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Naiad 0.6 Released

Naiad 0.6 has been commercially released on the 64-bit Linux and Windows 7 platforms. 

The Mac OS X Lion release is expected during Q1 of 2012.

Naiad 0.6 Licensing & Prices Announced

Exotic Matter is pleased to announce the official, new Naiad price list:

Naiad License Purchase:

  • $5,500 USD / €4,000 EUR / £3,500 GBP / 35,000 SEK
  • Includes free version upgrades for 1 calendar year (a value of $1,900/ €1,400/ £890)
  • Includes free access to our online customer support for 1 calendar year

Naiad License Rental (Quarterly):

  • $1,375 USD / €1,000 EUR / £875 GBP / 8,000 SEK
  • Includes free version upgrades during the rental period
  • Includes free access to our online customer support during the rental period
  • 50% of the rental payments may be applied to any future Naiad license purchases

Naiad Support Subscription (Annual):

  • $1,900 USD / €1,400 EUR / £890 GBP / 12,000 SEK per year
  • Includes free version upgrades
  • Includes free access to our online customer support

Version Upgrade (if not under a Naiad Support Subscription):

  • $2,750 USD / €2,000 EUR / £1,750 GBP / 17,500 SEK
  • Includes free version upgrades for 1 calendar year
  • Includes free access to our online customer support for 1 calendar year

New Price Effect On Existing Customers

Our existing customers are very precious to Exotic Matter.  Those who invested in our product and technology early on will be rewarded by our new prices (as opposed to ripped of).  Therefore, the following license conversion will take effect on the day Naiad 0.6 is officially released:

  • All current annual Naiad licenses will be automatically converted to the new, non-expiring Naiad license at no charge.  In addition, the difference in price will be credited toward any new Naiad license purchases.
  • All customers with current maintenance contracts (or current Support & Upgrades Plans) will have their non-expiring Naiad licenses doubled, at no charge.  In addition, after taking into account the license doubling, the remaining difference in price will be credited toward any new Naiad license purchases.

Naiad 0.6 To Be Triple-Platform Release

After months of hard work, we are nearing completion of the newest, most powerful Naiad version to date: the humbly numbered 0.6 release.

We won't give away too much detail about 0.6 just yet, but we did want to take this opportunity to mention that Naiad 0.6 and future versions will run on 64-bit Windows, 64-bit Mac OSX Lion, as well as 64-bit Linux.

Naiad NC (Non-Commercial) License

After many requests from users, we have finally decided to make a Non-Commercial version of Naiad, called Naiad NC. Naiad NC will likely show up soon after Naiad 0.6 has been released.

  • Naiad NC is great way to learn how to use Naiad, since it will cost nothing, and never expire.
  • There is a lot of demand for Naiad TD skills in the market.  Just go here for a current list of Naiad TD recruitment ads.
  • Naiad NC retains all the features of the commercial Naiad version - the only restriction is that the NC version only outputs EMPNC files - which are only readable by Naiad NC.  So, while you can import anything into Naiad NC, you cannot export anything out.  This makes NC unusable for real production work in which you would need to export particles, meshes and other stuff into 3rd party softwares for rendering and other processing, but it's great for learning since you get all the advanced features available in the full Naiad commercial version.