3dsmax 2017

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do not uninstall max 2017.
My demo license ran out, i Uninstalled it properly, and it mightily messed up my dotNet: most apps wouldn't start, those i managed to fix (with deep, manual registry cleaning, uninstalling and reinstalling) still will error out and crash mid-session...
What's aggravating is that I must have uninstalled max 2017 at least six times during the beta phase, without issue.
I'm hoping having reset windows update and rerunning it will help, but if not, i'm facing an OS refresh...

[NicoC]

One thing I've learned with Autodesk is that you can skip the odd version numbers. Go for the even ones

ahaha good point, Nils

[nils_p]

One thing I've learned with Autodesk is that you can skip the odd version numbers. Go for the even ones

[pixelplume]

Jesus, we are gonna update to 2016 soon as we never go for the latest build because of bugs, but this really makes me wana stay on 2014 :-/

I'm happy with 2016...2014 was pretty sweet though.....kinda like AutoCAD 14 if your old enough to remember

[cmjohncheng]

I teach max once a semester at the School of visual Arts and they typically update the software. I don't really customize much of the interface as I like to see it as the kids do.



The constant in disappearing geometry for me has been when I add an edit poly on top of an extruded spline....basic crap. If I then go into sub-object mode the geometry disappears then I click blindly until I select the mesh. Over coffee I just tried drawing a box...adding edit poly or edit mesh and it does the same thing. Guess I will look into updating graphics driver


On a more positive note it seems (as well as V-Ray 3.4.01) a little bit zippier.....opening dialog boxes, etc.

sometime i got this problem too, when in sub-object mode cant see geometry, normally i just crtl+a select all, then can edit from there.

[Sbrusse]

Jesus, we are gonna update to 2016 soon as we never go for the latest build because of bugs, but this really makes me wana stay on 2014 :-/

[glorybound]

I teach max once a semester at the School of visual Arts and they typically update the software. I don't really customize much of the interface as I like to see it as the kids do. The constant in disappearing geometry for me has been when I add an edit poly on top of an extruded spline....basic crap. If I then go into sub-object mode the geometry disappears then I click blindly until I select the mesh. Over coffee I just tried drawing a box...adding edit poly or edit mesh and it does the same thing. Guess I will look into updating graphics driver On a more positive note it seems (as well as V-Ray 3.4.01) a little bit zippier.....opening dialog boxes, etc.

for me, if I go into edit mode on a poly, it's gone and I have to work blind. Simply not okay by anyone's standards.

[glorybound]

Oh and it has crashed a few times but I save a lot..seems to crash when I had two instances of max opened up...doing simple stuff...was too busy to go down that rabbit hole...sent my error reports to adesk

On my current project I crashed 6 times yesterday. Like you, I save a lot, and rarely loose more than 15 min. of work, however, 15 X 17 is almost a waisted 2 hours. I run a clean machine with only well known plugins, so I don't think that it's me. I do nothing on my machine other than MAX and PS.

[glorybound]

That's why I refrained from going 4K, but you could use the windows magnifier ( windows button + PLUS or MINUS )

I knew there was a tool like that, I just didn't know the shortcut. Thanks!

[pixelplume]

Is there a way to revert back to the old icons ? (I'm not sure I've got the will power to get through the learning curve at my age.....)

I teach max once a semester at the School of visual Arts and they typically update the software. I don't really customize much of the interface as I like to see it as the kids do.

Are you serious, things still disappear?

The constant in disappearing geometry for me has been when I add an edit poly on top of an extruded spline....basic crap. If I then go into sub-object mode the geometry disappears then I click blindly until I select the mesh. Over coffee I just tried drawing a box...adding edit poly or edit mesh and it does the same thing. Guess I will look into updating graphics driver


On a more positive note it seems (as well as V-Ray 3.4.01) a little bit zippier.....opening dialog boxes, etc.

[lukx]

Who's going to be the first person to use 3DS MAX 2017 on a live project? I don't know if I can take these small 2016 text boxes and icons much longer. I am actually using my iPhone to take a photo so I can zoom in. I know, it is pretty sad! Also, if things are still disappearing when you try to edit them, in 2017, I will throw in the towel.

I already installed it with vray, grow fx and itoo plugs so next project I will do in 2017. But I'll be honest those new UI will take me some time to get used to.

[Vizioen]

I am actually using my iPhone to take a photo so I can zoom in.

That's why I refrained from going 4K, but you could use the windows magnifier ( windows button + PLUS or MINUS )

[muoto]

Oh and it has crashed a few times but I save a lot..seems to crash when I had two instances of max opened up...doing simple stuff...was too busy to go down that rabbit hole...sent my error reports to adesk

Got the same problem
lots of small crashes, also on editing an edit mesh above a shell in the stack (sometimes)

[glorybound]

Are you serious, things still disappear? It's amazing what we put up with an tolerate. How in the heck can a software company have software that doesn't work? I mean, it not a small issue when you can't see what you are editing. Either they can't figure out how to fix it or they just don't care; it has to be one or the other.

[JezUK]

...slowly getting used to the silly icon changes...

For years I've been saying how unchanged the interface of 3DS Max has been - now they've finally changed it, I struggle to recognise anything !

Is there a way to revert back to the old icons ? (I'm not sure I've got the will power to get through the learning curve at my age.....)