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

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

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

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

Simulate real-life camera settings in 3ds Max from Autodesk such as shutter speed, aperture, depth of field, exposure, and more.

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

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

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

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

Create realistic liquid behaviors such as water, oil, lava as well as replicate gravity and collisions effects.

Streamlined, intuitive, and fully scriptable texture baking experience - NEW!.

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

Automate complex modeling operations, which dynamically update as you make changes.

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

Morph visible seams by simplifying the process of blending projected texture maps.

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

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

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

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