I am relatively new to 3DS Max, but after going through training videos, it has been easy to learn the interface and its tools. The setup is very easy to understand once you get past the interface learning curve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Since there is so much packed inside 3DS Max, it can be hard to learn how to use it effectively. It takes a lot of training and practice to get comfortable using. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The capabilities of the program are amazing. I used it to create fly-through renderings of a Revit model. After many many tries, I was finally able to create something cool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Learning to use it has a steep learning curve. There are so many options and it's unlike any other autodesk program. Even learning which method to upload and link your Revit model is even difficult to understand. The material database is also confusing to get used to. I have a pretty massive hard drive, but this still made my computer run very slowly and crashed frequently. I'd love to get better at it, but I'm not there yet and have all but given up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As a 3D generalist what i like the best is its modeling tools, which are very versatile and easy to use, and also very easy to learn. Uv tools are also great, yo can do UV on any object pretty fast, and with amazing quality, which is very great since you can solve most of the things inside the same software, so you don't need to be switching software for all the necessities that the industry has. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike the interface, which sometimes its a bit buggy. And autorig features are not very easy to learn, making it hard to use them. Anyway in the last version of 3ds Max they changed completely the interface, and it actually works a lot better and faster than in previous versions of the software, all of the menus are undockable so you can adapt everything for your needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The opportunity to advance your purpose is powerful and impressive, notably in the eyes of our clients. The ability to render an idea, or to express a vision to our client gives us a competitive edge in winning bids and delivering solutions that exceed that of our competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In my experience with the software, 3DS Max Design is principally an aesthetic deliverable. We focus more on engineering tools by Autodesk to realize the core solutions that we are selling to the client. Step 1, impress and win bid. Step 2, realize vision with engineering tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I originally started off in college as a Maya user. I spent two years rendering and figuring out the UI as well as game modeling, rigging and texturing. However when I went to my first job at SSE, it took a short amount of time to get comfortable with this program. It’s by far the easier program to work with and although the “modifiers” can be hard to comprehend at first, it’s the superior modeling program. The UI barely updates over many different versions making your personal pipeline easy to transition. The things that change the most are how powerful the rendering gets. I personally have not used the Arnold renderer but have heard nothing but positive things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There’s the potential if you use this program purely for rendering in a large company with Mental Ray and Mental Ray materials it can be hard to upgrade while in the middle of projects. So your research before you buy the product for your company and make sure it’s as update date as you may need it to be. This includes keeping in mind R&D teams! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Love the speedy, quality rendering and snappy interface. The camera switcher and time-line are great, and the system handles imported vector art like a pro. Lighting is a snap and looks great too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The modeling tools are clunky and hidden, some types of modeling have to be added as modifiers and the shaping tools are harder to switch between and quickly iterate in the view pane unlike Maya. Particle physics are a pain without a good third party plug-in. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the stacked modifier system. It let's me go back and make changes without doing anything permanently. There is also a great community of artists who supply high quality models. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It randomly crashes quite often and is lacking some basic features that other people have written scripts for instead like vertex cleaner and Relink Bitmap. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The outcome of realistic renderings cannot be surmounted by any other design tool i've used before. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

the interface is a little dated and unintuitive, slow rendering times Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The fact that it's intuitive. The rendering times are amazing when you're using it with a verified graphics card. I myself use a 1060 6GB GTX. The greatest part of the program is how it renders with VRAY. STUNNING RESULTS. The way the camera angles are and how you can use your keyboard to move the camera angles, brilliant! You do have to press the two up and down arrow keys together in order to activate it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish I could figure out how to make them have in-app tutorials and tips. I really wish VRAY materials were a bit more intuitive, hard to use a lot of the time if you don't know or haven't used them. It takes a bit to get through tutorials, but when you do the results are stunning! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface is very intuitive. And you can customize menus to fit your workflow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A minor thing, but the create from keyboard function and properties functions are too close together. I am constantly entering in the scale numbers and find that I am not doing it in the right place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.