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fluid simulation

Updated: Cinema 4D fluid simulator to get new sound node; new APIC solver generates smoother liquid flow than standard FLIP solvers.

Friday, October 7th, 2016

Fluid-simulation-based painting tool adds option to freeze wet paint in mid flow, support for touch controls.

Monday, September 19th, 2016

Big update to fluid simulator adds new FLIP liquids solver; new options for art directing and retiming sims.

Friday, September 16th, 2016

Top FX TD Wayne Hollingsworth shares his production tips at a free workshop at Gnomon this Thursday. Watch free online.

Monday, August 29th, 2016

New features in Houdini 16 likely to include guided fluid sims, new muscle system, 'ground-up rewrite' of the node networks.

Wednesday, August 17th, 2016

Expresii 1.0 ships

Now shipping: promising $59 digital painting system uses fluid dynamics to mimic real brush-and-ink strokes.

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016

Now shipping: New $795 edition of the fluid simulator is 'fully integrated' inside C4D, though it lacks some advanced tools.

Thursday, June 23rd, 2016

Watch our pick of the show's hottest research - from new ways to 3D print Moomins to Schrödinger's Smoke.

Monday, May 30th, 2016

Maya crowd-simulation tool now lets crowd agents float in water, or get up after being turned into ragdolls.

Friday, May 27th, 2016

See three minutes of gorgeous new work created with the fluid simulator, from ads to the titles for Daredevil.

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016

Cinema 4D particles tool gets new audio modifier and trail deformer. Price of floating licences reduced.

Tuesday, December 1st, 2015

Updated: Fluid simulator's GPU-accelerated Dyverso solvers now simulate immiscible fluids, support wet maps.

Wednesday, November 25th, 2015

First update to top gaseous fluid simulator in three years boosts speed, adds new tools for art directing sims.

Tuesday, October 27th, 2015