Blender's simulation nodes are coming in Blender 3.6
Long-awaited node-based simulation system reaches the daily builds of the open-source 3D app.
Friday, May 5th, 2023
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Get Antoine Bagattini's free Blender add-on BagaPie V10
Popular modifier gets new tool to package your Geometry Nodes set-ups into custom Blender add-ons.
Saturday, April 29th, 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
5 key features in Blender 3.5
Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software: from sculpting and hair grooming to a hidden bonus for UV workflows.
Wednesday, March 29th, 2023
Foundry ships Modo 16.1
Check out the new features in the 3D modelling and rendering software, including interesting new workflows for applying decals.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023
Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 12.4
Material authoring tool gets quality-of-life updates when working with nodes, formulas or the 3D View.
Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
5 key features in Blender 3.4
Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software: from path guiding in Cycles to a hidden bonus for motion designers.
Wednesday, December 7th, 2022
Try Blender's new node-based simulation framework
Long-awaited expansion of the Geometry Nodes system now available as an experimental branch of Blender.
Monday, November 28th, 2022
Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 12.3
Material authoring app's modelling toolset gets support for subgraphs, plus new curve-editing nodes.
Friday, October 7th, 2022
Blender 3.3 LTS ships
See our pick of the 5 key new features in the open-source 3D software, from new hair grooming tools to better planar tracking.
Wednesday, September 7th, 2022
Maxon ships Cinema 4D 2023
3D software gets new soft body physics and symmetry modelling systems, OpenColorIO support. Updates are now subscription-only.
Wednesday, September 7th, 2022
Download Autodesk's free Maya 2023 Bonus Tools
Free Maya modelling and rigging add-ons now include ProSets, Mainframe North's procedural modelling tool.
Monday, August 15th, 2022
Maxon ships Cinema 4D S26.1
Subscriber-only release updates Cinema 4D's cloth simulation tools and node UI, and adds new HDRIs, textures and Redshift materials.
Thursday, June 30th, 2022