Axiom 2.1 Released

Matt Puchala has introduced a new version of Axiom. Compared to Axiom 2, Axiom 2.1 is now 10-25% faster, can simulate up to 2 billion voxels, and supports 16-bit float memory downloads. In addition, the update adds an option for source shapes world/object space noise and noise offsets, and fixes several bugs.

Axiom is a sparse GPU accelerated volumetric fluid solver for computer graphics and visual effects. It can run sparse simulations fully on a GPU to leverage its computational power. Axiom can simulate a variety of effects such as fire, smoke, pyrotechnics, and more.

It supports Houdini versions 18.0+ on Windows, Linux, or macOS and requires at least 16GB of RAM. The price varies from $99 to $499, a free non-commercial version is also available.

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