This is unnecessary when opening a file:   Informing you about something being isolated isn't something I need to know when opening a file and it slows the whole process down. The highlighted isolated button is more than enough. Show More

Fillets with variable width between boolean operant intersections. The idea would be for the Boolean modifier to cut strips of variable width between the intersections of Boolean objects. Those gaps can be filled with a smooth bridging algorithm that creates topology strips to fill those gaps. This would be a game-changing feature for modeling as it would allow solid-modeling-like variable-width fillets. No other poly modeling software except Modo offers this feature.   The main problem with using the Retopology modifier to create somewhat smoothed intersections is that those intersection fillets can't be large and of variable width like Modo Meshfusion. The Chamfer modifier can't create chamfers between complex intersecting curved surfaces. There used to be a 'Hardmesh' plugin for 3dsmax, but it is no longer updated for 3dsmax since 2020 and is not well integrated with the new boolean workflow. There is also the 'Smoothboolean' plugin, but it only works statically on Proboolean objects and not inside the modifier stack.   Just like Meshfusion, it does not have to constantly 'live' update when moving or changing boolean operants. That would be slow and performance-heavy. The solution would be that during changing of the boolean operants scale/move/rotate etc the base booleans operations are displayed (without the fillets) and as soon as the user stops editing, the fillets can be re-generated for those changed objects (Either with manual or automatic updating options). Also, there could be some sort of cashing of the resulting geometry so loading would be faster.     Show More

Vertex Paint modifier sorely needs at least this, relatively small update. It would be really nice if converting between selected sub-objects would work exactly like in Edit Poly. How else am I supposed to (in reasonable manner) select all these inner faces of the box in order to work with them? The easiest way would be to select the bottom inner vertices while in wireframe view, convert them to polygons and grow selection until all of the inner faces are selected... however, it can't be done because Vertex Paint, for some reason, doesn't support conversion between subobject selections Also, Vertex Paint selection could also really use Edge selection mode. I realize that in vertex painting you can't really work on edges, since at lowest level it works only on vertices, but how about adding the option to select edges so they could be then converted? Sometimes it's much easier to select edges and then convert them to polygons/vertices you wanted to select in the first place. Show More

Loft has more features over Sweep modifier but is not coherent to work with. Please make Loft as modifier or update Sweep to include (an improve) tools from Loft Compound Object Show More

Sometimes when you are working with complex models using symmetry modifier, its a bit hard to see which side of the model is the real one when dealing with more than 1 axis. Maybe a button/ check mark in the symmetry modifier so that people can choose to use it or not; that can help to visualize the original piece a bit better. could be handy for beginners. in the example picture, the original piece is slightly darker.   Show More

Make Time Tags visible on timeline. Make adjustable incremental timeslider. Make it possible to cycle through any time interval on a visible timeline. Provide the possibility of simultaneous separate viewing of animation keys for position, rotation, and scale. Show More

I consistently will have UVW Unwrap modifier open on one screen to highlight polygons to match those up with a texture in Photoshop so I know which part of the texture to modify. Instead of continuously iterating a texture in Photoshop, then saving, then exporting to update a texture on an object. Why not have basic paint color functionality directly in the Unwrap modifier screen. You're "killing 8 birds with one stone". Show More

Add the possibility of adding a disasbled modifier. This way it is possible to edit the settings before enabling the modifier. E.g. adding optimize modifier 3ds max calculates the modifier, then after editing settings the modifier is calculated once again. By adding a disabled modifier the settings can be edited and only calculated when enabling the modifier. Show More

Particle Flow improvement Requests - improved Particle Flow UI, specially "box#3" - Recompile PFlow from 32bit to 64bit "Multi-threading". - Including Advanced Particles Mesher. - Including Advanced Particle splines tracer, splines and Polygons connector like Atom & plexus plugins. - integrate Particle Flow and Bullet FX to simulate multi-physics. - Including mParticles physics presets. - Other engine than Physx, like Bullet Physics, FEM and Sand solver - More accurate and precise Collision of Mp/physx Shape on Box#2. - More data operators, like noise and turbulence - Better caching system. - Dynamic fragmentation. - Integrated 3d Fractal system like mandelbulb 3d - Reaction diffusion system with presets - Vertex color support In Viewport. Maybe its too much, But this is my wish list Thanks Show More

