Polygonflow releases new free version of Dash
Polygonflow has made the content browser from Dash, its world building toolset for Unreal Engine 5, available for free.
Instead of timing out, the free trial version of Dash now continues indefinitely in browser mode, making it possible to use Dash as a more powerful free content browser for UE5.
The software includes advanced search features like fuzzy and Boolean search, and comes with libraries of thousands of free 3D models, materials and IES lights.
An Unreal Engine world-building tool for games and VFX projects
The full version of Dash is intended to let artists to build complex environments without having to navigate the Unreal Editor’s interface, working primarily in fullscreen mode in the viewport.
It provides readymade behaviors – accessible by typing natural-language search terms into a floating prompt bar – for common scene-building tasks like ‘create terrain’ and ‘apply water’, plus scattering tools for dressing environments.
As well as game development, Dash can be used for offline work: for example to create animations, visual effects projects or architectural visualizations in Unreal Engine.
You can read more about its features in this story on Dash 1.9, the current release.
Now works indefinitely as a more powerful free Content Browser for Unreal Engine 5
Polygonflow has now updated the trial version of Dash so that artists can use part of its toolset for free indefinitely.
You can now use all of the features for free for 14 days, after which point you have access to the content browser, but not other functionality like object scattering, physics or material blending.
The change makes Dash a more fully featured free alternative to Unreal Engine 5’s native Content Browser, with support for asset tagging, and fuzzy, semantic and Boolean search.
You can read about its functionality – much of which was added in Dash 1.9, and which makes it quicker to search large collections of UE5 assets – in the online release notes.
Dash also integrates with Fab, Epic Games’ online marketplace, and comes with libraries of free IES lights and CC0 assets from Poly Haven.
Price and system requirements
Dash is compatible with Unreal Engine 5+ on Windows 10+ only. You can find details of current commercial pricing in this story.
Free licenses work in demo mode for 14 days, providing access to the full toolset; then in free mode indefinitely, providing access to the Conent Browser and AI assistant only.
Download Dash for free from Polygonflow’s website
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