3ds Max now includes a standard version of Python 3.7 as the default, which allows the use of standard, pre-compiled extension libraries. Support for Python 3 has been integrated into 3ds Max and the pymxs API has been improved for developers and technical artists who need to customise pipelines. You have an option to roll-back to a clean system mid-installation and may also restart to add, update, or remove components. Installation on Windows, macOS and Linux requires no user interaction, and validation of the Autodesk digital signature is automatic. Users can choose from four installation modes – online streaming, offline downloading, a physical media-based installation or multi-user deployment.

The updated installer in 3ds Max allows quicker, more efficient downloads and installs. According to Autodesk, Scanline has more of the commonly used maps for baking and is faster, but Arnold is better specifically for metalness, roughness, AO and global illumination. Renderer maps will change depending on the production renderer that is currently active. As well as OSL texture maps, other new support includes Blended Box map for projections and the MikkT normal map format. This workflow for baking maps and surfaces has wide support for renderers, including Arnold, with full queue control and includes error validation and compatible map filtering. The process is important for interactive 3D applications like game environments where performance and visual lag need to be balanced and optimised to engage viewers. With a library of baked texture maps, 3D visual effects on objects can be rendered in real time without having to recalculate elements such as materials, lighting and shadows. Using a new baking to texture process, artists can represent complex surface effects as simple 2D bitmaps and then assign them to objects. Texture baking in 3ds Max 2021 has been updated to support physically-based rendering (PBR), map override and OSL (Open Shading Language) workflows. Viewport configuration and rendering are improved, in particular to support PBR rendering for real time applications, and support for Python 3 is integrated. 3ds Max 2021 Adds PBR and Texture Workflows, Python 3 IntegrationĪutodesk 3ds Max 2021 has a fully scriptable texture baking workflow and is simpler to install.

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