A Quick Look: Particle and Fluid Simulation Plugins for 3D Hosts
At Toolfarm, we have great particle and fluid simulation tools for several 3D hosts, for a range of budgets. Below, check out what we have in our store.
Compare 3D Particle and Fluid Simulation Plugins/Tools
Particle Engines & Fluid Simulators for for 3D Hosts
Below is a breakdown of some particle engines and Fluid Simulators, their hosts, features, and pricing. Note: Pricing is subject to change so please check the product page for current pricing.| Particle Engine | Supported Hosts | Main Features | License type | Price/Bundle information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cebas Thinking Particles | 3ds Max | Particle-Based Fluids Flow Solver | Perpetual | ThinkingParticles for 3ds max MSRP: $660 Toolfarm Price: $627 |
| Insydium X-Particles | Cinema 4D | Advanced particle and VFX System CPU Accelerated Seamless integration with Cinema 4D OpenVDB Export Intuitive workflow Powerful and realistic looking smoke, fire, and explosion simulations Liquid and grain solvers for water and sand simulations | Perpetual & Floating | $795 |
| Jawset TurbulenceFD | Cinema 4D LightWave | GPU acellerated Physically-Based Fire Shader Voxel Based Fluid Dynamics Particle Advection | Perpetual / Nodelocked & Floating | Cinema 4D Node-locked: MSRP: $509 Toolfarm Price: $483.55 Cinema 4D Floating License: MSRP: $739 Toolfarm Price: $702.05 LightWave Node-locked: MSRP: $489 Toolfarm Price: $464.55 LightWave: Floating License: MSRP: $739 Toolfarm Price: $702.05 |
| Next Limit RealFlow | Standalone Cinema 4D 3ds Max Maya | Fast and powerful realistic fluid simulation Multiphysics GPU-powered Ultra-fast OpenVDB Mesh Engine Seamless integration into host | Perpetual | Starting at $795 for the plugin. $1,095 for the standalone. |
| Sitni Sati FumeFX | 3ds Max Maya Cinema 4D | Powerful fluid dynamics Realistic fire, smoke, and explosion simulations Fast and robustOpenVDB format | Perpetual Floating | $695 |
Cebas thinkingParticles
cebas thinkingParticles for 3ds Max
finalRender and thinkingParticles the new Powerhouse
Countless blockbuster movies and projects depend on thinkingParticles’ limitless ability to recreate advanced physics-based particle effects fully procedural and rule-based.
Indeed, the release of thinkingParticles Subscription Drop 10 represents a massive step towards better and faster Visual Effects all done in 3ds Max. Once again, simulation robustness with outstanding fluid solver stability and enhanced soft body dynamics offer a uniquely rounded overall Visual Effects experience for every 3ds Max user. Besides some serious housekeeping, new advanced Visual Effects operators have been added to the tool chest.
Insydium X-Particles
INSYDIUM Fused Perpetual License
A fully-featured advanced particle and VFX system for MAXON’s Cinema 4D
INSYDIUM X-Particles is a fully-featured advanced particle and VFX system for Maxon’s Cinema 4D. Multithreaded, X-Particles utilizes all of your computer CPUs whenever possible for speed and efficiency. A unique rule system of Questions and Actions enables complete control over particle simulations.
To put it simply, an essential component of an artist’s toolkit, X-Particles is the solution to satisfy all your particle needs: Cloth, Smoke, Fire, Fluids, Grains, and Dynamics. In other words, designers can switch effortlessly between motion graphics and VFX, within a unified system.
Now compatible with Cinema 4D R23! (Requires build 895)
Jawset TurbulenceFD
Next Limit RealFlow
Next Limit RealFlow
Feel the Power - Fluids the easy way
Next Limit RealFlow is an industry-standard, out-of-the-box fluid simulation software. Fast and easy to use, it is compatible with ALL major 3D platforms. Simulate anything from a single drop of water to a massive tsunami.
Next Limit RealFlow | Cinema 4D
Fluids Inside Your Platform
Next Limit RealFlow | Cinema 4D gives you the best in fluid simulation, directly inside Cinema 4D. Now you can achieve high-end simulations with an even easier workflow.
Next Limit RealFlow | 3ds Max
The Newest Member of the RealFlow Family
RealFlow | 3ds Max brings the well-know RealFlow fluid simulation tools directly to Autodesk 3ds Max®. Stay in 3ds Max® to perform your liquid, granular, viscous, and viscoelastic simulations. RealFlow | 3ds Max is available for Autodesk 3ds Max® 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Next Limit RealFlow | Maya
Fluids And More Inside Your Platform
RealFlow | Maya gives you the best in fluid simulation and more, directly inside Autodesk Maya®. Now it is faster and easier to simulate granulars, viscous, viscoelastic, rigid, and elastic materials with an even easier and faster workflow. Achieve high-end GPU-accelerated simulations from inside the Maya® interface.
Sitni Sati FumeFX for 3ds Max
One of the fastest and most flexible CG fluid dynamics simulation systems available
FumeFX is a powerful fluid dynamics plugin-in for Autodesk 3ds max, designed for simulation and rendering of realistic fire, smoke, explosions, and other gaseous phenomena. Unrivaled in its ability to capture the subtlety and complexity of fluid gas behavior it is favored among visual effects artists, game developers, visualization professionals and everyone else who demand the utmost in realism.
Sitni Sati FumeFX for Maya
A powerful fluid dynamics plugin designed for simulation and rendering of realistic explosions, fire, smoke, and other gaseous phenomena
Sitni Sati FumeFX for Maya is unrivaled in its ability to capture the subtlety and complexity of fluid gas behavior it is favored among visual effects artists, game developers, visualization professionals and everyone else who demand the utmost in realism.
Sitni Sati FumeFX for Cinema 4D
A powerful fluid dynamics plugin-in for Maxon Cinema 4D
FumeFX for Cinema 4D is designed for simulation and rendering of realistic fire, smoke, explosions and other gaseous phenomena. Unrivaled in its ability to capture the subtlety and complexity of fluid gas behavior it is favored among visual effects artists, game developers, visualization professionals and everyone else who demand the utmost in realism.
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