Cell Fluids 2.0 for Blender is out
Popular lightweight Blender fluid simulation add-on now lets you art direct simulations with guide curves. Check out the other new features.
Tuesday, December 17th, 2024
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Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 6.5 for 3ds Max
Major update to the gaseous fluid simulator and multiphysics plugin adds new GPU-accelerated liquid simulation toolset.
Thursday, September 12th, 2024
LiquiGen is now available to buy
JangaFX's real-time liquid simulator is now in public alpha. Check out the new features in LiquiGen 0.3, like whitewater and surface tension.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024
Check out 3ds Max multiphysics simulation plugin Aquarius 1.0
MagicPictures Software's node-based, GPU-accelerated tool can simulate smoke, liquids, sand, snow and mud. The Lite edition is free.
Friday, June 21st, 2024
AqMesher for 3ds Max gets new liquid solver
OpenVDB-based meshing plugin gets new GPU-accelerated, network-capable FLIP/PIC solver.
Friday, July 8th, 2022
Deep FX releases Deep Rising FX 3.0
LightWave fluid simulation plugin gets support for motion blur, velocity maps and fluid colours.
Tuesday, March 24th, 2020
Deep FX releases Deep Rising FX 2.5
LightWave fluid simulation plugin gets new foam and white water system; improved memory usage.
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019
Deep FX releases Deep Rising FX 2.0
LightWave fluid simulatior gets new granular and viscous jet solvers, plus support for GPU acceleration.
Monday, March 5th, 2018
Autodesk releases Maya 2016 Extension 2
Videos: Update adds complete motion graphics toolset, new rigging tools and updates to Bifrost. See them in action here.
Tuesday, April 19th, 2016
Insydium releases X-Particles 3
Updated, now shipping: Cinema 4D particle tool gets new FLIP fluid solver, particle-based dynamics.
Wednesday, March 18th, 2015
Next Limit ships RealFlow 2014
Fluid simulator adds viscosity, new Ocean Force daemon, support for the Arnold renderer. Price down too.
Tuesday, June 17th, 2014
Sneak peak: viscous fluids in RealFlow 2014
Updated: watch Next Limit's complete FMX presentation, showing all the new features of RF 2014.
Thursday, May 15th, 2014