Some aspects of the 3ds Max with Softimage software product installation are unique to the 3ds Max with Softimage product.
See the 3ds Max System Requirements, the Softimage System Requirements, the Certified Hardware, and the 3ds Max Release Notes.
The Autodesk Material Libraries are shared libraries installed with Autodesk products such as Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit and 3ds Max. For more information, see About the Autodesk Material Libraries in the 3ds Max Installation Supplement.
Backburner™ is the Autodesk queue manager for background processing and distributed network processing. For more information, see About Autodesk Backburner in the 3ds Max Installation Supplement.
You can choose to install the 3ds Max with Softimage product in either of the following languages:
The following table shows the 3ds Max components.
| 3ds Max | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Components, Tools, & Utilities | Installed by default | Installed by default but optional | Optional |
| Autodesk 3ds Max 2016 SDK | X | ||
| Autodesk Application Manager | X | ||
|
Network License Manager |
X | ||
|
Autodesk Material Library 2016 |
X | ||
|
Autodesk Material Library 2016 – Base Image Library |
X | ||
|
Autodesk Material Library 2016 – Medium Resolution Library |
X | ||
|
Autodesk® Backburner™ 2016 |
X | ||
| Autodesk® Inventor® Server Engine for 3ds Max 2016 | X | ||
| Autodesk® Revit® Interoperability for Autodesk 3ds Max | X | ||
| Autodesk® Populate Data for 3ds Max 2016 | X | ||
| Autodesk Civil View | X | ||
| Service Packs | X | ||