Luxology has started to tease the CG community with the new version of Modo 701. They’ve unveiled a new video focusing on the particles engine in Modo 701 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHY3b1BPbU0[/youtube] Modo 701 features Procedural particle engine with an easy to use pre-set workflow Audio playback and a sound channel modifier, bringing animations to life Schematic improvements, reducing scene graph complexity Dedicated dynamics simulation layer, significantly improving performance Simplified complexity of materials and layered shaders Large scene performance improvements by as much as 175x Preview render synchronisation improvements, over 50x faster in large scenes New Python interpreter, making python execution many times faster Unlimited network rendering
