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Chapter 1
Getting to Know 3ds Max Design 2010
Welcome to Mastering Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010. Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010 replaces
Autodesk VIZ 2008 and benefits from the development of its sister product, 3ds Max, to give
architects and other design professionals an indispensable design and visualization tool.
Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010 gives designers cutting-edge rendering technology, easy-to-use
architectural materials, improved communication with other related software, enhancements to
modeling and animation tools, and better viewport interactivity than ever before.
Autodesk VIZ 2008 and benefits from the development of its sister product, 3ds Max, to give
architects and other design professionals an indispensable design and visualization tool.
Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2010 gives designers cutting-edge rendering technology, easy-to-use
architectural materials, improved communication with other related software, enhancements to
modeling and animation tools, and better viewport interactivity than ever before.
This chapter introduces some of 3ds Max Design 2010’s special features and then gets you
started working with the 3ds Max interface. In this chapter, you will learn to:
Navigate and configure the viewports
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Dock and float toolbars
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Copy objects and use the Transform tools
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Create a named selection set
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Introducing the New 3ds Max Design 2010 Features
3ds Max Design replaces Autodesk VIZ 2008 as Autodesk’s 3D modeling and visualization tool
for the architectural industry. It is comparable to 3ds Max and is essentially the same product
without the Software Developers Kit (SDK), which is used to develop plug-ins that give the pro-
grams additional functionality. In addition to having all the features that 3ds Max has, 3ds Max
Design offers a new Exposure lighting analysis tool, which is used to help meet the Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) 8.1 certification standards. The program is
referred to as either 3ds Max or 3ds Max Design throughout the text.
for the architectural industry. It is comparable to 3ds Max and is essentially the same product
without the Software Developers Kit (SDK), which is used to develop plug-ins that give the pro-
grams additional functionality. In addition to having all the features that 3ds Max has, 3ds Max
Design offers a new Exposure lighting analysis tool, which is used to help meet the Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) 8.1 certification standards. The program is
referred to as either 3ds Max or 3ds Max Design throughout the text.
Each new version of 3ds Max incorporates fresh and exciting tools to enhance your capabili-
ties and workflow while also increasing the performance of the program on your computer
system. Utilizing these new features is key to improving your skills and decreasing the time
it takes to complete your projects. To help you find information, the 3ds Max Design 2010
Learning Movies dialog box (see Figure 1.1) includes links to essential skills movies, which
teach many of the basic skills for using 3ds Max, as well as links to movies that explain the new
features and additional 3ds Max–related tutorials.
system. Utilizing these new features is key to improving your skills and decreasing the time
it takes to complete your projects. To help you find information, the 3ds Max Design 2010
Learning Movies dialog box (see Figure 1.1) includes links to essential skills movies, which
teach many of the basic skills for using 3ds Max, as well as links to movies that explain the new
features and additional 3ds Max–related tutorials.
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