• Rapid iteration of designs—With best-in-class interoperability with the AutoCAD®, Revit®, and Autodesk® Inventor® software product families, 3ds Max Design enables users to experience non-destructive workflows when upstream changes occur. The software also supports more than 30 2D and 3D data formats.
• Accurate daylight analysis—3ds Max Design is one of the tools validated by the CNRC for the simulation and analysis of indirect and daylight effects. In addition, direct lighting can be explored in real-time in the viewport.
• High-impact visuals—Technology proven in the entertainment industry enables designers and visualization specialists to create cinematic-quality imagery using:
  • An industry-leading polygon modeling toolset
  • Out-of-the-box animation, character, and effects tools
  • Unlimited network rendering with mental ray

• Real-time engine—A real-time 3D engine makes it one of the industry’s fastest animation tools.
• Productivity geared workflows—Workflow features enable you to take on demanding, high-volume projects:
  • Full-body inverse kinematics character technology with animation retargeting
  • Unified nondestructive, nonlinear editing environment
  • Live device support
• Motion capture editing and data cleanup—A world-class toolset enables manipulation of motion capture data.
• Seamless interoperability—With its software development kit, support for Autodesk® FBX® technology, and Python® scripting capabilities, MotionBuilder interoperates with Autodesk® Maya®, Autodesk® 3ds Max®, and Autodesk® Softimage® software, and Autodesk® HumanIK® middleware.

• Deform and pose models quickly and easily to change their design, access occluded regions, present them for approval, or prepare them for map extraction.
• Selectively edit and manipulate existing paint and photo-based layers with new image adjustment brushes.
• Transfer models and scene information between Mudbox 2011 and Maya 2011with a single click.
• Extract maps using a new Vector Displacement method and represent displacements that do not simply follow the normal: for example, forms with appendages, undercuts, folds and bulges.
• Import and export multiple layers in PSD files to leverage the Adobe® PhotoShop® toolset on more demanding projects.

Autodesk® Softimage® software is a high-performance 3D character animation and visual effects application. Softimage enables artists to use intuitive, nondestructive workflows to create stunning character animation and effects. The unique, multithreaded Softimage® GigaCore architecture and innovative tools like ICE (Interactive Creative Environment) and the Autodesk® Face Robot® facial animation toolset extend an Autodesk® Maya® software pipeline. Now you can more quickly and easily create detailed simulated effects, advanced character rigs, and lip-synced facial setups.

Design and shape the world around you with the powerful, flexible features found in AutoCAD® design and documentation software, one of the world’s leading 2D and 3D CAD tools. Speed documentation, share ideas seamlessly, and explore ideas more intuitively in 3D. With thousands of available add-ons, AutoCAD design software provides the ultimate in flexibility, customized for your specific needs. It’s time to take design further. It’s time for AutoCAD.