3dsmax6_techspec.pdf

technical

specifications

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New Version 6 Features Include

– Schematic View

– Particle Flow

–Vertex Paint

– mental ray ® 3.2

– reactor ® 2 stuntman dynamics

– Dynamic Shader UI

– Network Region Render

– Spline/Patch Modeling

– Relax UV’s

– Mirror Skin Weights

– Edit Vertex Normals

– Shell Modifier

– Consolidated rendering workflow

– Render Presets

– Autodesk VIZ ® Render Support

– Layer Manager

– Command Line Rendering

– HDRI Support

– “Blobmesh” metaballs

3ds max ® 6 , the world’s most widely used professional 3D modeling,

animation and rendering solution, offers the ultimate professional 3D

tools required for creating eye-catching visual effects, cutting-edge

games, and distinct design visualizations.

Animation

Unique, weighted Animation Controller Subsystem allows for multiple

algorithms to drive any animation channel, including custom expressions

Curve Editor and Dope Sheet control every animated parameter, with

extensive filtering to isolate relevant data

Character tools include volumetric Skinning with hierarchies or spline,

spring-based secondary animation, Progressive Morphing, and FFD lattices

reactor ® 2 allows full interaction of keyframed and dynamically-

simulated objects including new Virtual Stuntman dynamics and

improved fracture collection

Modeling

Enhanced Spline/Patch workflow eliminates excess Modifier Stack

operations, and includes intuitive cross-section functionality, reset patch

tangents, and default filtering of interior edges

Editable Poly improvements include the integration of Meshsmooth

and a new Isoline Display mode that keeps the artist focused on building

good model topology without having to view every resulting polygon

in the viewport

Shell Modifier adds depth to any selection of faces by building new

polygons based on vertex or face normals—the perfect tool for adding

“Mech” elements to any character or vehicle

Blobmesh is a metaball compound object that works as a modeling tool or

in conjunction with Particle Flow for organic surfaces and cohesive fluids

Texture Mapping

Unwrap UV Modifier has extensive tools for editing mapping

coordinates up to 99 channels, and includes the ability to use differing

unwrapping algorithms and direct manipulation of texture coordinates

to dramatically decrease texturing time

The Relax Modifier makes it simpler and easier to even out existing

mapping coordinates for textures

Rendering

Fast, film-quality hybrid scanline renderer includes global illumination

and photorealistic lighting tools, plus unlimited distributed network

rendering—network rendering includes split scanlines option for

distribution of high resolution still image rendering

Command line rendering enables batch operations using text files and

commands from the prompt including image resolution, anti-aliasing,

super-sampling, raytracing parameters, environment settings, file

output control, layers, and network rendering

Region Net Render allows portions of an image to be deployed across

a network, ideal for large format and print size frames

High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI) files (.hdr, .pic) can be loaded

and saved with 3ds max 6 renders for the new artistic approach to

realistic rendering

mental ray rendering is now integrated within and as part of each

3ds max license as a powerful new rendering option

Lighting

Photometric lighting support. This allows customers to download

industry standard IES files from manufacturers to simulate real world

lighting effects

2D Lighting Data Exporter saves lighting analysis as Radiance

Picture Files or .TIF format

Surface level lighting control with seperate ambient, diffuse, and

specular attenuation and decay

Pseudo Color Rendering with legends for lighting analysis. MAXScript

access to Radiosity information, so the users can query the lighting

level of any point anywhere in the scene

Games

Vertex Paint Modifier functions as a paint layer, with Photoshop ® -style

blending modes, interactive painting of color and attribute information

over 99 vertex channels

Dynamic Shader UI creates artist-friendly UI components for HLSL

Shaders, based on the parameters in the DirectX .FX file

Edit Vertex Normals, available as a modifier and as a base mesh

property, has a suite of tools for manually editing normals

Channel Info Editor allows for viewing and editing of per-vertex

channel information in a spreadsheet-style view

Cameras

Unlimited number of cameras using industry-standard parameters

for accurate real-world camera matching and results

Interactive clipping plane, dolly, FOV, grid overlay, orbit, roll, vertigo

zoom, zoom and safe frame display

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Precise alignment with either horizontal, vertical, or diagonal field-of-

