decimation

R3DS ships Wrap 3.4

Unique tool for retopologising facial and full-body scan data gets accurate new BlendWrapping mode, new sculpting brushes.

Wednesday, June 19th, 2019

3Dflow ships 3DF Zephyr 4.0

Big update to image-based modelling tool improves speed and accuracy of mesh generation, adds new camera calibration manger.

Wednesday, July 18th, 2018

SideFX releases Houdini 16.5

Video: see Houdini's upcoming retopology and facial autorigging tools, and a lot of neat new fluid, crowd and hair simulation features.

Tuesday, November 7th, 2017

Luxion ships KeyShot 7

Renderer gets new VR camera, support for animated mesh deformations and video maps, better material and HDRI editing.

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017

Microsoft buys Simplygon

Intelligent polygon reduction and LOD technology used on games like The Witcher 3 to form part of firm's '3D For Everyone' strategy.

Thursday, January 19th, 2017

MeshLab 2016 ships

Newly updated open-source app provides complete set of tools for cleaning and editing 3D scan data, or readying meshes for 3D printing.

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017

The Foundry ships Modo 10.2

Videos: Big new update revamps MeshFusion, adds new procedural modelling and auto retopology options. See them all in action here.

Thursday, October 13th, 2016

Thinkbox Software releases Sequoia

Updated, now shipping: Standalone tool coverts ultra-dense point cloud data into production-ready meshes.

Thursday, December 3rd, 2015