See the 2026 Blender development roadmap
Check out the major features now in development for the open-source 3D software and due for release in Blender 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and beyond.
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
Extensions
Trimble releases SketchUp 2023.0
Check out the new features in the architectural modellling software, also often used for concept art.
Wednesday, March 1st, 2023
Inkscape 1.2 ships
Open-source vector design tool gets batch image export, support for multi-page documents, plus a lot of workflow improvements.
Tuesday, May 17th, 2022
SketchUp for iPad is now out of beta
Check out the new AI-based and AR features in the iPad edition of the architectural sketching app.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2022
Inkscape 1.0 ships
Open-source vector design tool reaches its milestone 1.0 release. Check out the new drawing, vector editing and export features here.
Tuesday, May 5th, 2020
Vulkan now does ray tracing
The Vulkan Ray Tracing extensions are now available as stable builds, along with an updated SDK and AMD and Nvidia GPU drivers.
Thursday, March 19th, 2020
Trimble cans SketchUp Make, launches SketchUp Free
Old free desktop edition of the software replaced by new browser-based version. Check out the differences here.
Thursday, November 16th, 2017