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FBX

Free game engine gets new Simple Motion component for assigning motion clips to characters, plus support for MikkT tangent space.

Saturday, November 17th, 2018

Designer-friendly 3D software gets support for layered decals, FBX and STL import, interactive web export for design reviews and AR.

Tuesday, October 16th, 2018

Real-time animation tool gets support for Bezier curve editing for motion paths, new Material Plus format for saving multi-materials.

Friday, September 28th, 2018

Interesting new tool lets users link cloners, particles, fluids and volumetrics and see the results rendered on the fly.

Thursday, September 20th, 2018

Promising virtual reality design tool gets support for groups, surface patches and orthographic views.

Friday, September 7th, 2018

New plugin integrates UE4 with the production-tracking system. Includes a Maya FBX exporter for asset review.

Friday, August 31st, 2018

Now shipping: alternatives to Unreal Studio help prepare CAD data for import into game engines.

Friday, August 17th, 2018

Maya and Houdini crowd simulation tool gets big render speed boost, new behaviour modules, Python plugins system.

Wednesday, August 8th, 2018

3D painting tool adds subsurface scattering, viewport gizmos for fill layers, Alembic and glTF import.

Friday, August 3rd, 2018

Digital doubles firm Eisko's new online service also readies 3D avatars for animation on iPhone X.

Wednesday, July 25th, 2018

Artists get new Niagara modular VFX editor, new options for shading human skin, plus cinematic DoF.

Saturday, July 21st, 2018

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

Wednesday, July 18th, 2018

VR modelling tool gets new Elastic mode for sculpting, support for grid and angle snapping, fewer limits on layers, undo operations and lights.

Monday, July 2nd, 2018