


Outside the core application, the integration plugin for Autodesk’s Arnold renderer has been updated, with MAXtoA 5.1 adding the option to use different textures on each axis when using triplanar projection. MAXtoA 5.1: better triplanar projection and OptiX render denoising Performance improvements include Compress Scene File on Save – now “almost two times” faster – and Occlude Selection, now “three times faster”. Other changes include a new Autobackup toolbar, for editing auto-backup settings and tracking when backups are about to occur. Users can snap pivot points to vertices, edges or faces, or an average position for the vertices, edges or faces selected and can add helper objects or grids to a scene, helping to position pivots more precisely Workflow improvements include Snap Working Pivot, a new method for positioning pivot points for tools during 3D modelling or character rigging. The update also introduces support for the glTF file format, now widely adopted in DCC applications.Īs well exporting models in glTF format, users can preview the results using a new glTF material.

In addition, retopologisation now preserves UVs and mesh normals.Ĭhanges to the Physical Material improve interoperability with Mayaģds Max’s Physical Material gets a new Autodesk Standard Surface Compliant mode.Īs the name suggests, it makes materials fully compliant with the Autodesk Standard Surface specification, meaning that they should display identically in Maya, and other Autodesk tools that support the spec. New features in Retopology Tools 1.2 include the option to remesh a model as a pre-processing step before computing the new topology, to make it possible to process larger data sets. In the case of 3ds Max, that means an update to Autodesk Retopology Tools, the retopology plugin originally introduced in 3ds Max 2021.3.

The release updates 3ds Max’s retopology tools to make it possible to process larger data sets, adds a new Autodesk Standard Surface Compliant mode to the Physical Material, and introduces support for glTF export.Īs with Maya 2023, also unveiled today, the release updates the software’s retopology tools. Autodesk has released 3ds Max 2023, the latest update to the 3D modelling and rendering software.
