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3D modeling and rendering tools

Produce professional-quality 3D animations, renders, and models with 3ds Max® software. An efficient toolset helps you create better 3D content in less time.

What's new

Motion Paths Manipulate animations directly in the viewport and get direct feedback when making adjustments in your scene.
Arnold 5 for 3ds Max Version 1.0 of the MAXtoA plug-in is now integrated into 3ds Max, giving you access to Arnold's latest features.
Smart asset packaging Create, share, and update portable assets that are flexible, connected, and react to changes in design data.
Customizable workspaces Match your UI to the way you think and work with a more responsive, modern, and customizable user experience.
MAX to LMV View MAX files using Forge Viewer in a web browser to review and share assets.
Data Channel Modifier Extract information directly from a model, which you can use to help inform other types of modifications.
Blended Box Map Morph visible seams by blending as many as six materials applied to an object.

3D Animation

Animation productivity (enhanced) Get a more responsive animation process.
Text tool (enhanced) Add data-driven information to your scenes.
Geodesic Voxel and Heatmap skinning Create better skin weighting more quickly.
Max Creation Graph animation controllers Create procedural animations with 3 new controllers.
Camera Sequencer Tell great stories with high-quality animation.
Dual Quaternion skinning Create better skinned characters in less time.
Populate crowd animation Generate believable human motion.
Populate enhancements Create more convincing crowds.
Character animation and rigging tools Create believable characters with realistic motion.
General animation tools Work with keyframe, Dopesheet, and procedural tools.
Animated deformers Add life to creatures and simulate fluidic effects.

3D Modeling And Texturing

Fast form hard surfaces Quickly create hard surface forms
UV mapping (enhanced) Up to 10x faster UV navigation and editing 
Object tool (enhanced) Easy to access tools for object work
OpenSubdiv support Create complex topology more quickly. 
Enhanced ShaderFX Create and exchange advanced shaders more easily.
Point cloud support Create models from point cloud data.
ShaderFX Intuitively create advanced HLSL shaders.
Placement tools Easily position and orient content.
Quad chamfer Create a chamfer between quad surfaces.
Mesh and surface modeling Efficiently create parametric and organic objects.
Texture assignment and editing Explore an advanced texturing toolset.
Shading and material design Quickly design and edit shading hierarchies. 
Vector map support Load vector graphics as texture maps.
Polygon, spline, and NURBS-based modeling Use spline and 2D modeling tools.
Text and shape map Create decals and text-based graphics using 2D objects.

3D Rendering

Autodesk Raytracer Renderer (ART) Create accurate images of architectural scenes.
A360 rendering support Render in the cloud right from within 3ds Max.
Physical Camera Developed with the makers of V-Ray.
Support for new Iray and mental ray enhancements Rendering photorealistic images is now easier.
Improved ActiveShade rendering Iterate quickly with interactive rendering.
Accelerated viewport performance Interact more fluidly with your scene.
Stereo Camera Create engaging 3D content.
Integrated rendering options Achieve stunning image quality with NVIDIA Iray.
Render pass system Segment scenes for downstream compositing.
Nitrous accelerated graphics core Nitrous accelerates workflows, data-set handling.
Slate Compositing Editor Wire together composites in Slate.

Dynamics & Effects

Particle Flow effects Create sophisticated particle simulations.
MassFX dynamic simulation solvers Create simulations with unified simulation solvers.
Hair and fur effects Create strand-derived effects like hair and grass.
Exposure lighting simulation and analysis Simulate and analyze sun, sky, and artificial light.
Simple simulation data import Animate simulation data in CFD, .CSV, or OpenVDB formats.

Ui, Workflow, And Pipeline

Asset Library Quickly access all your 3D content 
High DPI display support Run 3ds Max on modern HDPI monitors and laptops.
Improved pipeline tools integration Get an extended and improved Python/.NET toolset.
Scene converter Seamlessly move from one renderer to another.
Game exporter Easily transfer data into game engines.
Live link Connect 3ds Max and the Stingray engine.
Better support for Stingray shaders Gain better support for physically based shaders.
Integrated Creative Market 3D content store Quickly search an online market of 3D assets.
Max Creation Graph (enhanced) Use shapes and splines, and import simulation data.
XRef renovations New support for nondestructive animation worfklows.
Scene Explorer and Layer Manager (enhanced) Work with complex scenes more easily.
Design Workspace Easily discover the main features of 3ds Max.
Easier Revit and SketchUp workflows Import data from Revit up to 10 times faster.
Template system New startup configurations speed scene creation. 
Alembic support View massive data sets in the Nitrous viewport.
Autodesk Translation Framework Exchange data with SolidWorks, other file formats.
Multitouch support Enjoy more freedom when interacting with 3D content.
Small user-requested features (SURFs) Small feature requests from the  User Voice forum.
Enhanced scene management New nested layers in Scene Explorers.
Configurable user interface Access multiple views with tabbed layouts.
Flexible camera matching Place CG elements into photo backgrounds.
Data transfer and pipeline integration Get single-step data transfer with 3ds Max.
Compositing integration Choose from compositing options in 3ds Max.
Collaborative workflows with Containers Use containers to override object properties.
Comprehensive 3ds Max SDK Extend and customize 3ds Max with the SDK.
Python scripting Employ the Python scripting language.
Civil View feature set Turn civil design geometry into precise 3D design.
AutoCAD and Revit interoperability Import Revit files directly into 3ds Max.
DirectConnect support Exchange industrial design data with engineers.
One-click Print Studio access Launch Print Studio directly from 3ds Max.