What's New in 3ds Max 2022

Highlights

Smart Extrude Enhancements

Smart Extrude now features two new operations when performed with a Shift+Drag extrusion on an Editable Poly or Edit Poly modifier.

Slice Modifier Enhancements

The Slice modifier has been updated with a number of new features to aid modeling tasks.

Symmetry Modifier Enhancements

The Symmetry modifier has been improved to make modeling faster and easier.

Relax Modifier Enhancement

The Preserve Volume option smooths fine detail and noise on your model while retaining its shape and definition.

Extrude Modifier Enhancements

The Extrude Modifier has been improved to achieve better results quickly and interactively.

Bake to Texture

Bake to Texure now includes a selection of pre-configured maps to streamline frequent baking operations.

Viewport Improvements

The viewport now features more control over ambient occlusion and floating viewport windows.

Arnold Renderer - MAXtoA

This version of 3ds Max includes MAXtoA 4.3.0.78 based on Arnold 6.2.0.0.

More features

Rendering Improvements

3ds Max 2022 includes a number of improvements to make rendering easier and faster.

Security Improvements

3ds Max 2022 includes a number of security improvements to protect your 3ds Max scenes and files.

Edit Poly Modifier Enhancement

The Edit Poly modifier now includes Smart Extrude functionality, which was previously only available in the Editable Poly object class.

Autosmooth Function Improvement

Autosmooth has been significantly improved, providing performance gains whether smoothing a thousand faces or a million.

Additional enhancements

Retopology: Retopology Tools for 3ds Max 1.1.0 is available for download in your Autodesk Desktop App.