Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2009 32 and 64 bit

Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design 2009 software enables architects, designers, and visualization specialists to fully explore, validate and communicate their creative ideas – from concept models to cinema-quality visualizations.

- A comprehensive 3D modeling, animation and rendering solution, it delivers powerful, new lighting simulation and analysis technology, advanced rendering capabilities, and faster, more integrated workflows with the AutoCAD® and Revit® software families of products.
- Exposure™ lighting analysis technology designed to assist architects in evaluating light intensity for assisting with LEED 8.1 certification.
- New ProMaterials™ library simulates manufacturer-related building and design materials.
- New FBX®-based Recognize™ scene loading technology enables 3ds Max users to quickly and accurately import geometry, lights, materials, and cameras from Revit 2009 scenes.
- Reveal™ rendering toolset – which streamlines iterative workflows

Support for Sustainable Architectural Projects

One of the key technologies in Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design software is Exposure™ technology, a toolset—exclusive to this version of the product—for simulating and analyzing sun, sky, and artificial lighting. Exposure assists architects in evaluating light intensity, part of the process of analyzing indoor environmental quality for requirements such as LEED 8.1 certification.
Precise Visual Feedback and Professional Final Renders

Reveal™ rendering technology, a system that streamlines iterative workflows by giving you very precise control over what is rendered, be it your entire scene minus a specific object, one given object, or a specific region of the Framebuffer. The rendered image Framebuffer contains a simplified set of tools to quickly validate changes in a render, by optionally filtering out objects, regions, and/or processes in order to balance quality, speed, and completeness. The release also contains a new ProMaterials™ library for mental ray® software, which gives you manufacturer-related materials for creating design and building surfaces.
Revit 2009 Interoperability…and More
With 3ds Max Design Autodesk takes a major leap forward with interoperability between 3ds Max Design and Revit® software. The software’s new FBX®-based Recognize™ scene-loading technology lets you quickly and accurately import geometry, lights, materials, and cameras from your Revit scenes into 3ds Max Design. Interoperability has also been strengthened across the 3D line of Autodesk products through two new user interface and navigation toolsets—the ViewCube™ and SteeringWheels™ technologies.
Streamlined Mapping and Animation Workflows

Enjoy faster, more efficient workflows with the UV spline mapping tool, and enhanced Pelt and Relax functionality. Additionally, Biped now includes a more efficient workflow for rigging quadrupeds.

System Requirements
- Microsoft® Windows Vista®
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional (SP2 or higher) (32-bit version)
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 (64-bit version)
Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6 or higher
- DirectX® 9.0c* (required)
- OpenGL® (optional)
- Intel® Pentium® IV or AMD Athlon® XP or higher processor (32-bit version)
- Intel EM64T, AMD Athlon 64 or higher, AMD Opteron® processor (64-bit version)
- 512 MB RAM; 1 GB recommended (32-bit version)
- 1 GB RAM (4 GB recommended) (64-bit version)
- 500 MB swap space (2 GB recommended)
- Hardware-accelerated OpenGL and Direct3D supported
- Microsoft Windows–compliant pointing device (optimized for Microsoft® IntelliMouse®)
- DVD-ROM drive

* Some features of 3ds Max Design 2009 are only enabled when used with graphics hardware that supports Shader Model 3.0 (Pixel Shader and Vertex Shader 3.0). Check with your manufacturer to determine if your hardware supports Shader Model 3.0.

Note: Apple® computers based on Intel processors and running Microsoft operating systems are not currently supported.