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Autodesk tested Project Bernini, an experimental generative AI model that creates 3D shapes from inputs such as text prompts, 2D images, sketches, point clouds, and voxels. As of 2024, the project was strictly in a research phase and not available for public or commercial use.
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Project Bernini was developed by the Autodesk AI Lab within Autodesk Research and announced in May 2024. It was trained on ten million diverse publicly available 3D shapes, including CAD models and organic forms. Unlike general-purpose 3D generators, Bernini focuses on generating structurally sound geometry — for example, ensuring a generated water pitcher is hollow and watertight. Autodesk described it as a proof-of-concept and did not announce a commercial release date; it seeded the later neural CAD foundation model work announced at AU 2025.
Products affected
Autodesk Research (no commercial product)
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Trace Foundation. (2026). Autodesk: Autodesk tested Project Bernini, an experimental generative AI model that creates 3D shapes from inputs such as text prompts, 2D images, sketches, point clouds, and voxels. As of 2024, the project was strictly in a research phase and not available for public or commercial use (data as of 2026-09-02) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/78a2ad7e-1908-4322-bf01-535c01b27988. Accessed October 25, 2026.
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- https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/78a2ad7e-1908-4322-bf01-535c01b27988
- Data as of
- September 2, 2026
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