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INSYDIUM NeXus for Blender

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INSYDIUM NeXus for Blender Beta

NeXus has been rebuilt from the ground up for Blender, bringing GPU-accelerated particle simulation with real-time viewport feedback and fast iteration. From fluid dynamics and fire to organic spreading effects and constraint-based dynamics, everything runs on the GPU.

Simulation, reimagined
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Beta Update

2026.0.0-beta.3

Changed

  • Added CURVES support for all modifiers
  • nxTurbulence frequency is now a percentage

Performance

  • Increase EFX performance by up to 3x
  • Increase performance for Voronoise (~2x) and modest gains in Cubic

Fixed

  • nxScale and nxColor noise now normalised for scene units
  • #7846Modifier range layer clamp issue
  • #7884nxQuestion Set Radius action default too large (5m to 0.05m)
  • #7892Added NexusTime (per second / per frame) toggle to emitter birthrate
  • #7895nxQuestion spawn action Add Emitter button creates a spawn-only emitter linked to the action
  • #7896nxEmitter rectangle width/height swapped on X+/X- planes, emission didn't match viewport display (also #8090, #8093)
  • #7916nxQuestion Math Random missing time variation and particle ID options
  • #7920nxDirection forces not scaled by scene units
  • #7939nxEmitter point cloud follows animated emitter instead of staying in world space
  • #7957nxDirection In Absolute mode: arrow gui points in the wrong direction
  • #7967nxFlock reactor pursuit/flee target lists and timing not working
  • #7971nxTurbulence FBM and Wavy noise not normalised for scene units
  • #7976nxEmitter object emission offset by the emitter's own transform (also #7974)
  • #7996nxWind Turbulence Not Correct
  • #8014Modifiers can be selected by clicking them in the viewport
  • #8034Blender Console: crash after uncheck a default option
  • #8039nxExplode "Unstick if Necessary" doesn't work
  • #8042Rendering crash
  • #8065nxColor: GPU crash if deactivated with nxLimit
  • #8066Emitter noise display locked if more than one emitter using the mode
  • #8072nxMesher: GPU crash with nxGroups and nxFluids
  • #8077Particle Color attribute renders black in Cycles
  • #8084nxConstraints particles stuck on emitter surface after lowering Iterations
  • #8086nxCache tags not updating until timeline played; cache icon now recolours with cache state and disabled sources clear their tag
  • #8092GPU crash emitting from a spline with Points or Edges modes, emission direction now follows the curve tangent (also #7822, #8001)
  • #8098Blender combining point cloud geometry nodes if using multiple emitters
  • #8099nxCollider not working correctly with Blender solidify modifier
  • #8104Animated objects not transferring to simulation cache
  • #8107Blender stops responding in Viewport Rendered mode

Out now

The NeXus for Blender Beta is available now. An INSYDIUM Customer Account is required to access the Beta and your licence. If you already have an account you are all set. If not, create a Customer Account to get started.

Two ways to get NeXus for Blender

Buy it on this page for a perpetual licence. It never expires and it already includes the full release at no extra cost, so you will not need to buy again at launch.

Try the free Beta from your Customer Account. The free Beta licence is time-limited. It is valid until the full release of NeXus for Blender, plus a few days afterwards, then it stops. To carry on using NeXus after release you can buy a licence.

Licensing

NeXus for Blender is a perpetual licence from a one off payment. The 2026 version is yours to keep.

  • All Service Updates for the 2026.x version are included at no extra cost.
  • Future versions can be upgraded for half of the full price at the time.
  • A purchased licence never expires. This is different from the free Beta licence, which is time-limited and stops a few days after the full release.
  • No subscription and no Maintenance fees.

What the Beta Includes

Simulation
  • nxConstraints: particle constraint solver with multiple constraint types
  • nxExplosiaFX: fire and smoke
  • nxFlock: flocking behaviour
  • nxFluids: liquid and granular simulation with PBD, SPH, FLIP and APIC solvers
  • nxInfectio: infection and contagion spread between particles
Emission, Meshing and Curves
  • nxEmitter: the source of particle birth
  • nxGenerator: instance meshes at every active particle position
  • nxMesher: generate a polygon mesh from particle emitters
  • nxTrail: particle trails as a viewport overlay or curves
  • nxUpres: upres particles from source to destination emitters
Forces
  • nxAttract: attract particles towards the modifier or target objects
  • nxAvoid: make particles avoid specified objects
  • nxDrag: apply aerodynamic drag to particles
  • nxExplode: explode particles outward from a point
  • nxGravity: apply gravity force to particles
  • nxSplash: splash cone effects that push particles outward
  • nxTurbulence: turbulence noise force
  • nxVorticity: vorticity confinement force
  • nxWind: apply wind force to particles
Motion and Shaping
  • nxBlend: blend parameters between neighbouring particles
  • nxCover: cover target object surfaces
  • nxDirection: layered control of particle direction
  • nxFollowGeo: follow geometry surfaces or edges
  • nxPush: push particles apart to prevent overlapping
  • nxRotate: apply rotational force to particles
  • nxScale: scale geometry, radius or mass with layered operations
  • nxSpeed: layered control of particle speed
  • nxSpin: layered control of particle rotation
  • nxSticky: stick particles to object surfaces
  • nxWave: wave motion using noise patterns
Interaction and Control
  • nxCollider: collide particles with mesh objects
  • nxColor: layered particle colour control
  • nxKill: kill particles by volume, objects or count
  • nxLimit: limit particle properties with layered operations
  • nxQuestion: per-particle conditional logic

Preview Videos

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System Requirements

Requires Blender 4.3 or later. Every version from 4.3 onwards is supported, including Blender 4.5 LTS and Blender 5 and newer. NeXus is installed via the Blender Extensions platform, which was added in Blender 4.3. Blender 4.5 LTS has long-term support until July 2027.

NeXus is GPU-accelerated, so you will need a modern GPU with up-to-date drivers and at least 4GB of VRAM. On Windows and Linux this requires Vulkan 1.3. On macOS it requires Metal 3.

Licensing is done online so you need an active internet connection.

Operating System

  • Windows 8.1 or later (requires the MSVC v142 runtime)
  • macOS 13.0 (Ventura) or later
  • Linux with glibc 2.31 or later, for example Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Anonymous Usage Statistics

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