view measure, plus support for orthogonal projection

Extensive Depth of Field and Motion Blur controls also include a

viewport preview mode to speed up the iterative process

Materials and Mapping

Combine unlimited number of textures to give ultimate control

over materials

Shading algorithms include Anisotropic, Blinn, Oren-Nayar-Blinn, Phong,

Metal, Multi-layer, and Strauss with independent sampler options

Material/Map Browser portrays hierarchies with thumbnails and

drag-and-drop assignment

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Viewport Interaction

WYSIWYG viewport environment with multi-textures per face, blended

true transparency, Phong highlights, procedurals, and display of Pixel

and Vertex shaders

Multiple coordinate systems like View, Screen, World, Local, Chosen

Object, Grid, or Parent space for flexible manipulation of any object type

Interactive axis constraints and modeless keyboard entry supported

Selection methods include pick, fence, rectangular, lasso, and circle

with object class filters, select-by-name, named selection sets, mesh

extents, backface exclusion, polygon boundary, smoothing, material

ID, and face normal angle architecture

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Multi-threaded processing throughout 3ds max 6 software for superior

performance and scalability

Supports OpenGL ® and Direct3D ® hardware acceleration, and Heidi

software acceleration for any Windows ® display

Plug-in architecture provides extensibility for nearly any system

component

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MAXScript™

MAXScript object-oriented scripting language mirrors SDK to provide

access to plug-in parameters

Scripts can be called from 3ds max 6 interface or embedded into

.max file

Scripts can be appended to other plug-ins, generate alternative inter-

faces, or can be treated as a plug-in class to 3ds max 6

Visual MAXScript generates interactive interface elements like

Sliders, Dropdown lists, Check boxes, buttons, Color pickers and

more to any object, modifier or material—a great time-saver for

scripting artists

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Software System Requirements

– Primary Operating Systems: XP Professional (SP1),

Windows 2000 (SP4), and XP Home (SP1)

– Internet Explorer 6

– DirectX 9 Recommended (DirectX 8.1 Minimum)

– OpenGL

Workflow

Schematic View, a node-based scene graph, offers access to object

properties, materials, controllers, modifiers, hierarchy, and non-visible

scene relationships such as wired parameters and instancing

File management utilities such as the MAX File Finder, IFL Manager,

Increment On Save, Auto-backup, the Resource Collector, Dynamic

Texture Reloading, and Log Files manage daily use and transfer of

3ds max 6 data between file iterations, users, and locations

Hardware System Requirements

– Intel ® PIII or later Processor or AMD ® running at 300Mhz

minimum (Dual Intel ® Xeon ™ or dual AMD Athlon ™

system recommended)

– 512 MB RAM and 500 MB swap space minimum (1GB RAM

and 2GB swap space recommended)

– Graphics card supporting 1024 x 768 16-bit color with 64MB

RAM (OpenGL and Direct3D hardware acceleration

supported; 3D graphics accelerator 1280 x 1024 24-bit color

with 256MB RAM preferred)

– Windows-compliant pointing device

(Microsoft Intellimouse ™ ,Wacom Intuos or similar pressure

sensitive tablet recommended)

– CD-ROM drive

– Optional: sound card and speakers; cabling for TCP/IP-

compliant network; 3D hardware graphics acceleration;

video input and output devices; joystick; midi-instruments;

3-button mouse

The Layer Manager is a floating table of contents, allowing for quick

switching of focus on the various parts of a character, model or scene

Load and Save Render Presets enables studios to share rendering

settings between artists, reducing scene setup times and ensuring

consistency across the entire production for most rendering parameters

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