Chaos releases Phoenix 5.2

Check out the new features in the 3ds Max and Maya fluid simulator, including new options for directing liquids. Sims now 'up to 20%' faster.

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

Chaos releases Phoenix 4.40 for 3ds Max and Maya

New update to the fluid simulator once known as Phoenix FD adds collision between floating objects.

Friday, April 16th, 2021

Chaos Group ships Phoenix FD 4.30 for 3ds Max and Maya

New force tuning option in the fluid simulation app lets users 'mask' forces to control sims precisely.

Thursday, September 24th, 2020

Chaos Group ships Phoenix FD 4.0 for 3ds Max and Maya

Fluid simulator gets new rigid body solver and texture UVW system. 3ds Max edition now integrated with thinkingParticles.

Sunday, November 24th, 2019

Chaos Group ships Phoenix FD 3.14 for 3ds Max and Maya

Fluid simulation tools get improved simulation previews, reduced flicker when rendering FLIP sims.

Friday, May 17th, 2019

Chaos Group ships Phoenix FD 3.13 for 3ds Max and Maya

Fluid simulation tools get support for VDB particle caches. FLIP liquid simulations now 'up to 2x' faster.

Thursday, March 28th, 2019

Chaos Group ships Phoenix FD 3.12 for 3ds Max and Maya

Fluid simulator gets support for instancing sims, plus volumetric rendering on the GPU via V-Ray Next for Maya.

Tuesday, November 6th, 2018

Chaos Group ships Phoenix FD 3.10 for 3ds Max and Maya

Create new forms of goo thanks to the fluid simulation tool's support for liquids of variable viscosity.

Friday, February 16th, 2018

Chaos Group releases Phoenix FD 3.0 for Maya

Now shipping: fluid simulator gets new FLIP solver for liquids, updated gaseous fluid solver, new forces.

Friday, March 10th, 2017

Chaos Group releases Phoenix FD 3.0 for 3ds Max

Big update to fluid simulator adds new FLIP liquids solver; new options for art directing and retiming sims.

Friday, September 16th, 2016

Chaos Group releases Phoenix FD 2.2 for 3ds Max

Fluid simulation system gets internal self-illumination, simulation morphing controls, PRT and OpenVDB support.

Thursday, May 8th, 2014

Eye candy: Vitaly Bulgarov's Black Phoenix project

Blizzard artist speed models a mech a day for ten days - and creates social media panic in Japan.

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Phoenix FD for Maya enters beta testing

V-Ray for Maya users can sign on for early access to Chaos Group's formerly Max-only fluid simulator.

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012