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Sergio Mucino has released version 1.2 of the maxTD Rigging Toolbox Kit for Modo, improving deformer workflows, rigging and asset management. New features include: (more...)

Foundry Research has made Modo VR available to test. This new tool brings the Modo viewport to an Occulus Rift or HTC Vive headset, enabling first person manipulation of scene layout, adding annotations, controlling animation playback, and review, all without leaving Modo.  As a research project there are no guarantees that this will end up in Modo, after a testing period it may be released as part of a later Modo release or as a separate product. If you are interested in testing Modo VR you can sign up by visiting the Foundry's website.

Oliver Hotz has released an open source tool that lets you copy and paste geometry between different 3D applications. The current 3D applications supported are Maya, Houdini, Modo, Lightwave and Blender. (more...)

The developer of MaxToC4D, MaxToMaya and C4DtoMax has released a tool for transferring 3DS Max scenes to Modo. The plugin allows for quick transfer of Max scenes to Modo, solving common import/export problems automatically. It also offers automatic conversion of scenes with V-Ray materials to Modo "similar" materials and settings. MaxToModo is being offered at an introductory price of $29. More on the 3DtoAll website.

Mechanical Color has released Tabby Cat, a simple but handy Modo Kit that changes the default Tab key behaviour so that Catmull-Clark subdivisions are used, entire polygon islands are either smoothed or unsmoothed, all component selection modes can be used, flipped polys are aligned and mixed unsmoothed/subdivided meshes fixed. The kit is free on Mechanical Color's website along with a number of other useful scripts.

PSOFT has released Character Box, a new animation plugin for Modo that includes a modular rigging system for bipeds or multi-limbed animals, muscle simulation, the ability to generate weight maps using polygonal meshes, and a library system for organising and re-using rigs, motions and more. The main features include: (more...)

SyFlex has released its cloth simulation software for Modo. The plugin allows to animate cloth objects as well as many types of soft bodies, such as tires and balloons. More on SyFlex's website.

The cloth simulation software is being ported to Modo and a few preview videos have been available on SyFlex's Vimeo channel. More on The Foundry's forum.

PSOFT has released a sneak preview video of a new modular rigging plugin that is being developed for Modo. There is little information on the PSOFT website regarding this plugin, so we will update this story as we find out more.