Developer(s) | Autodesk, Inc. |
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Initial release | 1996; 23 years ago |
Stable release | |
Operating system | Windows 7 or later |
Platform | x86-64 |
Available in | English, German, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Korean |
Type | 3D computer graphics |
License | Software as a service, Trialware |
Website | autodesk.com/3dsmax |
Version | Codename | Year | Operating system | Hardware platform |
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3D Studio Prototype | THUD | 1988 | MS-DOS | 16-bit x86 |
3D Studio | THUD | 1990 | ||
3D Studio 2 | 1992 | |||
3D Studio 3 | 1993 | |||
3D Studio 4 | 1994 | |||
3D Studio MAX 1.0 | Jaguar | 1996 | Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0 | IA-32 |
3D Studio MAX R2 | Athena | 1997 | Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 | |
3D Studio MAX R3 | Shiva | 1999 | ||
Discreet 3dsmax 4 | Magma | 2000 | Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000[4] | |
Discreet 3dsmax 5 | Luna | 2002 | Windows 2000 and Windows XP | |
Discreet 3dsmax 6 | Granite | 2003 | ||
Discreet 3dsmax 7 | Catalyst | 2004 | ||
Autodesk 3ds Max 8 | Vesper | 2005 | ||
Autodesk 3ds Max 9 | Makalu | 2006 | IA-32 and x64 | |
Autodesk 3ds Max 2008 | Gouda | 2007 | Windows XP and Windows Vista | |
Autodesk 3ds Max 2009 | Johnson | 2008 | ||
Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 | Renoir | 2009 | ||
Autodesk 3ds Max 2011 | Zelda | 2010 | Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 | |
Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 | Excalibur / Rampage | 2011 | ||
Autodesk 3ds Max 2013 | SimCity | 2012 | Windows XP and Windows 7 | |
Autodesk 3ds Max 2014 | Tekken | 2013 | Windows 7 | x64 |
Autodesk 3ds Max 2015 | Elwood | 2014 | Windows 7 and Windows 8 | |
Autodesk 3ds Max 2016 | Phoenix | 2015 | Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 | |
Autodesk 3ds Max 2017 | Kirin | 2016 | Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 | |
Autodesk 3ds Max 2018 | Imoogi | 2017 | ||
Autodesk 3ds Max 2019 | Neptune | 2018 | ||
Autodesk 3ds Max 2020 | Athena | 2019 |
Box: | Produces a rectangular prism. An alternative variation of box calledCub proportionally constrains the length, width, and height of the box. |
Cylinder: | Produces a cylinder. |
Torus: | Produces a torus – or a ring – with a circular cross section, sometimes referred to as a doughnut. |
Teapot: | Produces a Utah teapot. Since the teapot is a parametric object, the user can choose which parts of the teapot to display after creation. These parts include the body, handle, spout and lid. Primarily used to test shaders (rendering settings). |
Cone: | Produces upright or inverted cones. |
Sphere: | Produces a full sphere, semi-sphere, or other portion of a sphere. |
Tube: | Produces round or prismatic tubes. The tube is similar to the cylinder with a hole in it. |
Pyramid: | Produces a pyramid with a square or rectangular base and triangular sides. |
Plane: | Produces a special type of flat polygon mesh that can be enlarged by any amount at render time. The user can specify factors to magnify the size or number of segments or both. Modifiers such as displace can be added to a plane to simulate a hilly terrain. |
Geosphere: | Produces spheres and hemispheres based on three classes of regular polyhedrons. |
Hedra: | Produces objects from several families of polyhedra. |
ChamferBox: | Produces a box with beveled or rounded edges. |
OilTank: | Creates a cylinder with convex caps. |
Spindle: | Creates a cylinder with conical caps. |
Gengon: | Creates an extruded, regular-sided polygon with optionally filleted side edges. |
Prism: | Creates a three-sided prism with independently segmented sides. |
Torus knot: | Creates a complex or knotted torus by drawing 2D curves in the normal planes around a 3D curve. The 3D curve (called the Base Curve) can be either a circle or a torus knot. It can be converted from a torus knot object to a NURBS surface. |
ChamferCyl: | Creates a cylinder with beveled or rounded cap edges. |
Capsule: | Creates a cylinder with hemispherical caps. |
L-Ex: | Creates an extruded L-shaped object. |
C-Ext: | Creates an extruded C-shaped object. |
Hose: | Creates a flexible object, similar to a spring. |
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