Key features of 3ds Max

Enhance designs with uncompromising accuracy by automatically reconstructing polygonal mesh data into clean quad-based topology.

Interactively extrude faces on 3D objects using flexible extrude operations like cut-through and overlap. Rebuild and stitch adjacent faces automatically.

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

Conceptualise, iterate and explore design ideas using a range of robust modifiers that are non-destructive and easy to use.

Create curved or angular 3D shapes using several intuitive spline tools.

Using new or pre-existing OSL maps with any supported renderer, generate high-quality textures that display accurately in the viewport.

Experience streamlined, intuitive and fully scriptable texture baking with support for PBR (physically based rendering) materials, overrides and OSL workflows.

Add material finishes, change textures and use vibrant colours to create photorealistic designs.

Illuminate and enhance your scenes using photometric lights and standard lights.

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

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

See your scene in a near-final rendering quality as you work.

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

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

Create procedural character animations and rigs with CAT (character animation toolkit), biped and crowd tools.

Preview and adjust animation paths directly in the viewport.

Create realistic behaviours and replicate gravity and collision effects for liquids like water, oil and lava.

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

Access hundreds of industry-leading, third-party plug-ins from our extensive community.

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 startup scripts.

Get tighter pipeline integration with support for Python 3.

Easily customise 3ds Max to fit your production pipeline needs.

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

Publish assets from your 3ds Max scene to glTF for use in web applications, online stores, browser games and other online outlets.