Save Copy As allows you to save a copy of the current scene under a different file name. It does not change the name of the file being worked on.
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Application Menu > Save As > Save Copy As
Warning: Save Copy As does not update the original file name as Save does, and Save does not update the file you last saved using Saved Copy As. For example, if you make edits to a 3ds Max scene named filename.max, then use Save Copy As with the file name filename01.max, make additional edits, and then click Save, your second set of edits will be saved as filename.max but
not
as filename01.max.
Procedures
To save a copy of the file to a different name:
- Choose
Application menu 
Save As Save Copy As. - Browse or type the name of the file you want to create or update.
- Click the Save button.
To save a copy of the file to a previous version:
- Choose Application menu Save As Save Copy As.
- From the Save As Type drop-down list, choose an earlier version of 3ds Max, back to “3ds Max 2012 (.max)”.
See Save As Previous.
Interface
Save Copy As displays a standard Windows save dialog. Save Copy As increments the number at the end of the file name in order to propose unique but similarly named files each time the command is used.
Clicking the Save button saves the file to the name displayed in the File Name text box.
Tip: You can resize the dialog by dragging an edge or a corner.
Clicking the plus button saves the file with a name ending in a number one increment greater than that displayed in the File Name text box.