformation.

About Siemens Digital Industries (DI)

Siemens Digital Industries (DI) empowers companies of all sizes within the process and discrete manufacturing industries to accelerate their digital and sustainability transformation across the entire value chain. Siemens’ cutting-edge automation and software portfolio revolutionizes the design, realization and optimization of products and production. And with Siemens Xcelerator – the open digital business platform – this process is made even easier, faster, and scalable. Together with our partners and ecosystem, Siemens Digital Industries enables customers to become a sustainable Digital Enterprise. Siemens Digital Industries has a workforce of around 70,000 people worldwide.

About Siemens AG

Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a leading technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, mobility, and healthcare. The company’s purpose is to create technology to transform the everyday, for everyone. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers customers to accelerate their digital and sustainability transformations, making factories more efficient, cities more livable, and transportation more sustainable. A leader in industrial AI, Siemens leverages its deep domain know-how to apply AI – including generative AI – to real-world applications, making AI accessible and impactful for customers across diverse industries. Siemens also owns a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a leading global medical technology provider pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

In fiscal 2025, which ended on September 30, 2025, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €78.9 billion and net income of €10.4 billion. As of September 30, 2025, the company employed around 318,000 people worldwide on the basis of continuing operations. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.

Vectorworks Acquires Morpholio

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COLUMBIA, MD, USA, Feb 17, 2026 — Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc., part of the Nemetschek Group, is thrilled to announce it has acquired Morpholio, developer of the award-winning Morpholio Trace, Morpholio Board, and Morpholio Journal apps for iPad and iPhone. This marks a significant step forward in a shared mission to empower architects, interior designers, and other creative professionals with intuitive, customer-led tools that support the entire design process, from early concepts and sketching through documentation and delivery.

The acquisition formalizes a relationship that has grown over years of collaboration between the Vectorworks and Morpholio teams, including work to advance connectivity between Morpholio apps and Vectorworks Cloud Services. By joining forces as one team, Vectorworks and Morpholio unite complementary strengths: powerful, design-centric BIM and CAD on the desktop with intuitive mobile sketching, mark-up, moodboarding, and journaling on Apple devices.

“We are thrilled to welcome Morpholio to the Vectorworks portfolio,” said Vectorworks CEO Jason Pletcher. “Morpholio shares our belief that software should enhance designers’ creativity, not hinder it. By combining Vectorworks’ CAD and BIM platform with Morpholio’s expertise in mobile sketching and presentation, we are strengthening our foundation and expanding what our tools can do together, so customers gain even more freedom, confidence, and creative control in their workflows.”

The founders and team members of Morpholio, architects and designers with a strong passion for creativity and quality design, will join the Vectorworks team. With Vectorworks’ resources, scale, and commitment to innovation, the Morpholio apps will advance even more rapidly, evolving and expanding as a strategic, fully supported part of the Vectorworks product lineup, so designers experience continuous improvements and new capabilities in the tools they already love.

“This partnership allows us to put the best of mobile together with the best of desktop and create opportunities for designers to bring the unique magic of drawing to more parts of their process,” said Morpholio Co-Founder Mark Collins. “In the years ahead, we see an opportunity to support a richer design experience where sketches, markups, BIM, and AI work seamlessly together. That’s how we unlock new creative superpowers without losing the soul of design.”

Building on existing AI capabilities in Vectorworks, Morpholio brings additional production-ready AI features and a clear roadmap for human-driven AI workflows in sketching, moodboarding, and presentation.

Morpholio Trace is widely regarded as an all-in-one drawing and design app for architects and designers, offering scale-aware sketching, layers, markup, and presentation-ready imagery that pair naturally with Vectorworks models and drawings. Morpholio Board serves interior designers and stylists with powerful moodboarding, product curation, and presentation tools that turn inspiration into polished client-ready deliverables. Morpholio Journal provides a flexible digital sketchbook and notebook, giving designers a place to capture ideas, notes, and visuals anywhere, then bring that thinking back into their broader project workflows.

“Over the past decade, the iPad and Apple Pencil have sparked a creative renaissance for architects and designers,” said Morpholio Co-Founder Anna Kenoff. “Morpholio was founded with the vision to help define that era. While that has been an incredible beginning, we’re now ready to lead the design industry into its next creative technology revolution.”

With Morpholio now part of the Vectorworks product lineup, customers will gain a more seamless bridge between ideation and execution, enabling them to sketch, iterate, and communicate on mobile devices while staying closely connected to their Vectorworks design files and documentation. The combination reinforces Vectorworks’ dedication to design freedom and delivering tools that are thoughtfully created for the way designers truly think and work.

For existing Morpholio users, day-to-day use of the apps remains unchanged, and customers can continue to subscribe to Morpholio Trace, Board, and Journal through the Apple App Store. Vectorworks also plans to introduce new offerings designed for larger offices collaborating across devices in Morpholio Trace and Board.

