Get stock 3D models and materials from BlendFab
Updated: this online library of architectural models and materials for Blender users has now closed down.
Sunday, August 25th, 2019
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Act-3D releases Lumion 9.5
Free update to real-time archviz software improves Collada import, adds 50+ wood and brick materials. Pro users get new plant models.
Tuesday, June 25th, 2019
Download free assets from Unity's Book of the Dead demo
Get 2.4GB of trees, grass, rocks and ground materials for free, including Megascans 3D scans.
Wednesday, June 20th, 2018
Download 11 free 3D scans from Megascans 2018
Get free scans of ground materials, rocks and vegetation from Quixel's newly revamped online library.
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017
E-on software ships PlantFactory 2016 R3
Plant-creation tool gets new pruning algorithms when manually painting plants; improved export.
Saturday, August 12th, 2017
Arnaud Couturier ships SceneTerrain 1.0 for Blender
Neat add-on generates textured digital terrains, complete with water and instanced rocks and trees.
Tuesday, April 11th, 2017
F12 ships The Grove Release 4a
Update to biologically accurate tree creation software promises 100% boost in tree generation speed.
Thursday, December 1st, 2016
E-on ships Vue Infinite 2016 and Vue xStream 2016
Videos: Digital nature tools get new hybrid GPU renderer, heightfield terrains, improved export options.
Friday, November 4th, 2016
Download 160 free Xfrog 3D plant models
Get 33 individual plant species, including trees, shrubs and flowers, in over 10 common 3D file formats.
Tuesday, October 11th, 2016
Quixel launches Megascans
Massive online library of scans of real-world materials and objects used on The Jungle Book finally goes live. Two free helper tools, too.
Wednesday, August 24th, 2016
Laubwerk makes procedural plant kits available for Maya
1.0.20 update makes the render ready tree models compatible with Maya as well as 3ds Max, Cinema 4D and Houdini.
Tuesday, June 28th, 2016
Act-3D releases Lumion 6.5
Real-time visualisation tool gets improved renderer, plus new option to set transparency for vegetation.
Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
F12 ships The Grove Release 3
Promising new tree-generation tool gets intelligent polygon reduction, new advanced growth parameters.
Thursday, March 31st, 2016