Houdini 10 includes many more features such as:

• Motion FX which gives artist-friendly access to the procedural power of Houdini's channel operators (CHOPS).
• Improvements to Network Usability including new align tools, and the ability to quickly connect and disconnect nodes using fewer clicks.
• Physically Based Rendering (PBR) is now fully supported in Houdini's multi-threaded shading language.
• Deep Camera Maps which make it possible to render volumes and objects into separate passes then combine them perfectly.
• The Rigid Body Solver now supports ODE for faster simulations.
• Houdini's cloth solver can be used to simulate the Crumpling and Tearing of dentable and elastic surfaces.
• The wire solver now supports Parting and is much faster when simulating longer wires.
• New Knife and Edge Loop modeling tools.
• And much more.

Houdini 10 is available immediately on Mac OS X, Windows and LINUX and can be downloaded for free as part of the Houdini Apprentice program. 3D Artists who want to work on personal projects without render watermarks can also purchase Houdini Apprentice HD for only $99. Please visit sidefx.com for more information including pricing for Houdini's commercial line of products.