There has been an inconsistancy with the quickslice tool since it was introduced:   1) It seems to initially 'snap' to horizontal when you use it, but cutting vertically is incredibly difficult, the sensitivity to get it to go in one direction just doesn't work, 2) using snap doesn't work as it should. If you want to snap to start the quickslice on a vertex, you're left to choose a completely unguided direction, 3) it doesn't seem to know when you have finished using quickslice - sometimes the quickslice stays there, and sometimes it disappears. Sometimes it stays there visibly, but it isn't actually there, and disappears when you rotate the camera.     It feels like it was an idea, implemented, but abandoned 50% of the way through, but put in anyway.   In my opinion, SHIFT should snap to a either UP or across by moving the mouse in that direction The axis constraints should also be able to contrain to a direction, until SHIFT is released.   I use quickslice all the time and it is so useful, but it's so limited in it's current form.     Show More

[entry has been edited with refined ideas since initial post] The Extrude Modifier is useful, but there is one annoying aspect of it that needs updating.   Currently the modifier will only extrude according to the original Z axis of the object. This means rotating the pivot only will not work to change direction, instead the user is forced to perform a Reset Xform on a rotated object when the intended extrusion direction is facing along the world Z axis, and after the reset rotate the object back to how it should be rotated.   Completely annoying and unnecessary procedure.   The modifier needs at least an option to pick which axis to extrude along, and if these axes are based on a modifier gizmo they become independent of the object transform. Lock gizmo to external object to achieve "world space" type behavior (similar to how Slice modifier can lock gizmo to another scene object). A second modifier gizmo can act as a target, where extrusion direction and length can be obtained from. Automatically set extrusion length to the distance between gizmo/target could speed up modelling process quite a lot since eyeballing extrusion distance will no longer be necessary. This could also be utilized by custom scripts to produce modelling workflows. It could also be potentially useful to use two independent objects to obtain direction and extrusion length.   Left: Extrusion Axis facing the wrong way. Right: Extrusion axis facing the right way.   Show More

Hello,   Clicking this button in the UV editor hides all unselected polygons/vertices in the UV editor. The problem comes when you unhide everything by clicking the button again and collapse the modifier stack and return to "Editable Poly". The vertices will remain hidden and you have to then manually click the "Unhide All" while in the "Vertices" selection mode.   I feel that once you click the "Display Only Selected Polygons" again in the UV editor once you are done, it should automatically unhide everything, including the vertices.   Cheers, Milos Show More

Good day! Dear Development! Dear Autodesk! Please add Indie license 3ds Max, for the country - Ukraine.     Show More

Just like it's helpful to isolate selected objects in the scene to better overview and focus on a particular part of your scene, a similar function should be available for Slate so that users can better overview and focus on parts of their material setups.   I suggest Slate should have an Isolate Selected Nodes. Show More

The modifiers that we use every day, and result in heavy wait times; specifically those with the ability to add LOD.  Turbosmooth, Meshsmooth, etc., need to be multithreaded.  Going between levels can require a user to sit and wait while max thinks about it, using as little as 6% of the CPU. Show More

The Reset Xform function inside of 3ds max is often used for resetting unwanted scale on geometry objects, and I think more so than for resetting rotation. However, there are many circumstances where you only want to reset scale, and not reset the orientation of the object.   It would therefore be useful to have an additional Reset Xform, or mode of the original that will preserve the orientation of the object. This is useful when reconstructing or recovering orientation from geometry that has lost its original transform at some point.   This very simple image illustrates how maintaining the orientation in a Reset Xform can be useful. Simply, when a rotated object has its transform reset by Reset Xform (step 3) the bounding box brackets indicate what the original orientation is, and this does not change even when rotating the pivot. Applying Reset Xform at step 4 will only put us back at step 3, while a Reset Xform that maintains the rotation will remove the rotational offset without changing the geometry.   To reset such rotation offset with current Reset Xform you will need to reset the rotation, apply Reset Xform, then apply that rotation (inversed), which by current 3ds max tools require tedious copy pasting of transform data.   It would be much better if a mode of Reset Xform could make such process maintaining orientation part of the operation. That could save a lot of time when reconstructing lost transforms and resetting transform offsets. Show More

Simply drag an item from one viewport to another. Show More

When applying smoothing groups, it would be more helpful to colorize them to remember which polys belong to which smoothing groups. Instead of having to use the "Select By Smoothing Group" option. Show More

We are developing a VR project in 3ds max. The biggest problem we are currently experiencing is not being able to see 360 spherical in the viewport. Being able to view the viewport in different modes (spherical, cube, etc.) will make it easier to work on VR projects. Show More