Archive republication: This article was originally published on 2 October 2020. It has been translated into English and lightly updated for clarity while preserving the original reporting and context.
Particle and Voxel Controls
Phoenix FD 4.3, the fluid-dynamics tool for Autodesk 3ds Max and Maya, added force tuning for voxel and particle tuners. The release also accelerated particle previews and exposed rendered particle displacement in the viewport preview.
Fire and Smoke Rendering
Probabilistic shading improved rendering speed for fire and smoke. The update included further feature changes, workflow improvements and fixes documented in the release notes. Studios should compare cached simulations and final renders before changing an established production version.
Release Notes
The complete Phoenix FD 4.3 notes were published in the Chaos documentation.
