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3ds Max has brought top-quality updates over the years to help artists work faster and more efficiently. We continue to focus on bringing powerful solutions across disciplines to enhance the experience.
Over the past 5 years
Product Updates
Total Enhancements
Customer Ideas
2023
2023
gITF support
Retopology Tools 1.2
Place Working Pivot
Create Point from Working Pivot
Create Grid from Working Pivot
Align Working Pivot
Selection Pivot
New Properties added to Physical Material
Autobackup toolbar
Autobackup improvements
Faster Rendering Experience with Arnold
Occlude Selection Improvements
Smart Extrude
Unwrap UVW Keyboard Shortcuts
Other Capabilities
2023.1
Smart Extrude
Unwrap UVW Keyboard Shortcuts
Other Capabilities
Spline Extrude
Morpher Modifier Performance
Skin Modifier Performance
Material Library - Save to Previous
File Merge Performance
Zoom Extents on Isolate
Alembic 1.8.3
Turbosmooth Performance
Chamfer Updates
Vertex Paint
Perspective Match
Spline Vertex & Segment Type Change
Smart Extrude Face Generation Enhancements
2022
2022
Security
Smart Extrude
Slice Modifier
Extrude Modifier
Symmetry Modifier
AutoSmooth
Relax Modifier
Rendering
Arnold
Bake to Texture
Viewports
USD for 3ds Max (Public Beta)
2022.1
Faster Smart Extrude
Deformation Modifier
Enhanced Smooth Modifier
Vertex Colors in FBX Imports
Multi-Threading of Noise Maps
Startup Failure Recovery
2022.2
File Save Performance
Unfold3d for the Unwrap UVW Modifier
Enhanced Smart Extrude
Updated Tablet Pen Pressure Support
Symmetry Modifier
Improved Unwrap UVW Modifier Performance
Security Settings Management
USD for 3ds Max (Public Beta)
2022.3
Smart Extrude
Per Viewport Filtering
Occluded Region Selection
Robust Pipeline Integration
Advanced Wood in OSL
File Save Performance Improvement
MaxtoA Updates
Symmetry Modifier
Enhance Peel Results in Unwrap UVW
Chamfer Modifier
Animation Updates
Usablity Updates
2021
2021
Bake to Texture
Installer
Scripting with Python 3
Arnold as the Default Renderer
Improved Viewport Quality & Settings
OSL Shaders
File I/O
Chamfer improvements
Weighted Normals Modifier
SketchUp Import
Substance Update
ProSound Improved audio support
FBX Improvements
3rd Party Developer Tools
2021.1
Bake to Texture
Installer
Arnold as the Default Renderer
Shared Views
User-Defined Defaults
Physically-Based Rendering (PBR)
Improved Viewport Quality and Settings
Modelling
SketchUp Import
Render Settings
Fluids
2021.2
Bake to Texture
User Interface
Materials and Shaders Evolution
Spline Chamfer
Smart Extrude
Improved Selection
2021.3
Autodesk Retopology Tools 1.0
Materials and Shaders Evolution
Brilliant Viewport
Arnold Renderer
Path Deform
Selection Methods
Spline Chamfer
Enhanced Subdivide and Remesh Algorithms
Render Settings
Script Execution
Security
Plugin Management
2020
2020
Create Animation Preview improvements
Chamfer modifier presets and save default settings
14 new OSL shaders
Revit import new “Combine By” types
MAXtoA PFlow instance node
Copy+Pasted modifiers maintain their custom names
Validity intervals (animation is only calculated if there’s a change in object location)
Autobackup is more responsive to ESC request
Civil View textures update to render with Arnold
Change color of MAXScript listener window
270+ 3rd party plugins launching around 3ds Max 2020
Public Roadmap
2020.1
Detachable viewports
New Hotkey editor tool
Chamfer modifier improvements
New Double-click selection
Command Panel improvements
Autocomplete for MAXScript
Arnold 5.3.0.2 out of the box
Public Roadmap
2020.2
SketchUp importer update
Chamfer modifier improvement
Viewport enhancements
Python 3 Alert Mode
Arnold MAXtoA update
Arnold 5.4 improvements
Arnold beta GPU improvements
Public Roadmap
2020.3
SketchUp ATF Importer Update
Chamfer Mitering Types available in EditablePoly
Arnold and Active Shade Viewport Enhancements
PySide2 updated
Arnold MAXtoA clip_geo Update
New Forge Design Automation API for 3ds Max
2019
2019
OSL (Open Shading Language) support with 100 OSL shaders included
Advanced Wood shader
Shape Booleans
VR scene editing with 3ds Max Interactive
3ds Max Project tool updates
Shared Views - Subscription only benefit
Civil View updates to use Physical Material and Sun/Sky Positioner
Blog post
2019.1
Alembic Inspector
OSL performance improvements
Arnold MAXtoA Toon shading, noise removal improvements
Switch quickly between projects with the new Project Toolbar
Archiving and scene compression now supports large datasets greater than 2GB
Vault users can check large files in/out and auto-login
Export only animation with FBX
Blog post
2019.2
Fluids loader
Alembic instancing support
Arnold MAXtoA texture baking support
Security Tools for ALC-CRP script protection
Autodesk Drive support for 3ds Max files - Subscriber only benefit
Blog post
2019.3
Revit import Version Compatibility
Revit import UI and light improvements
Interactive Active Shade viewport
OSL 1:1 natively in viewport
Improved Alembic compatibility with Maya
Blog post
Future Roadmap
The 3ds Max product team is excited to continue posting updates to our public roadmap. The goal is to further engage with the 3ds Max community and to share direction for the product. The team has been busy pushing as much value as possible to you and we want to provide some insights on what we are working on for the future as there is a lot that we believe you will also be excited to hear about.
Look for the Revit Idea label to find roadmap items which originate from Revit Ideas.
Easily identify items that are new to the roadmap.
Vote for the roadmap items you find most important.
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