F12 releases The Grove 2.2 for Blender and Houdini
Popular 3D tree generator gets new Skeleton tool for creating animation rigs, and new workflows to reduce tree poly counts for use in games.
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
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F12 releases The Grove 2.1 for Blender and Houdini
Update to the tree-generation software ditches Leonardo da Vinci's 'Rule of Trees' to better simulate how trees really age.
Thursday, April 25th, 2024
F12 releases The Grove 2.0 for Blender and Houdini
Big update makes the popular 3D tree-generation tool available to Houdini as well as Blender users.
Wednesday, July 5th, 2023
The Grove Release 11 is out
Check out the new features in F12's biologically accurate Blender-based tree generator, like the new Roots tool and breeze animation.
Friday, July 29th, 2022
Create art-directable building demolition FX in Houdini
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial shows how to go from empty scene to complete destruction simulation.
Monday, December 13th, 2021
Check out Maya cloth tearing plugin TearKnit FX
Animate torn cloth without simulation with this unusual procedural geometry-based tool.
Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
Insydium buys Terraform4D
Promising art-directable Cinema 4D terrain-generation plugin was just five months old when the X-Particles creators snapped it up.
Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
The Grove Release 10a is now shipping
F12's popular tree generator now lets you create new branches by sketching directly in the viewport.
Wednesday, April 7th, 2021
F12 ships The Grove Release 8
Major update to the biologically plausible tree-generation tool adds the option to record timelapse animations of your trees growing.
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019
Ephere releases Ornatrix for Maya v2
Big update to hair plugin adds new physics system, clumping controls, option to generate woven fabrics.
Monday, June 11th, 2018
Gnomon releases Creating Terrains with Satellite Data
New two-tutorial set provides comprehensive guide to creating detailed, art-directable 3D terrain.
Monday, April 28th, 2014
A&G Tool Company releases MassFX Toolkit
Set up sims in a couple of clicks with this plugin to make Max's physics simpler and more art directable.
Tuesday, January 7th, 2014