Interoperability with Autodesk Applications. Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design software features the FBX®-based Recognize™ scene loading technology that lets you accurately import geometry, lights, materials, and cameras from your Revit® Architecture scenes into 3ds Max Design, making it easy to enhance your visual building information modeling (BIM) data. High-quality data transfers are also possible with AutoCAD® applications via the DWG™ file format.

3ds Max Design is renowned for its extensive polygon modeling toolset to get the job done fast. In 3ds Max Design 2010, this already powerful set of tools is joined by over 100 new 3D modeling tools for freeform sculpting, texture painting, and advanced polygonal modeling - all unified in an innovative user interface.

Use multiple renderers, tightly integrated through a consistent rendering interface, to create any look. 3ds Max Design includes fast scanline rendering for efficient, production-quality software renders. 3ds Max Design also has the integrated mental ray® renderer - a high-performance rendering engine for generating photorealistic images. 3ds Max Design also offers unlimited free network rendering with mental ray technology.

Autodesk 3ds Max Design software is the tool of choice for architects and designers seeking a comprehensive 3D modeling, animation, visual effects, rendering, and lighting analysis solution that produces results as part of their daily workflow, out of the box.

3ds Max software has long been a leading choice for advanced visualization. 3ds Max Design builds on this legacy by providing a tailored user experience for architects, engineers, designers, and visualization specialists.

Capture and share the vision in your designs using particles, camera features, natural effects such as rain, snow, waterfalls, and motion. Explore and validate realistic environmental conditions and effects to more accurately convey your ideas.

Benefit from a library of easy-to-use, physically-based materials for mental ray software, based on manufacturing-related data and professional images. The ProMaterials™ library gives you fast access to such commonly used building and design materials as professional wall paint with glossy or matte finishes, solid glass, and concrete. In addition to ProMaterials, 3ds Max Design also features a comprehensive list of Arch & Design materials.

Simulate the lighting in your designs with confidence - Exposure™ lighting analysis technology has been validated (www.autodesk.com/nrc-exposure) by the National Research Council Canada (NRC), Canada's leading organization for scientific research and development, and the same organization that has conducted validation studies on Radiance for lighting simulation (www.autodesk.com/nrc-radiance). A feature unique to 3ds Max Design, Exposure enables you to achieve more sustainable designs by analyzing how sun, sky, and artificial lighting interact with your design and exploring direct lighting effects right in the viewport. Load complex designs and watch lighting levels adjust in the scene as colors.

Autodesk joins forces with the best and brightest in the industry to spearhead continued innovation, and to ensure that 3ds Max Design software customers have access to the widest and most current selection of 3D software and hardware. With hundreds of commercial and freeware plug-ins available for 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design, a whole new world of specialized functionality is available to help you achieve the specific results you desire.

Available in six languages and used worldwide by professionals and students, 3ds Max Design enjoys a strong, vibrant community. Whether you are an architectural firm looking to outsource or hire locally, or a student preparing for your first job interview, 3ds Max Design is an industry leading tool for advanced visualization.