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3ds Max Public Roadmap

Are you a 3ds Max user, and want to know what is in the future and to be involved? While I am on a roadtrip this week, you can have a good read of what our 3ds Max team is…

The 3ds Max Team Released 3ds Max 2020.1 Update Today

In the just released 3ds Max 2020.1 update for subscription customers, in addition to fixes to reported issues we added the ability to tear off viewports to leverage multi-monitor setups, and a new keyboard shortcut manager. On top of this,…

Realtime Revit BIM Models in Unity in Just One Click

Today, the awesome fi9ne folks at Unity announced the collaboration with Autodesk for a Revit importation product named Unity Reflect. Unity provides a platform for all sorts of immersive 3D possibilities in AR/VR and more that have bent my mind at…

RawR See a T-Rex in Stunning 3D Detail – without being eaten

Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking with a panel of Smithsonian employees of the Digitization Program Office and they let me know of an amazing reality capture project that went live just yesterday. It is stunning in detail and…

Holy Alternate 3ds Max Particles Batman

I seen a 3rd party plugin by Tyson Ibele for 3ds Max 2017-2020 named tyFlow that amazed me, and I know that the Max community had been anxiously awaiting a beta to try it. The open public beta announcement was…

Introducing Arnold 5.3 with Arnold GPU Public Beta

So many updates to the Arnold renderer that all add up to realistic 3D renderings and eyeball melting graphics. Arnold now brings artists the power and flexibility of CPU and GPU rendering in a single renderer! Introducing Arnold 5.3 with…

Autodesk Maya 2019 is Here

Read about the release: Introducing Autodesk Maya 2019! | The Maya Blog | AREA by Autodesk https://area.autodesk.com/blogs/the-maya-blog/introducing-autodesk-maya-2019/  Here are the highlights: ·    Fast animation – Cached Playback gives animators serious speed improvements in the playback of animation in the viewport.…

Be Inspired – Life in 3D

Check out the amazing sailing ships in the Sails Project… Amazing work using Autodesk 3ds max by Sindy Saalfeld. Check this out! https://area.autodesk.com/life-in-3d/the-sails-project/  There are many other projects from customers using Maya, 3ds max, and Arnold to make you go “wow”…

The First Portland Media & Entertainment Showcase

Last evening in the new Autodesk Portland office, about 150 local 3D creatives and some Autodesk employees gathered for the first ever M&E (Media & Entertainment) Showcase event put on by two local Portland Autodesk employees Jordan Giboney and Hagen…