AD 3ds Max 2017 Portable by llexandro

Autodesk 3ds Max 2017 Portable



MAXScript
MAXScript is a built-in scripting language that can be used to automate
repetitive tasks, combine existing functionality in new ways, develop new
tools and user interfaces, and much more. Plugin modules can be created
entirely within MAXScript.

Character Studio
Character Studio was a plugin which since version 4 of Max is now
integrated in 3D Studio Max, helping users to animate virtual characters.
The system works using a character rig or "Biped" skeleton which has stock
settings that can be modified and customized to the fit character meshes
and animation needs. This tool also includes robust editing tools for IK/FK
switching, Pose manipulation, Layers and Keyframing workflows, and sharing
of animation data across different Biped skeletons. These "Biped" objects
have other useful features that help accelerate the production of walk
cycles and movement paths, as well as secondary motion.

Scene Explorer
Scene Explorer, a tool that provides a hierarchical view of scene data and
analysis, facilitates working with more complex scenes. Scene Explorer has
the ability to sort, filter, and search a scene by any object type or
property (including metadata). Added in 3ds Max 2008, it was the first
component to facilitate .NET managed code in 3ds Max outside of MAXScript.

DWG import
3ds Max supports both import and linking of DWG files. Improved memory
management in 3ds Max 2008 enables larger scenes to be imported with
multiple objects.

Texture assignment/editing
3ds Max offers operations for creative texture and planar mapping,
including tiling, mirroring, decals, angle, rotate, blur, UV stretching,
and relaxation; Remove Distortion; Preserve UV; and UV template image
export. The texture workflow includes the ability to combine an unlimited
number of textures, a material/map browser with support for drag-and-drop
assignment, and hierarchies with thumbnails. UV workflow features include
Pelt mapping, which defines custom seams and enables users to unfold UVs
according to those seams; copy/paste materials, maps and colors; and access
to quick mapping types (box, cylindrical, spherical).

General keyframing
Two keying modes — set key and auto key — offer support for different
keyframing workflows. Fast and intuitive controls for keyframing —
including cut, copy, and paste — let the user create animations with ease.
Animation trajectories may be viewed and edited directly in the viewport.
Constrained animation

Objects can be animated along curves with controls for alignment, banking,
velocity, smoothness, and looping, and along surfaces with controls for
alignment. Weight path-controlled animation between multiple curves, and
animate the weight. Objects can be constrained to animate with other
objects in many ways — including look at, orientation in different
coordinate spaces, and linking at different points in time. These
constraints also support animated weighting between more than one target.

All resulting constrained animation can be collapsed into standard
keyframes for further editing.

Skinning
Either the Skin or Physique modifier may be used to achieve precise control
of skeletal deformation, so the character deforms smoothly as joints are
moved, even in the most challenging areas, such as shoulders. Skin
deformation can be controlled using direct vertex weights, volumes of
vertices defined by envelopes, or both.

Capabilities such as weight tables, paintable weights, and saving and
loading of weights offer easy editing and proximity-based transfer between
models, providing the accuracy and flexibility needed for complicated
characters.

The rigid bind skinning option is useful for animating low-polygon models
or as a diagnostic tool for regular skeleton animation.

Additional modifiers, such as Skin Wrap and Skin Morph, can be used to
drive meshes with other meshes and make targeted weighting adjustments in
tricky areas.

Skeletons and inverse kinematics (IK)
Characters can be rigged with custom skeletons using 3ds Max bones, IK
solvers, and rigging tools powered by Motion Capture Data.

All animation tools — including expressions, scripts, list controllers, and
wiring — can be used along with a set of utilities specific to bones to
build rigs of any structure and with custom controls, so animators see only
the UI necessary to get their characters animated.

Four plug-in IK solvers ship with 3ds Max: history-independent solver,
history-dependent solver, limb solver, and spline IK solver. These powerful
solvers reduce the time it takes to create high-quality character
animation. The history-independent solver delivers smooth blending between
IK and FK animation and uses preferred angles to give animators more
control over the positioning of affected bones.

The history-dependent solver can solve within joint limits and is used for
machine-like animation. IK limb is a lightweight two-bone solver, optimized
for real-time interactivity, ideal for working with a character arm or leg.
Spline IK solver provides a flexible animation system with nodes that can
be moved anywhere in 3D space. It allows for efficient animation of
skeletal chains, such as a character’s spine or tail, and includes easy-
to-use twist and roll controls.

Integrated Cloth solver
In addition to reactor’s cloth modifier, 3ds Max software has an integrated
cloth-simulation engine that enables the user to turn almost any 3D object
into clothing, or build garments from scratch. Collision solving is fast
and accurate even in complex simulations.

Local simulation lets artists drape cloth in real time to set up an initial
clothing state before setting animation keys.

Cloth simulations can be used in conjunction with other 3ds Max dynamic
forces, such as Space Warps. Multiple independent cloth systems can be
animated with their own objects and forces. Cloth deformation data can be
cached to the hard drive to allow for nondestructive iterations and to
improve playback performance.

Integration with Autodesk Vault
Autodesk Vault plug-in, which ships with 3ds Max, consolidates users’ 3ds
Max assets in a single location, enabling them to automatically track files
and manage work in progress. Users can easily and safely share, find, and
reuse 3ds Max (and design) assets in a large-scale production or
visualization environment.

Max Creation Graph
Introduced with Max 2016, Max Creation Graph (MCG) enables user to create
modifiers, geometry, and utility plug-ins using a visual node-based
workflow.

With MCG you can create a new plug-in for 3ds Max in minutes by simply
wiring together parameter nodes, computation nodes, and output nodes. The
resulting graph can then be saved in an XML file (.maxtool) or be packaged
with any compounds (.maxcompound) it depends in a ZIP file (.mcg) which you
can share easily with 3ds Max users.