BLOG ROLL

Below is a list of recommended websites and blogs. 

A special thanks goes to ARC for supplying the above "Princess Yacht" main header image, as well as to FreeStyleGames for supplying work from the DJ Hero 2 title.

 

Autodesk

Northern Europe Manufacturing Blog

Sustainable Design Toolbox

Free 3d content from Autodesk Seek

Civil3d - From the Ground Up

Civil View toolset / DynamiteVSP (Civil Visualisation Extension) - Orginal site and Community pages

Autodesk UK

 

Design Visualisation

London, UK 3ds Max User Group - Informal gathering of high profile users

Simon Moir - organiser of the London 3ds Max User Group

EMEA Autodesk Design Visualisation Resource Centre

CGArchitect - A community of Architectural visionaries

 

Mental Ray

"My" mental ray community site 

Zap’s blog for tips in mental ray  

Lots of great tutorials on mental ray from Jeff Patton 

 

MAXScript

An extensive list of MAXScript and dot.net from Lonerobot

3ds Max SDK and MAXScript - CGsociety

PEN productions – the best resource on the web for Rigging scripts

MAXScript and Unity resources                                             

MAXScript’s including an Iray Manager by Artur Leao                                        

Borislav Petrov (Bobo’s) blog for Krakatoa and MAXScript 

MAXScript and Rigging info 

adventures in MAXScript by Dave Stewart

 

Products of Interest

Everything Revit from David Light, HOK

Mudbox Blog 'DashDotSlash' by Wayne Robson

 

Magazines

Online Design Magazine & Resource - Core 77  

Design Management & Collaboration Magazine - AEC Magazine

 

General User Community

‘3ds Max Rendering’ tutorials by Ramy Hanna                         

Duber Studio blog – includes 3ds Max > Nuke tools                                                      

Philip Taylor – the creator of CAT  

Collection of programming and animation ideas for various 3d apps   

Ike’s blog  - Includes work created at Nexus and The Mill  

Technical Artists blog

Adam Pletcher’s blog for Techical Videogame Artists 

Beautiful examples of what Pflow and Realflow can do in 3ds Max 

Python Examples from a Technical Art perspective - Chris Evans     

a large resource of ‘Max’ plugins, scripts and daily news        

maxplugins - An extensive collection of freeware and commercial 3ds Max plugins 

Enigmafx - A blog featuring 3ds Max Composite tips and techniques 

Jason Hayes - Technical Art Director on Saints Row  

Sevensheaven - 3ds Max user based in the Netherlands 

North Kingdom - Beautiful mix of 3d and 2d work

 

White Papers and PDF's

          3ds Max Brochure (pdf - 1283Kb)                 

          3ds Max Design Brochure (pdf - 440Kb)                 

          3ds Max & 3ds Max Design FAQ (pdf - 111Kb)

     Games Brochure (pdf - 2129Kb)

     3ds Max Entertainment Creation Suite - Top Reasons to Buy (pdf – 482 Kb)

     3ds Max Entertainment Creation Suite - FAQs (pdf - 95Kb)  

     3ds Max Entertainment Creation Suite - Qualified Hardware (pdf - 273Kb)  

     3ds Max Entertainment Creation Suite - System Requirements (pdf - 57Kb)

 

Please check back, as more will continue to be added.

 

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