Edit Menu (Standard)
The Edit menu contains commands for selecting and editing objects in a scene.
Tools Menu (Standard)
The Tools menu displays dialogs that help you change or manage objects, especially collections of objects, in your 3ds Max scene.
Group Menu (Standard)
The Group menu contains functions for grouping and ungrouping objects in the scene.
Views Menu (Standard)
This menu contains commands for setting up and controlling viewports. For ease of use, some of the commands found on this menu also appear on the viewport label menus.
Create Menu (Standard)
The Create menu provides a way to create geometry, lights, cameras, and helper objects. It is organized into various submenus.
Modifiers Menu (Standard)
The Modifiers menu provides a way to apply frequently used modifiers quickly. It is organized into submenus. The availability of items on this menu depends on the current selection. If a modifier doesn't apply to currently selected objects, it is unavailable in the menu.
Animation Menu (Standard)
The Animation menu provides a set of commands related to animation, constraints and controllers, and inverse-kinematics solvers. Also present here are controls for custom attributes and parameter wiring, as well as for creating, viewing, and renaming animation previews.
Graph Editors Menu (Standard)
The Graph Editors menu gives you access to graphic sub-windows for managing a scene and its hierarchies and animation.
Rendering Menu (Standard)
The Rendering menu contains commands for rendering scenes, setting up environmental and render effects, compositing scenes with Video Post, and accessing the RAM Player.
Lighting Analysis Menu (3ds Max Design) (Standard)
In 3ds Max Design, the Lighting Analysis menu provides commands for invoking the Lighting Analysis Assistant feature as well as adding light sources and lighting-analysis tools.
Customize Menu (Standard)
The Customize menu contains commands for customizing the 3ds Max user interface (UI).
MAXScript Menu (Standard) MAXScript is the 3ds Max built-in scripting language. Its main interface, the MAXScript menu, contains commands for creating and working with scripts.
Help Menu (Standard)
The Help menu provides access to the 3ds Max online help, and to other learning resources.