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fluid simulation

Create art-directable simulations with The Gnomon Workshop's guide to Houdini's FLIP fluids and rigid body dynamics toolsets.

Friday, January 12th, 2024

Discover great seasonal discounts on 3D assets, apps and software, including offers still valid until the end of December.

Tuesday, November 28th, 2023

Read our run-down of the key changes in the largest ever update to Houdini, from character animation to rendering and machine learning.

Thursday, November 9th, 2023

See the new features due in the next major version of Houdini, including updates to animation and simulation and the Karma renderer.

Thursday, October 19th, 2023

Popular real-time smoke and fire simulator gets support for ground plane shadows, and initial support for importing skinned meshes.

Wednesday, October 18th, 2023

Check out the neat $20 Geometry Nodes-based add-on, capable of generating simple, good-looking fluid sims in 'semi-realtime'.

Wednesday, September 27th, 2023

Now out of preview: read our pick of the new features in UE5, from rendering OpenVDB files to the new Skeletal and Panel Cloth Editors.

Wednesday, September 6th, 2023

Free companion app for the Axiom solver for Houdini makes it possible to sketch ideas for sims on the go.

Tuesday, August 15th, 2023

Check out the new features in the 3ds Max and Maya fluid simulator, including new options for directing liquids. Sims now 'up to 20%' faster.

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

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

Saturday, July 8th, 2023

Major update to the Cinema 4D plugins includes new versions of X-Particles, NeXus, plant generator Taiao and terrain tool TerraformFX.

Wednesday, July 5th, 2023

See footage of a pre-alpha build of EmberGen creator's hotly tipped upcoming real-time liquid simulator.

Monday, July 3rd, 2023

Discover which Nvidia GPU is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests.

Monday, June 26th, 2023