Overview
What VoxelPainter does
Paint on the walls of a box you drag out in the viewport. A voxel is filled where the paintings agree, like carving a block from stencils, which makes clouds, smoke puffs and stylized volumes quick to shape.
VoxelPainter comes in two versions under one license: the original paints three walls, and VoxelPainter2 paints all six and blends each opposite pair by depth. Bake VDB writes the result as a density grid.
- What it is
- Geometry objects (Create > Geometry > Machine3D). Includes VoxelPainter and VoxelPainter2.
- 3ds Max
- 3ds Max 2025 and 2027
- Works with
- Nothing extra. OpenVDB is built in.
- License
- One seat per workstation. Render nodes free.
Features
Features
Paint brush
Radius, Density and Falloff, with Erase (hold Alt).
Six walls
VoxelPainter2 paints every wall and shows which ones carry paint.
Blend modes
Blend, Max, Min or Average for opposite walls, with Sharpness.
Combine axes
Intersect or Union across axes, with a Threshold.
Resizable
Change Voxel Size or stretch the box and the paint follows.
Previews
Show Faces, Show Voxels and See-Through.
Bake VDB
Write the volume to a .vdb density grid.
Presets
User and Studio Settings presets.
VoxelPainter is coming soon
Want to know when it launches? Drop us a line.
Plugins and tools for 3ds Max, built and used in production.
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