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liquid simulation

New CUDA-based GPU solver makes smoke and fire simulation in the 3ds Max effects plugin '2-5x' faster than on the CPU.

Friday, December 19th, 2025

Check out the changes to the popular set of Cinema 4D add-ons, also including GPU-accelerated smoke and fire simulation in NeXus.

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Check out the changes to the 3D modeling and animation software, including new Advanced Distributions for motion graphics.

Thursday, December 4th, 2025

Promising new tool based exports liquid sims in Alembic format for use in other CG software. Now updated to support spray emission.

Monday, December 1st, 2025

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Friday, November 28th, 2025

See the neat new liquid simulation tools in the GPU-based Cinema 4D particle effects add-on, ahead of their release next month.

Thursday, November 27th, 2025

Check out the new features in the 3D animation software, from new character rigging features to destruction simulation in Bifrost.

Wednesday, November 12th, 2025

Check out Blender Procedurals' interesting new lightweight real-time multiphysics add-on for motion graphics and animation work.

Thursday, October 23rd, 2025

Check out nxExplosiaFX, the new smoke and fire simulation tool in Insydium's GPU-based particle effects add-on for Cinema 4D.

Friday, October 17th, 2025

Update to the popular effects plugin makes it easier to exchange simulation caches with Houdini, Bifrost, EmberGen and LiquiGen.

Monday, October 6th, 2025

Promising new tech compresses complex destruction, cloth and liquid simulation caches for real-time rendering inside Unreal Engine.

Thursday, October 2nd, 2025

Small update to the 3D animation and motion graphics software makes two 'general enhancements' but adds no new major features.

Friday, September 12th, 2025

Read our pick of the changes in Houdini 21, from Copernicus and KineFX to new AI workflows - then see a list of all 300+ new features.

Wednesday, August 27th, 2025