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physics-aware

Intuitive free tool also lets you scatter objects on curves, surfaces or volumes, or place them by clicking in the viewport.

Wednesday, February 11th, 2026

Inexpensive add-on lets you dress environments quickly in Blender by spawning in 3D assets and letting them settle naturally under gravity.

Wednesday, June 25th, 2025

New $10 add-on brings simple Houdini-style physics-based scene layout workflows to the open-source 3D software.

Thursday, December 28th, 2023

Neat tool to simplify world building in Unreal Engine 5 gets new Physics Paint system, PBR texture packing. Perpetual licenses now available.

Wednesday, December 27th, 2023

Check out the new features in the physically based GPU renderer. You can use it for free in a web browser.

Friday, March 17th, 2023

Amazing set of free tools and scripts adds brush- and physics-based set dressing to 3ds Max.

Monday, August 15th, 2022

Real-time visualisation software gets new HDRI backdrop system, and physics-based layout tools.

Wednesday, July 13th, 2022

Scene layout and rendering app gets key workflow improvements - and a new $150 perpetual licence.

Wednesday, November 24th, 2021

3D software gets updated UI, new Capsules and presets workflows, direct import of vector files, new options for stylising animations.

Wednesday, September 15th, 2021

Intuitive new 'virtual photography' app features physics-aware layout tools, Vulkan-based GPU rendering.

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021

Rendering and technical animation software gets new automated mesh simplification tool, and updates to the material library.

Thursday, June 3rd, 2021

Subscriber-only update to the 3D animation software adds new asset browser and scene manager, and new physics-enabled layout tools.

Tuesday, April 13th, 2021

New R&D tech could help users of apps like Adobe Dimension lay out 3D scenes in real time with realistic gravity and collisions.

Monday, October 26th, 2020