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simulation

Smoke, fire and effects plugin gets GPU-accelerated ocean simulation system, with support for foam, spray and floating objects.

Tuesday, August 19th, 2025

See key specs, expected prices and likely performance in CG apps for the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF and RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell cards.

Wednesday, August 13th, 2025

[Sponsored] Games artist Francis Lamoureux reveals how he uses Reallusion's Character Creator to convert sculpts to game characters.

Wednesday, August 6th, 2025

Read our list of 300+ new features due in the next version of Houdini - from Neural Point Surface for liquids to the Otis organic tissue solver.

Tuesday, August 5th, 2025

Discover how AMD's new Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Series CPUs performed in CG apps like Blender, Maya and UE5 in our early tests.

Wednesday, July 30th, 2025

The real-time liquid simulator is now officially production-ready. Check out the new options for simulating deliciously viscous fluids.

Tuesday, July 29th, 2025

Check out the interesting high-performance vegetation modeling toolset for games and VFX, used on SideFX's Project Elderwood demo.

Monday, July 28th, 2025

Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from full Vulkan support to hidden gems like the new FBX importer.

Tuesday, July 15th, 2025

Video: check out the upcoming NodeWorks: Ocean tools in the smoke, fire, liquids and multiphysics simulation plugin for 3ds Max.

Monday, July 7th, 2025

Discover how to simulate sand and other granular materials in Houdini with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed beginner tutorial.

Friday, July 4th, 2025

3D animation and motion graphics app gets liquid simulation toolset, plus support for UDIMs and texel density. See all the new features.

Thursday, June 19th, 2025

Check out the new features in the 3D modeling and animation software, including AI animation and modular character rigging in Bifrost.

Thursday, June 5th, 2025

Check out the new features in the game engine, from major updates to Lumen and and the animation tools to the new Mocap Manager.

Wednesday, June 4th, 2025