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JangaFX's real-time liquid simulator is now in public alpha. Check out the new features in LiquiGen 0.3, like whitewater and surface tension.

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024

Free Blender-based tool generates 3D interiors, from rooms to entire houses. Assets can be exported in OBJ, FBX and USD format.

Wednesday, June 26th, 2024

Much-anticipated real-time liquid simulator gets first public preview. See which features are in the initial alpha, and which are coming later.

Tuesday, February 13th, 2024

Intriguing Blender-based tool can automatically generate 3D terrain, plants - and even rigged creatures.

Thursday, July 13th, 2023

Master production-scale fluid simulation with ILM artist Miguel Perez Senent's detailed tutorial.

Saturday, July 8th, 2023

Discover the most important new tools in the open-source 3D app, from geometry nodes to APIC sims.

Thursday, February 25th, 2021

Big update to the procedural 3D software adds KineFX character rigging toolset; updates to Solaris, Karma and the simulation tools.

Wednesday, October 21st, 2020

Follow The Gnomon Workshop's essential introductory tutorial to Houdini's fluid simulation tools.

Saturday, October 3rd, 2020

New force tuning option in the fluid simulation app lets users 'mask' forces to control sims precisely.

Thursday, September 24th, 2020

Major update to Houdini adds new look dev and layout system Solaris, USD-native renderer Karma, new modelling and simulation tools.

Wednesday, November 27th, 2019

Fluid simulator gets new rigid body solver and texture UVW system. 3ds Max edition now integrated with thinkingParticles.

Sunday, November 24th, 2019

Fluid simulation tools get improved simulation previews, reduced flicker when rendering FLIP sims.

Friday, May 17th, 2019

Fluid simulation tools get support for VDB particle caches. FLIP liquid simulations now 'up to 2x' faster.

Thursday, March 28th, 2019