Adobe releases Substance Designer 2021.1
Material-authoring software gets support for Pantone colours - and now exports actual 3D geometry.
Friday, January 29th, 2021
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RandomControl updates Maverick Indie and Studio
Both GPU renderers get new options for rendering animations, plus a free GPU benchmarking tool.
Monday, November 9th, 2020
3Dflow ships 3DF Zephyr 5.0
Big update to the image-based modeling software boosts performance and adds new laser scan registration app 3DF Scarlet.
Thursday, July 9th, 2020
Check out promising free 3D scanning app Display.land
Free iOS and Android app generates 3D scans of entire environments for use in games and AR experiences.
Monday, February 3rd, 2020
Pixologic ships ZBrush 2020
Major free update to the sculpting app adds new history-aware brushes, option to paint or sculpt on the UV unwrap of a model.
Wednesday, November 13th, 2019
Free 3D viewer Emb3D adds option to display models in AR
iOS and Android model viewer gets augmented reality support, plus new web app and cloud services.
Monday, September 30th, 2019
Sketchfab's models of the month: July 2019
See the month's best 3D models, including this Storm King character, available to download for free.
Wednesday, August 7th, 2019
RandomControl launches Maverick Studio
Updated: new visualisation tool from the creators of the Arion renderer gets perpetual licences.
Tuesday, June 18th, 2019
Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2020
New update adds OSL-based toon shading and built-in greenscreen keying, and makes viewport animation playback up to 2x faster.
Wednesday, March 27th, 2019
Wings 3D developers release Wings 3D 2.2
Veteran open-source subdivision modelling tool gets support for PBR materials, new Booleans system.
Monday, December 3rd, 2018
MeshLab 2016 ships
Newly updated open-source app provides complete set of tools for cleaning and editing 3D scan data, or readying meshes for 3D printing.
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017
View complex 3D models on your mobile with Emb3D
Updated: Free iOS and Android app displays multi-million-poly assets in real time. Now includes new MatCap material.
Wednesday, November 9th, 2016
Clean up point cloud data from 3D scans with Sparta
Updated: back the new Indiegogo campaign to get the pro versions of the particle sculpting app for less.
Wednesday, June 18th, 2014