Marius Silaghi released a new modifier for Autodesk 3DsMax to provide an alternative to the default modifier „Relax“ in 3DsMax which changes the apparent surface tension in a mesh by moving vertices closer to, or away from, their neighbours. The typical result is that the object gets smoother and a little smaller as the vertices move toward an averaged centre point. TopoRelax relaxes meshes while preserving their volume unlike the normal relax modifier which shrinks the mesh, so you don’t have to worry about losing the volume of your mesh.

Procedural texture-generation tool Filter Forge 3.0 has finally shipped after a lengthy period in beta. For those who are not yet familiar with Filter Forge, it's a versatile 2D procedural texturing tool that works both as a standalone app and as a Photoshop plugin and lets you generate resolution-independent seamless textures with bump, diffuse and normal maps with resolutions up to 65000x65000 pixels. This new version brings support for multiple source images, revamped user interface, improved preview interactivity, new amazing filters, and much more.

Pilgway has released 3D Coat version 3.7. This major release adds handy new tools and features, while also fixing some bugs. 3D-Coat v3.7 has been released with lot of new features like AppLink Connection Plug-ins, Instancing Support, New CutOff Tool, New Brush Engine and more. The AppLink Connection plug-ins mean you can transfer your content between 3D Coat and your 3D modeller in no time. The plug-ins support 3ds Max, LightWave, Maya, modo, Cinema 4D, Blender, ZBrush, Unity 3D, Softimage, Houdini, Messiah, Cheetah 3D, Fusion, and VoidWorld.

Suicidator City Generator (SCG) is a popular Python script for Blender. With it, you can automatically create entire, three-dimensional modern cities in a matter of seconds by adjusting various parameters, such as city size and complexity, rather than creating each building, each street, and each texture manually. City-builder add-on Suicidator has been updated to version 0.5, which is able for Blender 2.6. This version so contains automatic building and street generator and also building texture generator and terrain elevation control.