What’s New in V3.1? Spot Emitters This emitter type projects a conical light beam, mimicking the spotlights used by photographers and cinematographers. You can control the shape of the beam by adjusting the cone angle and the falloff of its borders. They can also work as image projectors, projecting the map you input just like … Read more
Don’t miss the first The Foundry Sessions of 2015, broadcasting live on Thursday 29th January at 7pm (GMT) This session will focus on Creating Sci-Fi with MODO and The Foundry will be joined by Fred Gambino and Henning Sanden. Interact via Twitter using #TFsessions to ask guest speakers and specialists from The Foundry team any questions you may have. … Read more
Form•Z v8.0.2 has been released. Updates are available for form•Z pro, form•Z jr, form•Z free and the form•Z Student Edition. You can update your software by selecting Check for Updates in the Help Menu in form•Z and following the prompts for downloading and patching. Details on what’s new in this version can be found here.
A new V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max update is available for download. This update contains important bug fixes and includes: Fixed 3ds Max 2015 SP3/Extension2 crash on remote hosts with Distributed Rendering V-Ray RT GPU now supports VRayDirt V-Ray RT GPU supports VertexColor texture VRayMetaball supports Maxscript vertex color source VRayProxy disables Force first map channel … Read more
With the most recent update from Maxon (16.029), bugs (OSX noise etc) that caused issues between V-Ray and Cinema 4D R16 have now been fixed. Users should now be able to render without any problems.
AutoDessys will show the power of form•Z’s subdivision modelling and 3D printing capabilities by walking you through a series of actual 3D printed projects modelled exclusively with subdivision tools and features. In this webinar you’ll experience: Powerful subdivision modeling and how it can be used in your project workflow. Seamless conversion of subdivision models to NURBS or … Read more
The Maxwell Render V3.1 early build is now available now for testing! Full release will be within the next few weeks and the update is free for all V3 users. To access the early build area you must be signed into the forum first, then go to www.maxwellrender.com/betas. What’s new in V3.1? Spotlight emitters to mimic … Read more
A new update to V-Ray 2.0 for Rhino is now available. In addition to other refinements, Chaos have made code optimisations to improve the general performance of V-Ray for Rhino. Refinements include: Performance improvements that speed up DR renders Relative paths are now supported for bitmap textures Improved batch render tool for easier use Sun Modify Light … Read more
V-Ray 2.0 for SketchUp SP 3 is now available. SketchUp 2015 now has a 64 bit version that this V-Ray service pack fully supports on both Windows and Mac. Even if you haven’t made the leap yet to SketchUp 2015, this is a worthwhile update. Download the latest version of V-Ray 2.0 for SketchUp here.