topic Re: 3ds Max 2016 in Installation & Licensing Forum

3ds Max 2016

Anonymous — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 00:33:30 GMT

Hello,

I would like to install 3ds Max 2016 since that is the only one that will work with my other programs. Is it still possible to download 3ds Max 2016?

Thanks!

Re: 3ds Max 2016

irishman_team_kilber — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 00:56:24 GMT

No that was discontinued most programs you can import into 3ds max, what programs are you trying to use ?

Re: 3ds Max 2016

Anonymous — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 00:57:03 GMT

GIMS Evo is the program I need to be installed. Wont work on any newer version than 2016.

Re: 3ds Max 2016

irishman_team_kilber — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 01:02:44 GMT

did you try this tutorial it's for 2018 and it should work the same in all newer verison of 3ds max

Re: 3ds Max 2016

Anonymous — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 01:04:17 GMT

Yes, this is what I tried and I get a compile error. I searched the issue and doesnt work on the newer versions of 3ds Max.

Re: 3ds Max 2016

irishman_team_kilber — Sat, 04 Jul 2020 01:10:01 GMT

If you cannot get the script to work then you cannot do anything about it, unless you contact the person who made the script and see if they have an updated version. the script will usally have a screen name who made it, and you can contact him through the community you got it from or his/her website if available

Re: 3ds Max 2016

SolidSupportCAD — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 23:35:29 GMT

How is this marked as a solution!?
I have encountered the same issue, It is an aberration, I am paying premium license and I can not download the 2016 version 4K a year

Re: 3ds Max 2016

SolidSupportCAD — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 23:36:16 GMT

same here, They just discontinued it. seems like they don't know their clients as well as they should.

Re: 3ds Max 2016

leowarren34 — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 23:46:38 GMT

Hi @SolidSupportCAD,

Your license only grants you the current version (2022) and 5 years back (2021,2020,2019,2018,2017) but 2016 has been long out of support as the 5-year change is fairly recent. It used to be the current version + 3 years.

Given that this thread is also more than a year old, is there not a newer version of the plugin or an alternative that would work with the 6 versions listed above?

Re: 3ds Max 2016

SolidSupportCAD — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 23:50:22 GMT

Nah, mate, you can only download until 2019.
2017 would've been great as well. No Bueno.

Re: 3ds Max 2016

leowarren34 — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 23:54:19 GMT

I find that very odd as there's a blog post here: https://blogs.autodesk.com/technology-manager-community/2020/10/26/expanding-previous-version-access-to-5-versions-back/

I do know educational licenses weren't affected by this change, so you're out of dice with this one if you have an educational license.

Re: 3ds Max 2016

SolidSupportCAD — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:22 GMT

How odd, I am paying 4k a year for a licence, but Students get access to more resources for free!? LOL
Also, 3Dsmax 2022 needs to have capabilities removed?
This guys are as lost as Adam and Eve in mother's day.

Re: 3ds Max 2016

leowarren34 — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 11:59:02 GMT

Students only get access to 3 years of licenses, not 5 - I should have made that clearer.

If you have feedback use the 3DS Max Idea Station.

Re: 3ds Max 2016

dgorsman — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:11:42 GMT

@SolidSupportCAD wrote:

How is this marked as a solution!?

Solutions are in context of the forum, not whether something functions/is available or not. For example, if someone asks for 3DSMAX that runs natively on the current Mac OS, an answer of "That doesn't exist." would be marked as a solution because the answer is the correct one. The lack of existence of what the poster asked for would not preclude it from being marked as such.

Re: 3ds Max 2016

SolidSupportCAD — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:49:37 GMT

Sill not a solution.

Autodesk does not have a solution for a self created problem?

No one is asking here for 3ds max to run on a phone or on a toaster's OS.