3ds Max provides tools that give you control over the positioning and alignment of objects in 3D space.
With these tools, you can do the following:
- Choose display units from the most common real-world measuring systems or define your own.
- Use the home grid as a construction plane, or use grid objects to position custom construction planes.
- Select different options to align objects with grids, points, and normals.
- Use 3D object snaps on a modeless dialog as you build and move geometry in your scene. Grid points and lines are among the many snap options.
- Use "helper objects" in your work. This category includes grid objects as well as objects used for positioning and measurement.
Various drawing aids:
Upper left: Aligning objects to grids
Upper right: Aligning objects to each other
Bottom: Using a Tape helper to measure distance