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Get games artist Stefan Oprisan's Day By The Beach pack of 3D scanned assets free for two weeks on Fab. For commercial use.

Wednesday, July 16th, 2025

Check out the latest features in the particle and physics plugin, including the new Explosion Tool and 160+ new scripting functions.

Friday, May 16th, 2025

Check out the new features in the terrain generator, including a new system of SImulation Layers for distributing sediment.

Monday, November 20th, 2023

3ds Max multiphysics plugin's new ME-L scripting language lets you create custom particle simulations.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023

Standalone granular fluid, liquid and smoke simulation tool now supports cloth and soft bodies.

Thursday, May 26th, 2022

Powerful multiphysics plugin gets new MPM solvers to simulate granular fluids like sand and snow.

Thursday, September 16th, 2021

Big update to the standalone fluid simulation tool adds new smoke solver, option to upres sims, and 'complete procedural VDB toolkit'.

Monday, October 5th, 2020

Get architectural textures at up to 4,096 x 4,096px resolution from online resource library Texture Fun. For commercial use.

Sunday, February 2nd, 2020

Get 24 free brushes for sculpting natural and man-made materials, in Blender format and as PNG files.

Sunday, September 15th, 2019

Update to the renderer adds initial support for OSL and OpenVDB in Arnold GPU, plus new Clip Geo shader for rendering cutaways.

Wednesday, July 31st, 2019

Big update introduces new visual programming system for physics simulations, with new fire, smoke and snow solvers.

Tuesday, July 30th, 2019

Updated: Online library hosts 1,000+ materials in Substance format, designed for PBR workflows. Download some for free.

Thursday, June 7th, 2018

See the best new work created in RealFlow: from water to huge sand sims - and even a zero-gravity egg.

Thursday, August 13th, 2015