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New CUDA-based GPU solver makes smoke and fire simulation in the 3ds Max effects plugin '2-5x' faster than on the CPU.

Friday, December 19th, 2025

Update to the popular effects plugin makes it easier to exchange simulation caches with Houdini, Bifrost, EmberGen and LiquiGen.

Monday, October 6th, 2025

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

Tuesday, August 19th, 2025

Major update to the gaseous fluid simulator and multiphysics plugin adds new GPU-accelerated liquid simulation toolset.

Thursday, September 12th, 2024

Multiphysics add-on's tyDiffusion module generates AI renders and animations matching 3ds Max scenes. Included in the free edition.

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024

Check out the popular 3ds Max particle and multiphysics add-on's neat new GPU-accelerated mesh fracturing and Boolean system.

Tuesday, January 30th, 2024

Major update turns the gaseous fluid simulator into a multiphysics toolkit. Now subscription-only.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023

Major update adds complete new terrain-generation system to the Max particle and physics add-on.

Wednesday, February 8th, 2023

3D design and animation software gets new smoke and fire simulation system and native Redshift camera.

Thursday, November 10th, 2022

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

3D software gets new soft body physics and symmetry modelling systems, OpenColorIO support. Updates are now subscription-only.

Wednesday, September 7th, 2022

Big update to the Omniverse scene layout app adds soft-body physics, new character animation toolset.

Saturday, March 26th, 2022

See the key changes planned for the open-source 3D software from Blender 3.0 to Blender 3.7 in 2023.

Thursday, October 28th, 2021