3ds Max modelling, rendering and animation software

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

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Modelling and texturing

Spline workflows

Create and animate geometry in several intuitive ways with enhanced spline tools.

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Open shading language support

Create or use pre-existing procedural OSL maps with any supported renderer.

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Chamfer modifier

Create best-in-class procedural edge modelling details with simple and precise tools.

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Automated retopology and mesh repair

Automatically optimise the geometry of high-resolution models to create a clean, quad-based mesh geometry.

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Material, texture and colour editor

Apply material finishes, change textures and use vibrant colours to make your designs photorealistic.

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Smart Extrude

Interactively extrude faces of 3D objects. Rebuild and stitch together adjacent faces automatically.

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Mesh and surface modelling

Create parametric and organic objects with polygon, subdivision surface and spline-based modelling features.

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New | Baking to texture

Streamlined, intuitive and fully scriptable texture-baking experience.

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New | Weighted normals modifier

Built-in weighted normal calculator that can be directly applied to 3D models allowing you to create precise designs.

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Animation and effects

3ds Max Fluids

Create realistic liquid behaviours such as water, oil, lava as well as replicate gravity and collision effects. (video: 30 sec.)

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Character animation and rigging tools

Create procedural animation and character rigging with CAT, biped and crowd animation tools.

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General animation tools

Use keyframe and procedural animation tool, and also view and edit animation trajectories directly in the viewport.

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Motion Paths

Preview and adjust animation paths directly in the viewport.

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Particle Flow effects

Create sophisticated particle effects such as water, fire, spray and snow.

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New plugins

Access hundreds of industry leading 3rd-party plugins from our extensive community.

Rendering

Brilliant Viewport

Reduce design interactions with render quality viewport previews, displaying PBR materials and camera effects directly.

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Enhanced

Arnold for 3ds Max

Use Arnold GPU Renderer to view scene changes in real time, including lighting, materials and camera.

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Enhanced

Activeshade viewport

An interactive rendering experience that allows you to see your scene in a near-final rendering quality as you are working.

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Physical Camera

Simulate real-life camera settings such as shutter speed, aperture, depth of field, exposure and more.

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3ds Max Batch

Leverage the power of 3ds Max for automation by using 3ds Max as a true command-line tool.

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Scene Converter

Seamlessly and consistently change materials, lights, cameras, renderers from one to another.

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Workflow and pipeline

Enhanced | Improved pipeline tools integration

Smooth, high-quality experience with added flexibility of tear-off viewports.
Alembic support

Alembic Version 1.7 now supports instances, allowing files to be drastically smaller while maintaining their original complexity.

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Modern UI and workspaces

Create your own customised workspaces with a more modern, responsive, high-DPI-ready user interface.

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CivilView workflow

Automatically populate parametrically generated details such as animated vehicles to scale with your environment.

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Autodesk Viewer workflow

Share models and review feedback online with the Autodesk Viewer directly from the 3ds Max interface.

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Software security

Use Safe Scene Loading to protect your work from potentially malicious scripts that could be part of scene files.

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Design visualisation

Embellishments

Bring to life fine-tuned touches such as materials, lighting and textures for photorealistic imagery.
Import capabilities

Import data from anywhere, using CAD and BIM data directly or to enhance the details of your 3D design.
Physically based lighting

Simulate artificial lighting sources to accurately portray how light and shadows will interact with your designs.
Interactive rendering

See and make changes in your scene in near-final rendering quality in the render frame window while you work.
High-quality imagery

Advanced tools give you the built-in rendering power to create the highest quality photo-real visualisations.
Transform technical to visual

Rich and powerful toolsets allow you to model premium architectural designs with artistic control.

Games and entertainment

Powerful scene modelling

Easily model a place, person or element with fast spline and poly modelling workflows.
Stunning characters

Create procedural animation and character rigging with CAT and biped tools.
Physically based rendering

Quickly iterate and see near-final quality renders of your game assets right in the viewport.
Dynamic visual content

Add shading and lighting to game assets with powerful texture-baking tools.
Customisable pipeline integration

Get tighter pipeline integration with support for Python 3.

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Features

3ds Max modelling, rendering and animation software

Modelling and texturing

Spline workflows

Open shading language support

Chamfer modifier

Automated retopology and mesh repair

Material, texture and colour editor

Smart Extrude

Mesh and surface modelling

New | Baking to texture

New | Weighted normals modifier

Animation and effects

3ds Max Fluids

Character animation and rigging tools

General animation tools

Motion Paths

Particle Flow effects

New plugins

Rendering

Brilliant Viewport

Arnold for 3ds Max

Activeshade viewport

Physical Camera

3ds Max Batch

Scene Converter

Workflow and pipeline

Enhanced | Improved pipeline tools integration

Alembic support

Modern UI and workspaces

CivilView workflow

Autodesk Viewer workflow

Software security

Design visualisation

Embellishments

Import capabilities

Physically based lighting

Interactive rendering

High-quality imagery

Transform technical to visual

Games and entertainment

Powerful scene modelling

Stunning characters

Physically based rendering

Dynamic visual content

Customisable pipeline integration