Power CatiaToMax is a plugin that reads CATIA 4 files into Max as precise NURBS Brep Objects. Once in Max, the BrepObjects can be tessellated to user defined accuracy at render time for extremely high quality images.

Power CatiaToMax contains the following features:
- Native translation of Catia models
- Import precise trimmed NURBS
- User control of tessellation for display / rendering
- Batch import with mesh generation
- Manual sewing for cleanup of import data
- Trim / un-trim surfaces
- Snapping to imported Catia objects

Power CatiaToMax is available for Max 4 to 6, and costs $2995. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v2.5.70 are:
- Fixed: small update in the OpenGL viewport startup
- Fixed: .obj object import small issue with the face orientation
- Fixed: replace SD file works at the current frame
- Fixed: crash when the replace object button was canceled
- Fixed: wet map file was not properly exported to disk
- Fixed: crash when a elastic .bin particle sequence was loaded through a binloader or when the node was renamed

RealFlow is available for Max 4 to 6, and costs $1490. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.2 are:
- Adds the following new modes: Hue, Saturation, Luminosity and Color
- Fixes a problem with the Softlight mode

Changes for v2.1 are:
- 3D Navigation Meshes
- AI.explorer now has right-click context menus
- Visualization interface has been completely rewritten
- 64-bit Floating-Point Precision is now supported in the SDK
- Support for Max 6

AI.implant is available for Max 5 and 6, and costs $4995. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.1.65 are:
- glu3D mesher performance improved
- Fixed glu3D mesher problem with incomplete meshes in viewport
- New spaceWarp added: objectAttractor

glu3D is available for Max 5 and 6, and costs $295. A demo version is available here.

Chaos Group have released some information on their new V-Ray project 'V-Ray.exe', which will evolve as a stand-alone renderer. They have also put up a very early version of the renderer to test, as well as an exporter plugin for Maya. Max users can already export geometry for the stand-alone renderer using V-Ray v1.45.70. You can find all of the information about the project here.

Changes for v1.21a are:
- Fixes a problem with Max 5 that some users were having

Liquid+ is available for Max 5 and 6, and costs ¥45,800. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v3.0 are:
- Adds support for particles

Ghost Trails is available for Max 4 to 6, and costs $99. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.21 are:
- A couple of unspecified bug-fixes

Liquid+ is available for Max 5 and 6, and costs ¥45,800. A demo version is available here.

Allows you to export models for Söldner - Secret Wars for use in your own mods.

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This is a replacement for the 'Unwrap UVW' modifier that ships with Max. It adds a number of new features, including:
- Added custom script keyboard accelerators
- Added new stitch function that only stitches selected verts
- Added seam, which is like stitch but doesn't weld the points
- Put the 'dump' function into c++ (much faster)
- Made all functions undoable
- Added rollout order option
- Compacted the tools a bit (much neater)
- Added a 'maximize' feature
- Added 9 or 10 new MAXscript commands to the unwrap interface
- Made all sub windows (eg relax dialog) centre on main window
- Exposed the 'fit relax' feature
- Split the plugin off into new class, meaning it has its own quad and menus

Changes for v1.1.64 are:
- Fixed motion blur
- Merging glu3D scenes is now possible
- Dynamic solver is now almost 18% faster
- Scene geometry no longer collides by default
- New filter-control added to avoid particle flickering

glu3D is available for Max 5 and 6, and costs $295. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.9 are:
- Improved hybridation allowing a much better mix between 2D and 3D elements

natFX is available for Max 4 to 6, and costs $1150 (including 10 plants). A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.2 are:
- Added support for Multipass Rendering
- Renders faster and uses less memory
- Accelerated preview of Material Editor
- Accelerated Brush Cache
- Added support for Environment, Effects and Exposure Control
- Fixed a problem with Network Rendering
- Changed UI layout of Renderer settings

Liquid+ is available for Max 5 and 6, and costs ¥45,800. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v2.5.66 are:
- 'Particle Force' and 'Impulse' have been moved from Rigid Body panel to Particle Interaction panel
- Some improvements in the stability of Elastics
- Added new 'shield inverse' switch to Drag daemon
- Particle UV mapping option fixed
- Fixed a crash when pressing 'Texture Now' in the Texture Gizmo
- Improvements in memory management
- Fixed a problem with license cross-check at startup on some systems
- Fixed OpenGL start up problems with some graphic cards
- Added bounding condition to Speed daemon
- Fixed a crash with wet texture generation
- Fixed a few memory leaks
- Fixed the RW Splash emitter
- Fixed a problem with imported animated objects not being updated

RealFlow is available for Max 5 and 6, and costs $1490. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v4.6.0.55 are:
- White Diffuse Texture Colour now optional - bug fix for materials

Changes for v1.1.63 are:
- 'Filling percentage' parameter no longer changes when modifying animation_LOD value
- Now correctly loads scenes with a high number of calculated frames
- Scenes with a high number of calculated frames now load much faster
- It's now possible to delete part of the .glu3D file sequence in order to hide particles in that interval
- Motion blur now works after loading a pre-calculated glu3D scene
- Added a prompt that gives the total steps that the current frame consists of
- The first frame of a large scene no longer takes ages to solve
- Particles no longer explode when the 'scale' value is something other than 1.0

glu3D is available for Max 5 and 6, and costs $495. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v3.0 are:
- The milky way can now be made 3-dimensional
- Improved motion blur algorithm
- Corrects the way curvilinear trajectories of stars are calculated
- Changed the controls for balance of bright and dark stars
- Improved the Scintillation effect
- Hyperspace effect improved
- You can now change star colour for the Hyperspace effect
- You can also assign a direction for the Hyperspace effect

Changes for v6.06 are:
- Adds getMAXFileObjectNames. This method replaces the method exposed by MXS, and returns and array of string values rather than name values. This is needed since the node names used by mergeMAXFile are case sensitive. By definition, name values are not case sensitive.

The Max 5 version of the plugin has also been updated, you can get it here: Avguard MAXScript Extensions v5.10.

Changes for v2.3 are:
- Added 3 buttons to 'Operator Parameters' for fast switching between Coarse, Medium and Fine tessellation settings
- BrepObject command will globally modify all BrepObjects when nothing is selected
- Added Freeze Mesh button in Editable Brep to produce a lightweight BrepObject
- Updated sewing command in Editable Brep to allow different sewing options / tolerances
- Fixed and Enhanced UVW mapping
- Fixed some problems with general modifiers like Bend, Taper, Twist
- Fixed bug in conversion of Spline Shapes that sometimes changed the shape
- Fixed several problems using Text in BrepObject creation
- Capping now works much better in BrepRevolve and BrepLoft
- Offset of open shapes now works
- UNDO now functions correctly in EditableBrep commands

Power Solids (icluding Power Translators) is available for Max 4 to 6, and costs $495. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v6.5 are:
- All UV and vertex color channels are now imported and optimized
- Improved stability when replacing objects by optimized objects
- Optimization is now precomputed
- Improved UV textures optimization
- Optimization matches the entered number of faces/points better
- Multiple UV channel optimization
- Multiple vertex colors channel optimization
- New export formats

Polygon Cruncher is available for Max 4 to 6, and costs $109. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v0.2 Beta are:
- Improved stability
- Enhanced user interface
- Geometric rendering of hair
- New Hair IK added
- General improvements and bugfixes