Release History
7.0
Released on 25.March.2026
- FumeFX GPU: FumeFX 7 for Maya introduces NVIDIA® CUDA support to accelerate FumeFX simulation calculations on the GPU. While GPU and CPU solvers will not produce identical results, both follow the same underlying simulation principles that define FumeFX’s behavior. With CUDA acceleration, users can achieve significantly faster computation times without compromising the physical accuracy or overall realism of the simulation. Performance improvements depend on grid size and simulation complexity, but testing has shown an average speed gain of approximately 2× to 5× over CPU-only simulations (NVIDIA RTX 4090 24 GB and AMD Ryzen 9 7900X test system).
The GPU solver is built on the same dense grid approach that FumeFX has used since its earliest versions. This ensures that artists can expect the same familiar simulation characteristics, controllability, and predictability - now delivered with far greater performance.
It’s also important to note that if a simulation exceeds the available GPU memory, FumeFX will automatically fall back to CPU mode. This allows extremely detailed or memory-intensive simulations to continue running reliably, albeit at CPU speed, without requiring any manual intervention from the user.
FumeFX 7.0 for Maya new features video.
- FumeFX: GPU Viewport performance has been significantly improved and issues such as viewport lagging behind scene redraws have been resolved.
- FumeFX: CPU simulation will now pre-allocate memory required for simulation which results in approximately 10% - 15% faster simulations.
- FumeFX: Simulation Status widow controls update.
- FumeFX: Removed FumeX 4 engine support
- FumeFX Vortex: Added new multithreaded Vortex force with FumeFX GPU support.
- FumeFX Wind: Added FumeFX GPU support.
- FumeFX Wind: Added radial falloff option and front side only options.
Fixes
- FumeFX: Opened Simulation Info Window had missing Save To File option.
- FumeFX: FumeFX Wind was slowing down simulation significantly.