Create variable chamfers in 3ds Max
Marius Silaghi's newly updated Quad Chamfer Modifier 1.04 creates cleaner, more controllable geometry.
Monday, May 21st, 2012
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Imagination kills off Brazil r/s 2 for 3ds Max
Developer stops work on renderer and advises users to look for other solutions, but new SDK unaffected.
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
RayFire 1.58 adds support for Bullet physics
3ds Max destruction toolset adds new Entropy Bullet plugin and even more new fragmentation options.
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Luxion releases 3ds Max import plugin for KeyShot
New free add-on enables users to import 3ds Max models or scenes into the real-time raytrace renderer.
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
Thinkbox Software ships Genome for 3ds Max
Updated: See 11 new demo videos of Thinkbox's toolset for creating new, more flexible Max modifiers.
Friday, May 4th, 2012
Glare Technologies ships Indigo Renderer 3.2
Latest update to physically based render engine adds Sun & Sky system, direct link to Cinema 4D.
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
ScriptAttack releases BonyFace 3.0 Extended
Updated: new version of bone based facial rigging plugin for 3ds Max adds phoneme-creation tools.
Thursday, April 26th, 2012
Allegorithmic releases free parquet-creation tool
Use MakeIt A Parquet to create realistic floors in 3ds Max or Maya based on any type of wood grain.
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
Review: Dell Precision M6600 mobile workstation
Jason Lewis used to be a sceptic about mobile workstations - until he tried this sleek, unflashy workhorse.
Friday, April 20th, 2012
Imagination Technologies ships PowerVR Brazil SDK
Much-loved 3ds Max renderer now available as toolkit for developers to add raytracing to their software.
Friday, April 20th, 2012
Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 3.0 for 3ds Max
Update to gaseous fluid simulator adds per-voxel controls, new space warps. Maya version due this year.
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
Nvidia stops shipping mental mill
Retail distribution discontinued for MetaSL shader authoring tool bundled with Autodesk software.
Saturday, April 7th, 2012
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 1.5 for Rhino
Update adds features familiar from V-Ray for 3ds Max, including V-Ray RT renderer and VRayDirt shader.
Friday, March 30th, 2012