Check out open-source 3D painting tool ArmorPaint

Version 0.7 of the Substance Painter-like texture painting tool adds live links to UE4 and Unity.

Monday, January 13th, 2020

Visualise height maps in 3D with neat free tool Aerialod

Fun new app turns elevation data into 3D terrain and renders path-traced stills or turntable animations.

Sunday, October 20th, 2019

Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2019.2

Release adds new Fluid Loader object for tweaking and rendering cached sims, further updates to Alembic and OSL.

Thursday, September 20th, 2018

Unreal Studio now free until November 2019

Suite of tools for getting CAD data into Unreal Engine for visualisation to stay in open beta another year.

Tuesday, September 18th, 2018

iToo Software releases RailClone 3.2 for 3ds Max

Parametric modelling plugin gets support for V-Ray Next and Arnold; new food products in asset library.

Thursday, July 5th, 2018

Unity now comes with ProBuilder built in for free

Popular level design and modelling tool now part of Unity 2018.1 after buyout of original devs ProCore.

Tuesday, February 20th, 2018

Corona Renderer for Cinema 4D moves into free beta

Beta 1 release adds support for interactive rendering, the Corona Image Editor, and material layering.

Monday, February 5th, 2018

Create free CG characters with Manuel Bastioni Lab 1.6.1

Updated: MakeHuman-style tool for creating custom 3D characters gets new hair library and hair shaders.

Sunday, January 28th, 2018

Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2018.4, 3ds Max Interactive 2.0

Core app gets new fluid simulation options; Stingray-based 'VR engine' gets support for IES light profiles.

Friday, December 8th, 2017

3DFlow ships 3DF Zephyr 3.5

Photogrammetry software gets support for custom shaders, option to export textures in EXR format or as 32-bit TIFFs, 4K video output.

Thursday, November 16th, 2017

Get Epic Games' free volume modelling plugin for UE4

Download this nifty new tool to paint volumetric objects directly in VR, complete with fluid velocities.

Monday, May 8th, 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

Download free 3D scans of a female figure and a xenomorph

Get SnapTank's hi-res scans of human and alien figures free until 31 March. OBJ format, textured.

Sunday, March 19th, 2017