What is Pulldownit?
Pulldownit! is a brand new dynamics solver which allows for the creation of fractures as well as massive rigid bodies simulations.
By using its technology digital artists are able to simulate fast and easily scenes made of thousands of objects and collapse buildings, bridges or any kind of brittle material.
Fast, accurate rigid bodies solver
The rbd solver inside Pulldownit! is the result of several years of research in dynamics for CG. It has no limits in the number of objects in simulation and is able to compute hundreds of contacts in seconds. It overcomes all the typical problems with other solvers, it is mathematically probed to conserve energy and it computes physically correct friction(PCF); all these issues together guarantee stable, accurate simulations, not objects flying away anymore!
Shatter It!, Voronoi-based pre-cutting

Shatter It! is the new pre-cutting tool of Pulldownit, it is Voronoi-based because this scheme has showed to be the best mathematical pattern for brittle fracture. Its technology allows to pre-cut a 3D model in hundred of shards in seconds, in addition the fragments generated plug easily in the Pulldownit solver to perform simulation in a fast and reliable way.
Fracture capabilities
The technology of fracture inside Pdi! is absolutely new and groundbreaking. It allows breaking apart any kind of brittle material as stone, glass or stucco. By using it digital artist are able to simulate the collapse of structures such as buildings demolition in minutes. Not the least its easy setup and powerful stress tools allow for control in the creation of cracks and drive the simulation to the desired end.
Animation Friendly

Pdi! is integrated in the most popular 3D packages, It catches the geometry from the viewports and computes the final result as animation keys, It allows to reset the simulation and start again as many as needed also tweaking parameters and resume simulation at any frame, in addition animated objects and characters are able to interact with the simulated ones.

 
6-7-2010
Pulldownit Maya MAC OS available
Pulldownit have been released for Maya MAC OS X

More News
17-5-2010
Pulldownit 1.5 released
Pulldownit 1.5 has been released for Max and Maya
10-5-2010
Pulldownit pro 1.1 available for Max 2011
Enjoy Pulldownit with the latest release of Max
26-4-2010
Pdi Pro available for Maya 2011
Enjoy pulldownit with the latest release of Maya
External Links
Xavia Digital
The makers of the Thinkinetic web site, professional and friendly people.
http://www.xaviadigital.com/
Evermotion
Great site for show casing your works, specially stills, their active menbers will give back good ideas to you, they count also with a huge library of 3D models.
http://www.evermotion.org/tutorials/show/7962/pulldownit-review
Pull Down It! is a product of Thinkinetic