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Bifrost for Maya

Varied update adds support for simulations in cached playback; new retopology and rigging tools.

Thursday, December 12th, 2019

Update to the renderer adds initial support for OSL and OpenVDB in Arnold GPU, plus new Clip Geo shader for rendering cutaways.

Wednesday, July 31st, 2019

Big update introduces new visual programming system for physics simulations, with new fire, smoke and snow solvers.

Tuesday, July 30th, 2019

Watch an enigmatic set of teasers of smoke, fire, cloth and granular fluids, posted to Autodesk's Twitter.

Monday, July 29th, 2019

New CUDA-based GPU solver makes smoke and fire simulation in the 3ds Max effects plugin '2-5x' faster than on the CPU.

Friday, December 19th, 2025

Latest update to the image-editing and digital painting software adds the option to choose new third-party AI models for Generative Fill.

Thursday, December 18th, 2025

Check out the latest features in the natural media painting software, including Gradient Maps and updates to the new Bristle Brushes.

Wednesday, December 17th, 2025

See how NVIDIA's top-of-the-range Blackwell GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs performed in real-world tests in popular DCC applications.

Wednesday, December 17th, 2025

Check out the new features in the popular hard surface modeling tool, including a new instancing system, and shareable web previews.

Tuesday, December 16th, 2025

Check out the changes to the planar and 3D tracking software, including a new AI-powered system for refining tricky edges on mattes.

Monday, December 15th, 2025