- P SOFTHOUSE Co. LTD has extensively or rather silently working on development on Pencil+ , a Shader plugin for Autodesk’s 3ds Max. Recently Pencil+ 2 Beta is made available for download on their Japanese version of website. Couple of sample 3ds max files as well as Still Images and Demo video’s are also available; for giving us the idea about the latest developments and upcoming features in next official Release. Pencil+, a Non Photo Realistic Shader plug-in (NPR) , is the software that lets 3D artist truly realize the style of hand drawing. You can create fascinating renderings that simulate from the vivid colors of the wax pencil strokes to the delicate pigment pen drawings.