MeshMixer 08 Update 2

An update of the free Autodesk MeshMixer has been released.

New in MeshMixer 08 Update 2:

• support for snapping and units in Transform tool
• new Units Tool to set physical scale of model and convert between units 
• new Stability Tool to analyze whether model will fall over
• Stability tool also computes volume and surface area
• new Overhang Tool and real-time shader to visualize overhang regions
• new Measuring Tool with various measuring modes 
• PlaneCut now faster, more robust, can "slice" to keep both sides, and be restricted to a selection
• new GenerateFaceGroups Tool to find face groups on imported models
• Support for Color-Per-Vertex OBJ and binary STL
• Improved image format support (now supports JPG!) 
• Booleans and Join tools significantly more robust
• many other small bugfixes and improvements

More info and download on www.meshmixer.com

Asile FX: 60 free alpha brushes

An asile fx you can get 60 free alpha brushes.

The package includes .psd and .jpg versions of the alphamaps.

More infos and download on http://www.asilefx.net

Sweet Home 3D 3.7 released

Sweet Home 3D 3.7 was released.

New in Version 3.7:

• Displayed groups in the furniture table as expandable / collapsible tree nodes.
• Used antialiasing in the 3D view when possible.
• Fixed a bug that could create invalid SH3D files after the importation of a 3D model file containing non ASCII characters (like accentuated letters).
• Fixed the management of multiple holes in polygons defined in imported DAE files.
• Forbade window resizing while a SH3D file is opened under Mac OS X, to avoid program freezing.
• Saved in a SH3D file only the textures of the SH3T file used by the home.
• Released the version 1.0 (670 kB) of the Textures Library Editor, a separate tool that lets the user create and edit easily SH3T files.
• Updated the new portable version of Sweet Home 3D (version 3.7, 116 MB) et Furniture Library Editor (version 1.9, 5 Mo).
• Replaced JRE 6u35 by JRE 6u37 in Sweet Home 3D installers bundled with Java.
• Other minor bugs fixes and enhancements.

Sweet Home 3D is Open Source and available for Windows, OS X, Linux and Solaris

More info and download at www.sweethome3d.com

Blender 2.64 released

The Blender Foundation has released Blender 2.64 aka the VFX release, which was developed and used for the short-film Tear of Steel.

New in 2.64 are additions in:

• Mask Editor
• Compositing
• Motion Tracker
• Color
• Green Screen
• Cycles Render
• Mesh Tools
• Sequencer
• Sculpting
• Collada
• Skin Modifier
• Game Engine

More infos here
and download here

MeshMixer 07 Update 5

An update of the free Autodesk MeshMixer has been released.

New in MeshMixer 07 Update 5:

• new Close Cracks tool for welding together existing seams
• Hide selected objects with ctrl+h (ctrl+shift+H to show all)
• Combine now supports arbitrary number of objects
• smarter handling of importing objects with very different sizes
• tweaks for Face Selections (expand/contract, optimize)
• Add(shift) / Remove(ctrl) for slice-lasso in Face Selection
• improved Face Selection rendering
• huge cleanup of memory leaks
• many, many bug fixes

More info and download on www.meshmixer.com

Nick Gizelis: 50 mechanical brushes for free

On the website of Nick Gizelis you can get a free pack of 50 mechanical brushes for ZBrush or as alphamaps for other sculpting applications.

More info and download at www.noisyknuckles.com

Shade Standard 10 free on July 4th 2012

Get Shade Standard 10 free today (4th July 2012):

Shade Standard Key Benefits:

• Create professional 3D artwork and animation
• Build more kinds of models for art, animation, games
• Design more realistic looking characters
• More 3D options for working with Photoshop and Illustrator
• Extend Shade with new capabilities for your projects
• Deliver 3D movies with 3D audio, Poser integration

The special offer begins January 4, 2012 and ends July 5, 2012.
Shade is compatible with Windows and OS X

More info at http://miryestore.com