Autodesk ships Bifrost for Maya 2.7.1
Maya multiphysics plugin gets better voxel smoothing, volume rendering, Component Tag support.
Monday, May 15th, 2023
fluid simulation
Unreal Engine 5.2: five key features for CG artists
Read our run-down of the latest features in UE5, from procedural content and Substrate materials to Chaos Flesh.
Friday, May 12th, 2023
Tutorial: Create a Waterwheel Simulation in Houdini
Master procedural modeling and fluid simulation with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.
Sunday, April 23rd, 2023
cebas releases thinkingParticles 7.3
3ds Max multiphysics plugin's new ME-L scripting language lets you create custom particle simulations.
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023
JangaFX ships EmberGen 1.0
Check out the new features in the first production release of the hotly tipped real-time gaseous fluid simulator for games and VFX work.
Wednesday, March 15th, 2023
Insydium's NeXus coming to Blender, Maya and 3ds Max
GPU-based Cinema 4D particle, liquid and granular fluid simulation tool due in new host apps in 2023.
Tuesday, December 13th, 2022
JangaFX unveils GeoGen
EmberGen developer's upcoming real-time terrain generator is pitched as the Substance 3D Designer of planetary creation.
Thursday, December 8th, 2022
Best Black Friday and winter 2022 deals for CG artists
Updated: save money with these seasonal deals on CG software, plugins, stock assets and hardware.
Monday, November 28th, 2022
Nvidia open-sources PhysX 5
Download the source code for the latest version of the real-time physics SDK, along with smoke and fire simulation system Flow 2.0.
Wednesday, November 9th, 2022
Chaos Czech ships Corona 9
3ds Max and Cinema 4D renderer gets new procedural clouds and geometry replication systems. Subscription pricing overhauled.
Monday, October 17th, 2022
Insydium releases NeXus
New GPU-accelerated particle, liquid and granular fluid simulation system for CInema 4D runs on AMD, Apple Silicon, Nvidia GPUs.
Thursday, September 22nd, 2022
Nvidia unveils NeuralVDB
'Next evolution' of OpenVDB brings the power of AI to volumetric data, reducing the memory footprint of fluid simulations by up to 100x.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
SideFX releases Houdini 19.5
Read a detailed run-down of new features in the procedural 3D app, including updates to simulation, creature effects, Solaris and Karma.
Thursday, July 21st, 2022