What's New in 3ds Max 2025.3 Update

Welcome to the 3ds Max 2025.3 Update! You can access the 3ds Max 2025.3 Update from your Autodesk Account.

Read on to learn about the new features and updated workflows you'll find in this release. For technical details including What's Fixed, please see the 3ds Max 2025.3 Update Release Notes.

For more on the evolution of 3ds Max over the years, check out the 3ds Max timeline.

Faster Array and Boolean Modifier

The Array Modifier and Boolean Modifier have been updated for even faster processing time.

Animation updates

Assorted fixes and improvements to CAT and Biped workflows.

OpenPBR for 3ds Max

OpenPBR shading is now available in 3ds Max.

New tutorials in the 3ds Max Learning Channel

New tutorials have been released by Changsoo Eun and Lee Alailima-Rose! Check out the 3ds Max Learning Channel to learn new techniques and master your workflow in 3ds Max.

USD for 3ds Max 0.9

Updated Universal Scene Description (USD) plug-in lets you view and edit prim properties.

Arnold for 3ds Max 5.7.5.0 plug-in

3ds Max 2025.3 includes MAXtoA 5.7.5.0, which introduces a new surface shader, contains improvements to volume rendering, OIDN support for AMD GPUs, and many more improvements and bug fixes.

What else is new?

This release of 3ds Max also includes the following changes and improvements.

.NET supports Menu Modernization	The new menu APIs created for Menu Modernization in 3ds Max are now exposed through the .NET wrapper. See the .NET SDK documentation.

ATF Update	ATF 13.22 has been integrated into 3ds Max 2025.3, resolving an import/export bug.

Substance	3ds Max 2025.3 includes Substance 3.0.4 which uses engine version 9.0.0. For more information about Adobe Substance and 3ds Max, see Substance 3D for 3ds Max.