nShatter recently release a new version of their Ruins shatter and dynamics plugin for Autodesk Maya to version 3.5. One of the more notable features of Ruins 3.5 is that it now supports CUDA and the Bullet Engine, all with a revamped new user interface. Ruins 3.5 carries a price tag of $299.00 and is available through nShatter.

some other features in Ruins 3.5 offer:

  • Add the wind field.
  • Add the goal( magnet ) field.
  • Add the Curve field.
  • Support rigid body can follow the movement of parent objects.
  • Rigid Body and gravity and bounding attribute.
  • Use Bullet engine.

“RUINS is a shatter plug-in for maya , Very quickly and can be precision shatter in maya, solid shatter It is very
difficult to solve, moreover is very slowly, So nshatter developed a new plug-in ruins.”