Ofonime  W.
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Ofonime W.
Design Engineer
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Design Visualization, Motion Picture and Interactive Media tool."
4.5/5
What do you like best about 3ds Max Design?

Its serves as a balance between the Design and manufacturing sector, and the Entertainment sector. The tool is well built for heavy, and generic 3D applications (multipurpose use), which I have used for Design Visualization, Motion Picture and Interactive Media projects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about 3ds Max Design?

Its requires a signifucant amount of time to become good at using it, probalbly becuse of its multipurpose use case.

Also, you need a good machine (PC), for a good user experince, else it will lag and crash especially when initiating computational task like light rending etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Architecture & Planning
UA
Verified User in Architecture & Planning
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"incredible satisfaction"
5/5
What do you like best about 3ds Max Design?

it can provide what i would really need for my field Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about 3ds Max Design?

sometimes it is difficult to find modifiers or howit work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Manikant G.
MG
Manikant G.
Big Data Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best and Mini Version of Autodesk Maya"
5/5
What do you like best about 3ds Max Design?

It’s certainly one of the best known and respected, however. The main interface consists of three windows which let you enter data, view your model and work in detail.

The basic window features have an easy to understand format and work well with the interface.

Most of the basic settings are available through the right-hand button menus on the interface and the basic controls are easy to use. In many ways it is similar to photoshop in that there is an extensive array of control options, though some are quite more accessible in 3ds max than photoshop.

It’s important to understand that not all 3d max features are available all the time – only those which are enabled are active. Many of the features of the software are disabled when not in use so while you can create complex models in max you can’t actually use the model. You can still have the model – just not use it. Models are often referred to as meshes. There are different types of mesh. To create a standard box you will need a surface mesh and you will also need at least three vertices – three dots – on the box for the front face, and on each of the four sides. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about 3ds Max Design?

3ds max is the industry standard for 3d modeling it is not the most user-friendly software.

If you are a newcomer to 3d max then it can be a bit of a challenge but once you know the interface you can move around the software quickly and easily.

It is a big software that requires a PC with robust processing capabilities. It also could use a better free flowing form component . Also, it lags when in shading viewport. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shane O.
SO
Shane O.
Senior 3D Lighting & Motion Graphics Artist at Amazon
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great Modeling & Construction History Tools"
4.5/5
What do you like best about 3ds Max Design?

I like that the modifier stack helps preserve the editable history of an object through a type of layering structure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about 3ds Max Design?

I wish they had more robust tools for animation pipelines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ashish R.
AR
Ashish R.
Shift Incharge
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Animation 3D Max review"
5/5
What do you like best about 3ds Max Design?

It help to visualise the exact modelling of the product.which makes easy making process and increased chances to resuce the risk of mistakes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about 3ds Max Design?

Although it works good enough that helpfull but sometimes technical gliches reduced the speed of the system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

HS
Himanshu S.
Unity Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Animation, modeling,texturing software"
4/5
What do you like best about 3ds Max Design?

3ds max is an awesome software to make them and the models for the games. its rendering quality is good, and the assets it provides are amazing. the pixel gathering and the elemental resolution are awesome. provide a 3d camera with a greater angle of rotation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about 3ds Max Design?

the size of the software is too big its around 8 GB which consumes lots of net to download. as the size is big so it required a high-performance laptop to use. it does not provide to use the new version file to the old version so every time has to download the new version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

DC
David C.
Architect
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Very powerful, but very complicated"
2/5
What do you like best about 3ds Max Design?

It creates exceptional renderings when you have the skills and time to refine all of the settings Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about 3ds Max Design?

The render times are extraordinarily long and the effort it takes to create acceptable renderings is almost prohibitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Vaibhav S.
Technology Evangelist
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Autodesk 3DS MAX Software"
4.5/5
What do you like best about 3ds Max Design?

3ds max software has excellent capabilities in developing the modelers, renders and the design to create flawless 3d images.it provides good 3d animation services. and it provides vector map support which is one of the best feature. 2d pan zoom snap is a super feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about 3ds Max Design?

The render elements path handeling need update, and lighting effects are also needed to update. it also does not have the plugins Maya has in it.UV mapping in it is difficult to achieve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vaibhav M.
VM
Vaibhav M.
Modeling and texturing artist
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"awesome modeling and rendering"
4/5
What do you like best about 3ds Max Design?

3ds max is best for animation and rendering and also modeling with V-ray. This software gives you the best photo realistic quality you want, and it is very useful software which guys who are doing interior or exterior work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about 3ds Max Design?

3ds max I don't like the modeling tool it takes very long when you do any detailed modeling work, and sometimes it crashes. and the size of the software is too big. Its around 8 GB which consumes lots of data and memory Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ayush G.
AG
Ayush G.
freelancer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"loved it"
3.5/5
What do you like best about 3ds Max Design?

What i personally like in 3ds max is that we can move our perspective even when we are in orthographic or front back perspective mode but we in maya we can't do that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about 3ds Max Design?

i don't dislike anything. a nd i don't think it lacks any feature , at least not for me, yes it is little bit less advance than maya but i like it because of its easy to use features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.