First 64-Bit Plug-ins for Maya 8 and 3ds Max 9

Applications range from glu3D and V-Ray to Deep Paint 3D

Archive notice: This article was originally published on August 9, 2006. Links and embedded videos are preserved as part of the historical record.Thanks to a partnership with HP and Intel, the first plug-ins for the new 64-bit versions of 3ds Max and Maya are now available. They were developed by members of the Autodesk Developer Network (ADN) Sparks program. HP and Intel provided several 64-bit workstations so that the add-on modules could be ported in time for the launch of the new software versions.

The following 64-bit plug-ins for 3ds Max 9 and Maya 8 are available so far:

  • 3dAliens (www.3daliens.com): glu3D

  • Archvision (www.archvision.com): RPC plug-ins and content

  • Axceleon, Inc (www.axceleon.com/3d): EnFuzion

  • Bionatics (www.bionatics.com): natFX and EASYnat

  • Boomer Labs (www.boomerlabs.com): MAX2AE

  • Boris FX (www.borisfx.com): Final Effects Complete

  • Cebas (www.cebas.com): finalRender

  • Chaos (www. chaosgroup.com): V-Ray

  • Character Animation Technologies (www.catoolkit.com): Character Animation Toolkit

    • Cubicspace (www.cubicspace.com): rtre (real-time rendering)
  • Frantic Films Corporation (www.franticfilms.com): Deadline Render Farm Management System

  • Itoo (www.itoosoft.com): Forest Pack plug-ins

  • Joe Alter, Inc (www.joealter.com): Shave and a Haircut

  • Npower Software (www.npowersoftware.com): Power Booleans, Power Nurbs, Power Solids

  • Okino Computer Graphics (www.okino.com): Polytrans

  • Orbaz (www.orbaz.com): Particle Flow Tools

  • Pipeline FX (www.pipelinefx.com): Qube!

  • Pixar (www.pixar.com): RenderMan

  • Rad Game Tools (www.radgametools.com): Granny 3D

  • Right Hemisphere (www.righthemisphere.com): Deep Paint 3D

  • Sensable (www.sensable.com): Claytools

  • Size 8 Software (www.size8software.com): clothFX

  • Syflex LLC (www.syflex.com): Syflex Cloth

  • T-Splines LLC (www.tsplines.com): T-Splines plug-in