The 3ds Max plug-in wizard, is a Visual Studio AppWizard, that creates skeleton 3ds Max plug-ins. The plug-in wizard must be installed manually, see the topic Installing the Plug-in Wizard (AppWizard).
The plug-in wizard supports the following plug-in types:
| Anti-Aliasing Filters | Image Filter / Compositor | Rendering Effects |
| Atmospheric | Image Loader / Saver | Samplers |
| Cameras | Image Viewer | Shaders |
| Color Selector | Lights | Shadow Generator |
| Construction Grid Objects | Manipulators | Skin Deformer Gizmo |
| Controllers | Materials | Sound plug-ins |
| File Export | Modifiers | Space Warps |
| File Import | NURBS Objects | Textures 2D |
| File List | Particle Systems / Effects | Textures 3D |
| Global Utility Plug-Ins | Patch Objects | Track View Utility |
| Helper Objects | Procedural (Geometric) Objects | Utility |
| IK Solvers | Renderer |