Formas Opens Cartesian, an AI 3D Modeler That Emits NURBS Solids Instead of Polygon Meshes

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Cartesian converts photographs, sketches, plans or existing models into 3D geometry and previews September 18 for Formas Founding Circle and Studio members. The differentiator against every other text-to-3D tool is the output format: native surfaces, precise edges and editable assemblies as NURBS solids with clean topology, exporting natively to SketchUp .SKP and Rhino .3DM with AutoCAD .DWG and BIM .IFC planned. Individual objects inside a composite model stay separately editable and elements are structured and named for BIM workflows. No pricing and no quantitative benchmarks are published, so the geometry-quality claim is unverified.