3dsmax 2017

[Alex_M]

I'm happy to hear that it works with no major issues now that SP3 is out. I might try it myself too.

[glorybound]

PSD Manager is in beta and Walls & Tiles is working through a major bug with Autodesk.

[jstrob]

SP3 fixed hairfarm bug and RPManager has a new update which make it usable with 2017!

So 3ds max 2017 is not Beta anymore it seems. I am starting a project with it right now.

[Vizioen]

Hi!

is the "select by material" feature fixed?

otherwise its still useless for me. I hope i can use max2017 still in the year 2016

Yes it's fixed. I wonder what took them so long.

[krassi]

Hi!

is the "select by material" feature fixed?

otherwise its still useless for me. I hope i can use max2017 still in the year 2016

[BBB3]

Played with SP3 for a few hours yesterday on a relatively complex scene and, fingers crossed, no crash so far.

[werticus]

So perhaps 2017 is ready for use now... All my plugins work with it now too.

[Lupaz]

Sp3 is out!

[gandhics]

For sure I will get back to max too until I am a perfect master of Houdini which will takes many years. I work in max since 20 years and I still don't know everything. I learn Houdini in my spare time since 1 year only so there will be numerous occasions I will be back to max not because Houdini is slower but just because I'm slower in it for some specific tasks.

My point is that I think it takes less time to master Houdini than max and its zillions plugins, even though Houdini will feel slower to learn at the beginning and even though Houdini can do far more. And nothing prevent you from using both softwares while you master it.

My point is exact opposite.
I have seen many Houdini artist. But, the one who truly knows/master Houdini is really hard to find.
Many of them had years of experience and big movie credit, but they were still very limited.
To utilize full power of Houdini, you need to remove all the sugar coat which other "easier" program has.
While Houdini is node based program. You still need tons of expression in the node.

[glorybound]

That is funny. Also, it cost each user about $1000 to fix something that they broke.

Finally! However, it's a sad they when you realize that you are getting excited about a simple basic feature of an app working again after being broken for half an year after release. Autodesk should really up their game.

[jstrob]

Hmm.. Houdini as a generalist tool....
As a person who have to babysit all Houdini request, I may have a different opinion.
Even our Houdini guys come back to 3dsMax or Maya for non-sim/non-procedural stuff.
Yes, you "can" do anything. But, can-do-in-time is a different story.

I think this way. If you think pflow box#3/TP/MCG is not for you, then your alternative would be C4D or Modo, not Houdini.

For sure I will get back to max too until I am a perfect master of Houdini which will takes many years. I work in max since 20 years and I still don't know everything. I learn Houdini in my spare time since 1 year only so there will be numerous occasions I will be back to max not because Houdini is slower but just because I'm slower in it for some specific tasks.

My point is that I think it takes less time to master Houdini than max and its zillions plugins, even though Houdini will feel slower to learn at the beginning and even though Houdini can do far more. And nothing prevent you from using both softwares while you master it.

[gandhics]

About Houdini. I used to think the same until I learned it a bit more. there is absolutely nothing it can't do and once you reach a certain level you realized it's far more easier to learn than max and plugins cause everything works the same. So if you are like me a generalist and have to do everything, it's far more easier to do it with Houdini (except for modeling other than procedural because of Zbrush). Just as an example if you know how to cache hair, you know how to cache fluids. geo, particles, anything you can cache works just the same. I will stop here cause Houdini is for me nothing less than the Holy Grail of CG!

About Clarisse I didn't really know what it was just checked it looks pretty amazing.

Hmm.. Houdini as a generalist tool....
As a person who have to babysit all Houdini request, I may have a different opinion.
Even our Houdini guys come back to 3dsMax or Maya for non-sim/non-procedural stuff.
Yes, you "can" do anything. But, can-do-in-time is a different story.

I think this way. If you think pflow box#3/TP/MCG is not for you, then your alternative would be C4D or Modo, not Houdini.

[Alex_M]

Just installed it and yes select by material is now working

I must test hairfarm now.

Finally! However, it's a sad they when you realize that you are getting excited about a simple basic feature of an app working again after being broken for half an year after release. Autodesk should really up their game.

[jstrob]

Just wanted to post here really quick and let you all know that 2017 SP3 is released. See more information here: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-ma...d/td-p/6593126

Best Regards,
AJ DeFlaminis

Just installed it and yes select by material is now working

I must test hairfarm now.

[jstrob]

i just can't think of a non autodesk alternative to 3Ds Max. it has such an amazing options of plugins and scripts both free and commercial. also i love the modifier stack and see some interesting things being developed using MCG.

C4D and modo have no appeal to me and their development isn't exactly exciting. Houdini is really just a TD and FX package, looks too complicated for me.

i'd maybe consider a combo of using blender to model and Clarisse for layout/lighting/rendering

About Houdini. I used to think the same until I learned it a bit more. there is absolutely nothing it can't do and once you reach a certain level you realized it's far more easier to learn than max and plugins cause everything works the same. So if you are like me a generalist and have to do everything, it's far more easier to do it with Houdini (except for modeling other than procedural because of Zbrush). Just as an example if you know how to cache hair, you know how to cache fluids. geo, particles, anything you can cache works just the same. I will stop here cause Houdini is for me nothing less than the Holy Grail of CG!

About Clarisse I didn't really know what it was just checked it looks pretty amazing.