3ds Max is 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and visualization software developed by Autodesk. Originally called 3D Studio until 1994, the software has been completely redesigned since 1996. The native 3ds Max .MAX file format is a complete scene format, which contains all components and references to scene content.
3ds Max can import the following types of files:
- Autodesk (.FBX)
- 3D Studio Mesh (.3DS, .PRJ)
- Alembic (.ABC)
- Adobe Illustrator (.AI)
- Catia V5 (.CATPART, .CATPRODUCT, .CGR)
- Collada Autodesk (.DAE)
- LandXML / DEM / DDF (.DEM, .XML, .DDF)
- AutoCAD (.DWG)
- Flight Studio OpenFlight (.FLT)
- HTR motion analysis file (.HTR)
- IGES (.IGE, .IGS, .IGES)
- Autodesk Inventor (.IPT, .IAM)
- JT (.JT)
- Catia V4 (.MODEL, MDL, SESSION, EXP, DLV, DLV3, DLV4)
- OBJ (.OBJ)
- Creo (.PRT, .NEU, .G, .ASM)
- NX (.PRT)
- Revit (.RVT)
- ACIS (.SAT)
- 3D Studio Shape (.SHP)
- SketchUp (.SKP)
- SolidWorks (.SLDPRT, .SLDASM)
- STL (.STL)
- STEP (.STP, .STEP)
- Motion Analysis TRC File (.TRC)
- Universal scene description (.USD, .USDA, .USDC)
- Autodesk Alias (.WIRE)
- VRML (.WRL, .WRZ)
- Importing VIZ XML Materials (.XML)
CAD Interop distributes several software to prepare, translate and visualize your 3D CAD data in 3DS Max. Find below the list of our solutions compatible with3DSMax: