Scene states seem to corrupt files and throw out data quite often.I'd love a proper render layers setup similar to maya or XSI where we can have a single animation in the scene but have multiple render layers where different parts of the scene can be rendered and materials and properties overridden to allow for things like convenient matte and shadow passes without having to save multiple max files. Show More

Could you add the ability to animate the new Material Switcher? Show More

It seems this display style is only available as a modeling aid at the SubObject level within Edit/Editable Poly. By all means, it should be made available at Object level as well and should be exposed as an option within Viewport Settings.   Houdini has this from Houdini 14 and Blender from Blender 2.8. Modo also supports that. It doesn't only make the viewport more aesthetically pleasing and wireframes easier on the eye but it also makes the complex models shapes more distinguishable and exponentially improves the selections. On the most basic level, it seems it fades out the wires on the back of the model. Blender seems to add something extra to the mix that thickens the general contours of the model so if the Max team could come up with something similar it would already make Max viewport grow young again.   Houdini (zoom the image pls)     Blender (zoom the image pls)     Modo     A related topic:   [Viewport] [Wireframes] Vertex and Edge thickness auto-scale based on distance from view for better readability/to prevent wireframes cluttering the models Show More

Title says all. Right now we dont have support to display multiple UDIM textures on viewport. Only Vray as far as I know has the option to choose what individual UDIM texture to show. Will be very practical that 3dsmax can display multiple UDIMS directly. Show More

When using the High Quality viewport setting with a background, reflective materials get nice approximative reflections in the viewport. This helps bring out the shape of metallic surfaces that are dependent on some kind of environment.   The problem comes when changing the background display mode from Use Environment Background to for example Use Customize User Interface Solid Color, the background reflections in objects disappear and the surfaces becomes mostly black.   It would be useful to be able to hide the background image in the viewport but keep the reflections on object surfaces. The background can sometimes be distracting when working with scenes so it would be useful to be able to disable it yet keep the surface reflections.   With background visible With no background visible Desired result (mockup)   Show More

it's be cool in the unwraps uv editor if there was an option to pack uv's for udims! Show More

It would be useful to have  some way to do scatter of natively in 3D Max like C4D (https://help.autodesk.com/view/ARNOL/ENU/?guid=arnold_for_cinema_4d_ci_Shapes_ci_Arnold_Scatter_html) and not use external programs to do it, because there are no programs that support .ass files or I don't know any program.   Show More

Long time 3ds user 10+ years, was just playing with the new Cinema 4D 2023 in built in pyro simulation system that is practically realtime. Will we ever get this in 3Ds, or will we always rely on 3rd party plugins?   Would love to see this built in. Show More

Since the focus of realtime preview development seems to be on Nitrous features currently instead of on ShaderFX/DirectX shaders, it would be beneficial to add support for roughness/smoothness maps. The other crucial preview features (normals, metalness, AO, shadows, HDRI maps) are sort of there like Mr Eloi Andaluz showed in his recent, great video. However, the lack of accurate roughness still makes the materials look a bit off compared to an actual render / PBR shader preview.   Nitrous can provide good-looking previews which is very nice, but certain shortcomings such as this (and lack of planar reflections for example) still don't really make it a viable option for proper rendering of materials. Real-time previews in Max viewport still need more love in one form or another. Show More

The path deformer by element mode is *super* useful - It'd be great if other deformers could work the same way if needed!  Show More

As a rendering artist, I sometimes face the need to have different render settings for different cameras. Right now I cannot even have different image size for rendering - only global settings are used. I'd like to have the option for either use global rendering settings, or individual for the camera, and this option must be selected in camera settings.  I put an attachment with possible UI solution for this. Also, would be nice if General objects properties (Renderable, Visible to camera....) can be different for each camera. One may say that this could be done with Scene States or State sets, but it is not the same, really. A second attached image shows possible UI for this. Show More

We are trying to find an alternative for BerconTile. The Simple Tiles OSL shader seems to be going into the right direction, its already quite near to BerconTile functionality but the missing key feature is the UV per tile generation. Would be great if that option could be added.   There is a quite good tutorial regarding the Simple Tiles Map Shader with random textures: https://cganimator.com/osl-mini-tutorial-2-random-map-per-tile-for-simpletiles-map/ Show More

Let us use arrowkeys to switching between snapshots from within Arnold renderer's renderview. Additionally a comparison much like RAM Player window would be great. Rollover/hover over image effect. Currently you seem to have to click between the snapshots to compare. Show More

let us define the liquid rate and animate it rather than relying on emitter size add a dissipation rate for liquids, currently only possible with foam work on features commonly used in PhoenixFD, something that would also be great is a way to create an infinite ocean with the likes of Arnold renderer Max fluids are really only useful for small setups, and PhoenixFD subscription costs about 15% more than your indie license which is a lot of money if you only need fluids. Show More

Inside of the Slate Material Editor If "X" is pressed a search bar appears with a list below like in the rest of the interface, but works like "Tab" in Maya Hyper Shade. The list shows the Maps and shaders available, "Enter" creates the node. Show More

I’ve noticed that Arnold RenderView allows us to isolate the geometry, but unfortunately, it doesn’t provide the same functionality for isolating specific maps within a material. This can be cumbersome during shading. Interestingly, V-Ray and Arnold for Maya already offer this feature. Is there a possibility of implementing this map isolation feature in Arnold for 3ds Max as well? Show More

Now, if you try to drag multiple maps such as Diff / gloss / normal from the windows folder to the Slate material editor canvas, only one map will be inserted. I think it just needs to be a feature to insert a few. This is an obvious, fundamental and very necessary thing . Thank you! Show More