3D max

[Anonymous]

Can anyone tell me can you open 3d max 2017 in earlier versions of the program I need to find out because of College work

[kennyj]

Mark,

Not a lot of information in your question.  Since you posted on the Inventor General Discussion forum, I am guessing you are asking if 2016 or earlier versions of Inventor can open 2017 versions of 3DS Max.

I am running 2016 and I have been able to import 2017 3ds max (.stl & .sat) file formats.

If you are asking if older versions of Autodesk Products can open newer versions, the answer is typically 'No'.  Once you open/update a file to a newer version, you cannot generally go back and open it in an older version.

Hope that helps,

-Kenny

[Anonymous]

I just downloaded 3D max 2017 but my College uses 2015 3D max so if I do
work in 2017 can I open it in 2015 3D max that's installed in College
computers

[kennyj]

Mark,

Not directly (to my knowledge).

3ds Max does allow you to save to a previous version; so as long as you remember to Save-As from the 2017 before going to the College's 2015 computer you should be okay.

Check out this: 

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2016/ENU/3DSMa...

Also, I would recommend you keep your files small; make individual parts parts or areas as files, then merge them all into a final scene.  That way if a file goes bad, loses a new feature/translation, etc. you haven't lost everything and can continue to work with the bad area missing/etc.   Otherwise you'll be dead in the water until you can return to your other station.

Also, you can sometimes still download older versions of the software.  I  know the subscription option allows this; I'm not sure if the student version (which I assume you are using) has this option, but it is worth looking into.

Hope that helps,

-Kenny

[Anonymous]

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