Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 6.0 for 3ds Max
Major update turns the gaseous fluid simulator into a multiphysics toolkit. Now subscription-only.
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023
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Tyson Ibele releases tyFlow 1.012 for 3ds Max
Major update adds complete new terrain-generation system to the Max particle and physics add-on.
Wednesday, February 8th, 2023
cebas releases finalFluid 1.0 for 3ds Max
GPU-accelerated simulation tool uses a sparse grid solver to create smoke, fire and dust in real time.
Tuesday, November 8th, 2022
cebas releases thinkingParticles 7.2
3ds Max multiphysics plugin gets new ME-L scripting language for manipulating OpenVDB data.
Monday, September 19th, 2022
Cebas launches finalFluid for 3ds Max
Check out the new GPU-based real-time fire and smoke simulator, now available in free public beta.
Tuesday, March 15th, 2022
cebas ships thinkingParticles 7 for 3ds Max
Powerful multiphysics plugin gets new MPM solvers to simulate granular fluids like sand and snow.
Thursday, September 16th, 2021
cebas releases thinkingParticles 6.10
GPU-accelerated spectral renderer finalRender now bundled with the 3ds Max particle plugin for free.
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021
The 10 best VFX and animation breakdowns of 2019
Watch the best tech breakdowns of 2019, as determined by 120,000 CG Channel Facebook followers.
Sunday, January 12th, 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
cebas releases thinkingParticles 6.8
3ds Max particle and multiphysics system gets over 30 new nodes for working with volume data in OpenVDB format.
Monday, July 1st, 2019
cebas ships finalRender Drop 2
Update to 3ds Max renderer improves path tracing speed, adds new 'biasHybrid' render mode, HDRI denoising, random walk SSS.
Thursday, December 6th, 2018
thinkingParticles 6.7 ships
Big update to the 3ds Max particle plugin's fluid simulation tools adds new options for generating waves, water levels and diffusion effects.
Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
TP Debugger helps you debug 3ds Max/thinkingParticles sims
Neat scripted operator displays key particle properties on screen to troubleshoot simulations visually.
Wednesday, May 30th, 2018