“As part of the Nemetschek Group, Vectorworks’ acquisition of Morpholio is an important step in our strategy to deliver intelligent, connected, open solutions for customers across AEC brands,” said Sunil Pandita, Chief Division Officer Planning & Design, and CEO of Allplan. “Over time, we see a strong potential to expand Morpholio’s mobile sketching and presentation capabilities available to designers working in a multitude of Nemetschek applications, so more of our customers can benefit from cognitive, richer, and cohesive workflows from concept through construction.”

As Vectorworks and Morpholio move forward as one team, customers can expect ongoing investment in the Morpholio app portfolio, deeper integrations with Vectorworks products, and an expanding ecosystem of tools that honor the craft of design while unlocking new efficiencies and limitless design possibilities.

“I believe strongly that joining forces is not an additive operation—it’s a multiplier,” said Morpholio Co-Founder Toru Hasegawa. “Vectorworks and Morpholio coming together is not simply a sum of capabilities, but the start of a multidimensional expansion of initiatives, reach, and long-term value.”

About Vectorworks, Inc.

Vectorworks, Inc. is an award-winning design and BIM software provider serving the architecture, landscape architecture and design, and entertainment industries in 85 countries. Professionals worldwide are using Vectorworks on Mac and Windows to create, connect, and influence the next generation of design. Built with designers in mind since 1985, Vectorworks software offers you the freedom to follow your imagination wherever it leads you. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, with offices in the UK, Canada, Australia, and Japan, Vectorworks is a part of the Nemetschek Group. Learn how you can design without limits at vectorworks.net or follow @Vectorworks.

Cadence Launches ChipStack AI Super Agent for Chip Design, Verification

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SAN JOSE, CA, USA, Feb 17, 2026 — Cadence (Nasdaq: CDNS) announced a transformative step forward in redefining how semiconductors are designed with the launch of the ChipStack AI Super Agent—an agentic AI solution for front-end silicon design and verification. The Cadence ChipStack AI Super Agent is the world’s first agentic workflow for automating chip design and verification. It provides up to 10X productivity improvements for coding designs and testbenches, creating test plans, orchestrating regression testing, debugging and automatically fixing issues.

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“ChipStack represents a major leap in our design-for-AI and AI-for-design strategy, applying agentic AI directly to our customers’ front-end flows to tackle the growing complexity and scale of modern chips,” said Anirudh Devgan, president and CEO, Cadence. “By leveraging intelligent agents that autonomously call our underlying tools, we are enabling dramatic productivity gains for our customers in critical design and verification tasks while freeing scarce engineering talent to focus on innovation.”

The newly launched ChipStack AI Super Agent exemplifies Cadence’s approach to Intelligent System Design, where AI orchestration, principled simulation and accelerated computing work seamlessly together to deliver transformative solutions for semiconductor and system innovation. This agentic AI solution orchestrates multiple virtual engineers, all using Cadence’s foundational EDA tools. The technology integrates agentic AI with proven Cadence optimization AI and AI assistant solutions, which have been used in over 1,000 tapeouts to date, including the Verisium Verification Platform and Cadence Cerebrus Intelligent Chip Explorer, as well as Cadence’s JedAI data and AI platform.

The ChipStack AI Super Agent flexibly supports cloud-based and on-premises frontier models, including open NVIDIA Nemotron models that can be customized with NVIDIA NeMo and cloud-hosted models such as OpenAI GPT, to improve designer productivity. This continues the fulfillment of the vision of a true “silicon agent,” spanning the many disciplines and workflows needed to deliver the next generation of intelligent devices.

“Our customers are facing a significant senior deficit in the engineering talent needed to deliver on their product roadmaps,” said Paul Cunningham, vice president and general manager of Research and Development, Cadence. “Our ChipStack AI Super Agent is a game changer for design and verification productivity, and deployments are ramping fast.”

The Cadence ChipStack AI Super Agent is in early deployment with several of the world’s top chip design and system companies, including Altera, NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Tenstorrent, among others.

“The Cadence ChipStack AI Super Agent has significantly reduced our verification effort in some areas by approximately 10X, enabling our team to achieve closure much more swiftly and confidently,” stated Arvind Vidyarthi, senior director of engineering, Altera. “By pairing an interactive, engineer-in-the-loop experience with Cadence’s advanced AI-driven verification technologies, we are realizing step-function productivity gains and achieving deeper functional coverage on our most complex designs.”​

“As semiconductor complexity continues to accelerate, AI has become essential to designing the next generation of chips,” said Timothy Costa, GM of Industrial and Computational Engineering, NVIDIA. “Our collaboration with Cadence, including innovations like the ChipStack AI Super Agent, demonstrates how combining intelligent reasoning capabilities such as Mental Models and automated formal test plan generation with NVIDIA accelerated computing can unlock new levels of productivity and efficiency for chip designers.”

“Qualcomm is pleased to collaborate with Cadence on the evaluation of the ChipStack AI Super Agent for a broad user base,” said Paul Penzes, vice president of engineering at Qualcomm. “Early results indicate strong, encouraging performance enhancements, and we look forward to realizing the productivity gains.”

