Autodesk ships Maya 2019 and Maya LT 2019

Both get improved Viewport 2.0 performance; Maya gets cached playback for animation previews.

Tuesday, January 15th, 2019

Autodesk ships Flame 2018.3

Fourth update to Flame this year adds 360° viewing mode for VR, new Motion Warp tracking system, improved waveform monitoring.

Friday, October 27th, 2017

Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2018.3

Updated: Autodesk discusses how the new Fluids simulation toolset stacks up against Bifröst in Maya.

Wednesday, October 4th, 2017

Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2018

Update replaces the mental ray renderer with Arnold 5, adds new options for customising the interface and editing motion paths.

Thursday, April 13th, 2017

Autodesk releases Maya 2017 Update 3

Sizeable update to Maya adds new motion graphics, animation, hair grooming and fluid simulation tools.

Friday, March 3rd, 2017

Autodesk unveils Maya 2017

Update adds new clip-based Time Editor, more XGen and Bifrost simulation options. Arnold now installed by default, not mental ray.

Monday, July 25th, 2016

Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2017

Videos: See the new ART renderer, revamped UI, and updates to the UV and modelling tools in action here.

Monday, April 18th, 2016

Autodesk releases Meshmixer 3.3

Update to mesh-editing tool adds support for creating multi-material prints, plus new mesh Unwrap option and SVG export.

Monday, January 25th, 2016

Autodesk unveils 3ds Max 2016

Strong update adds node-based tool-authoring system, new physical camera, improved Alembic and OpenSubdiv support.

Monday, April 13th, 2015

Autodesk releases Maya & 3ds Max 2015 Extension 1

New updates add OpenSubdiv and Alembic support to Max; colour-management and performance profiling tools to Maya.

Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

Autodesk announces its 2015 product releases

We assess the feature lists of the upcoming Maya, 3ds Max, Mudbox, MotionBuilder and Softimage 2015.

Tuesday, March 18th, 2014

Autodesk Labs releases Project Miller

New free work-in-progress tool resurfaces meshes for 3D printing and troubleshoots common errors.

Monday, October 14th, 2013

Autodesk releases 123D Creature

Fun iPad app sculpts and poses characters via a skeletal system, then readies them for 3D printing.

Friday, February 15th, 2013