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
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Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 6.0 for 3ds Max
Major update turns the gaseous fluid simulator into a multiphysics toolkit. Now subscription-only.
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023
SideFX ships Houdini 18.5
Big update to the procedural 3D software adds KineFX character rigging toolset; updates to Solaris, Karma and the simulation tools.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
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
Next Limit releases RealFlow | 3ds Max 1.0
Create RealFlow simulations inside 3ds Max with the new cut-down plugin version of the fluid simulator.
Thursday, November 29th, 2018
Next Limit releases RealFlow | Maya 1.1
First update to the Maya edition of RealFlow adds Visualizer daemon to preview forces in the viewport.
Monday, November 5th, 2018
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 3ds Max 2018.3
Updated: Autodesk discusses how the new Fluids simulation toolset stacks up against Bifröst in Maya.
Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
Next Limit ships RealFlow | Cinema 4D 2.0
Integrated version of RealFlow for C4D gets Dyverso multiphysics solver, support for interacting fluids.
Tuesday, July 25th, 2017
Next Limit ships RealFlow 10.1
Videos: sizeable free update to fluid simulator adds new viscous and viscoelastic Dyverso materials; neat new fluid masking system.
Friday, May 19th, 2017
Next Limit ships RealFlow 10
Now shipping: big update to the fluid simulator adds multiphysics solver, new Particle Skinner daemon. New pricing confirmed.
Thursday, December 1st, 2016