“ChipStack greatly improved the efficiency of our formal verification efforts,” said Daniel Cummings, principal engineer of RISC-V Cores, Tenstorrent. “During a three-month evaluation on three critical design blocks, it reduced verification time by up to 4X. Running the agent on Tenstorrent hardware also demonstrated our ability to deliver the high-performance, on-prem inference needed for production-scale LLM workloads.”

The Cadence ChipStack AI Super Agent is available now in early access. For more information, please visit Cadence’s AI for Design product page.

About Cadence

Cadence is a market leader in AI and digital twins, pioneering the application of computational software to accelerate innovation in the engineering design of silicon to systems. Our design solutions, based on Cadence’s Intelligent System Design strategy, are essential for the world’s leading semiconductor and systems companies to build their next-generation products from chips to full electromechanical systems that serve a wide range of markets, including hyperscale computing, mobile communications, automotive, aerospace, industrial, life sciences and robotics. In 2024, Cadence was recognized by the Wall Street Journal as one of the world’s top 100 best-managed companies. Cadence solutions offer limitless opportunities—learn more at www.cadence.com.

Dezeen, Trimble Pact Three-Year Sponsorship for Dezeen Awards

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WESTMINSTER, CO, USA, Feb 17, 2026 – Dezeen and Trimble are excited to announce a three-year sponsorship agreement for Dezeen Awards, the leading global awards program for architecture, interiors and design. Trimble will work alongside Dezeen, furthering its ongoing commitment to inspire and support global design excellence as an established and essential companion to architects and designers worldwide.

Dezeen Awards

Now in its ninth year, Dezeen Awards is one of the most-entered awards programs in its sector internationally, attracting more than 4,300 entries from 89 countries in 2025. Participants can enter 49 categories across architecture, interiors and design. The awards align with Trimble’s passion for design and innovation, helping designers through its pioneering technology to transform the way they shape spaces and buildings, as well as drive productivity in the process. 

Heather Adkins, chief marketing officer at Trimble said, ‘‘We are delighted to team up with Dezeen Awards, which celebrates the very best in global design. Creativity, originality and innovation are at the heart of what we do, and this collaboration allows us to support the designers and architects shaping the future of the industry. We look forward to seeing this year’s edition continue to inspire and champion creative excellence worldwide.’’ 

Claire Barrett, Dezeen’s awards and events director, commented: “We are thrilled to be working with Trimble. Both brands are firmly underpinned by a commitment to innovation. Dezeen Awards enables us to shine a spotlight on the design community and reward those that are leading the field and pushing for true breakthroughs. Trimble provides technological solutions that make doing so much easier for designers.” 

Trimble provides 3D visualisation and collaboration solutions, including SketchUp, to support design-led practice from early concept through to delivery. Through its sponsorship with Dezeen Awards, Trimble helps showcase the ideas, processes, and people shaping the design industry.

Dezeen Awards also rewards six Designers of the Year, which spotlight the best emerging and established talent across architecture, interiors and design. Last year’s winners include global architecture practice MAD, led by Ma Yansong, and Studio Toogood, a London-based practice founded by British designer Faye Toogood. 

New for 2026 are the Regional Showcases, three Top 50 lists that will celebrate the best projects  across three global locations: Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and the Americas.

A public vote will also be introduced this year.

Dezeen Awards is judged by the biggest names in the business, with former judges including architect Lord Norman Foster, designer Thomas Heatherwick and artist and stage designer Es Devlin. All entries to Dezeen Awards will be judged against three core criteria: is the entry beautiful, innovative and beneficial.

Entries for Dezeen Awards 2026 open on 11 February at dezeen.com/awards.

About Trimble

Trimble is a global technology company that connects the physical and digital worlds, transforming the ways work gets done. With relentless innovation in precise positioning, modeling and data analytics, Trimble enables essential industries including construction, geospatial and transportation. Whether it’s helping customers build and maintain infrastructure, design and construct buildings, optimize global supply chains or map the world, Trimble is at the forefront, driving productivity and progress. For more information about Trimble, visit: www.trimble.com.   

About Dezeen

Dezeen is the world’s most popular and influential architecture and design media brand, with an audience of more than 10 million.

Dezeen’s reach is global, with readers on every continent. Its biggest audience is in the USA followed by the UK. China, Canada, Australia and India all make it into its top ten countries in terms of readership.

About Dezeen Awards

Created by Dezeen, Dezeen Awards has grown rapidly to become one of the most-entered awards programmes globally, with the highest credibility and attracting the highest-profile judges.

Dezeen Awards celebrates the world’s best architecture, interiors and design. Now in its ninth year, it has become the ultimate accolade for architects and designers across the globe.

Dezeen Awards 2026 launches on 11 February and closes for entries on 3 June. Dezeen Awards Top 50 lists are announced in early September, followed by shortlists in late September, with the winners announced at a live event in London in mid November.

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