Features
Key Features
Retopology tools
Automatically reconstruct polygonal mesh data as clean, quad-based topology with amazing accuracy.
Modifier stack workflow
Explore design ideas using a range of modifiers that can non-destructively enhance your creations.
Interactive viewports
Reduce design iterations with render-quality viewport previews of PBR materials and camera effects.
High-quality materials
Make realistic objects with physically based rendering, Open Shading Language, and bake to texture.
Multiple file format support
Easily share assets with support for file formats like glTF, USD, FBX, CAD formats, and more.
Colour management
Ensure accurate reproduction of colours and compatibility across a variety of applications.
Integrated Arnold renderer
Render complex scenes and designs with Arnold for 3ds Max.
Material switcher
Manage the display of multiple material variants in a few simple clicks.
Modern workspace
Stay focused on being creative with a dynamic and customisable interface.
3D Modeling
Retopology tools
Enhance designs with uncompromising accuracy by automatically reconstructing polygonal mesh data into clean quad-based topology.
Smart Extrude
Interactively extrude faces on 3D objects using flexible extrude operations like cut-through and overlap. Rebuild and stitch adjacent faces automatically.
Modifier stack workflow
Conceptualise, iterate, and explore design ideas using a range of robust modifiers that are non-destructive and easy to use.
Spline workflows
Create curved or angular 3D shapes using several intuitive spline tools.
Mesh and surface modeling
Create curved or angular 3D shapes using several intuitive spline tools.
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Texturing & Shading
Open Shading Language (OSL) support
Using new or pre-existing OSL maps with any supported renderer, generate high-quality textures that display accurately in the viewport.
Bake to texture
Experience streamlined, intuitive, and fully scriptable texture baking with support for PBR (physically based rendering) materials, overrides, and OSL workflows.
Material editor
Add material finishes, change textures, and use vibrant colors to create photorealistic designs
Material switcher
Access a simple control method to manage the display of multiple material variants.
Lighting
Illuminate and enhance your scenes using photometric lights and standard lights.
3D Rendering
Integrated Arnold renderer
Use the Arnold GPU renderer to view scene changes in real time, including lighting, materials, and camera.
Colour management
Ensure the accurate reproduction of colors across different devices, brightnesses, and viewing conditions with Color Management and OCIO support.
Interactive viewports
Reduce design iteration with render-quality viewport previews, displaying PBR materials and camera effects directly.
Physical camera
Simulate real-life camera settings such as shutter speed, aperture, depth of field, and exposure.
Scene converter
Seamlessly change materials, lights, cameras, and renderers from one to another.
Animation & Effects
Character animation tools
Create procedural character animations and rigs with CAT (character animation toolkit), biped, and crowd tools.
Motion paths
Preview and adjust animation paths directly in the viewport.
Realistic fluids
Create realistic behaviors and replicate gravity and collision effects for liquids like water, oil, and lava.
Animation controllers
Handle all your animation asks with easy-to-use, modernized animation controllers.
Particle flow effects
Produce sophisticated particle effects such as water, fire, spray, and snow.
OpenUSD Workflows
Seamless import and export
Import USD data as native 3ds Max data and export native 3ds Max data as USD data.
Open source and fully customisable
The 3ds Max USD plug-in is available as an open source project for you to customise as needed.
Layer Editor
The USD Layer Editor allows artists to edit layer hierarchy, target layers for editing, locking layers, muting and more.
Light linking
You can now do light linkings in USD, giving you more control for lighting a scene.
Lights in viewport
USD Lights are now visible in the viewport. You can select and manipulate them as other prims.
Workflow & Pipeline
Modern UI and workspaces
Create your own custom workspaces with a modern, responsive, high-DPI-ready user interface.
Software security
Use Safe Scene Script Execution to protect your work against malicious scripts that could be part of scene files. The Malware Removal functionality detects and removes known malicious scripts from scene files and start-up scripts.
Python 3
Get tighter pipeline integration with support for Python 3.
Extensive plug-in library
Access hundreds of industry-leading third-party plug-ins from our extensive community.
glTF support
Publish assets from your 3ds Max scene to glTF for use in web applications, online stores, browser games, and other online outlets.
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