How far you plan ahead is up to you. But it can help to know how 3ds Max displays models.
It can also help to know how to select objects so you can edit them.
Planning Ahead
- What's New in 3ds Max 2025
- 3ds Max Release Notes
- 3ds Max Installation Help
- Getting Started
- The Welcome Screen
- 3ds Max Interface Overview
- Start-Up Templates
- The Design Standard Workspace
- Setting Up Your Scene
- Modeling Objects
- Using Materials
- Placing Lights and Cameras
- Animating Your Scene
- Rendering Your Scene
- Managing Files
- Importing, Merging, Replacing, and Externally Referencing Scenes
- About MAXScript
- Project Workflow
- Security and Protecting Against Malicious Code
- Installing the 3ds Max Help
- Basics
- 3ds Max Tutorials
- Managing Scenes, Files, and Projects
- Interoperability
- USD for 3ds Max
- Flow Retopology for 3ds Max
- Modeling
- Modifiers
- Animation
- Character Animation
- Retopology Tools for 3ds Max
- Simulation and Effects
- Lighting and Shading
- Rendering
- Arnold for 3DS Max
- 3ds Max Batch
- Customizing 3ds Max
- Reference
- 3ds Max Help Archive