The simulation core is CPU-based, and multi-threaded while individual solvers are GPU-accelerated, with some – the PhysX rigid body dynamics and cloth collision solvers – requiring a CUDA-capable Nvidia GPU. The software can also import and manipulate data in OpenVDB format, with volumes able to interact with particle systems. Over a regular series of beta builds, tyFlow evolved into more rounded multiphysics system, in a similar way to cebas’s thinkingParticles.Īs well as particle collision, tyFlow can now simulate granular fluids like sand, rigid bodies and object destruction, soft bodies and cloth, and even crowds, via a particle-driven tyActor object. Ibele described the toolset as “what PFlow could have been, if development didn’t stop like 10 years ago”, adding new features including simulation retiming and viewport instancing. The software is now available in two editions: tyFlow Free, which lacks multi-core support and GPU acceleration, and the commercial version, tyFlow Pro.Ī versatile particle-based multiphysics system for 3ds Maxįirst announced in 2018, tyFlow began life as a “complete rewrite” of Particle Flow: a next-generation replacement for 3ds Max’s ageing native particle and physics systems. Scroll down for news of the tyFlow 1.007 update.Īnimator and game developer Tyson Ibele has released tyFlow 1.0, the first stable release of his popular particle and multiphysics add-on for 3ds Max.

See demo videos on the tyFlow Instagram channel. The first stable release of the multiphysics add-on for 3ds Max simulates particles, granular fluids, rigid bodies, soft bodies and crowds.

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