In nuce: VFX software developer Sitni Sati has announced that FumeFX 6 for 3ds Max has entered the beta phase. The highlight: FumeFX 6 Beta is now available to users free of charge – or as a fully functional, commercial licence. The description of the presentation video on YouTube states that FumFX 6 Beta is offered equally for learning purposes, non-commercial projects and blockbuster film projects of large studios – without any costs incurred during the current beta phase. The free beta offer is valid up to and including 21 December 2022 and includes a node-based system that affects, among other things – but not exclusively: Particles, Ropes, Rigid Body Dynamics, Soft Body Dynamics, Cloths and Voxel Grids.
Click further: The presentation video for FumeFX 6.0 is linked right here below. Digital Production last reported on the simulation software FumeFX on 13 April 2018 – at that time on the release of version 5.0. All further information can be found on the website of the VFX software developer Sitni Sati.