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[RANT]What I really REALLY hate about Blender as a 3ds Max user.

I've been a max user for about 6 years and recently started using Blender. Though I like Blender a lot and don't want to go back to max any time soon for basic modelling, there are a couple of things…
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kanga

How to go from Triangle, Game-Ready Mesh -> Retopology to Quads -> Same UV Map -> Sculpt?

Yeah Skyrim modding woes. I know, I know. Bear with me.I've got quite the conundrum. I want to create new sculpts, as well as modify the skinning for a specific source mesh. Unfortunately, due to par…
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FiftyTifty

LearJet 24

ArtStation link: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ykwZ2nModeled with 3DS Max. Textured using Quixel Mixer & Photoshop for height -> normal data, rendered with Toolbag 4. I'm writing a full t…
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Synaesthesia

[3DS Max] - Trouble with simple commands

Hello! I'm having a hard time trying to figure out how to get along with a few simple commands in 3DS Max.So, does anybody know how to solve the following issues?1) How to connect vertexes across edg…
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FredCM

Greenwood '75

Starting to get into car modeling and wanted to try something "easy" :Pthis is just the guide mesh for now.i am shooting for a current/next gen racing game poly budget... which i don't know what it c…
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teodar23

Getting an embossed effect with intricate designs on hard surfaces?

I am designing some custom calligraphy in Illustrator, which needs to be embossed on the cap and glass of a bottle in Max. I want it to be a part of the model, which is why I don't want to use …
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SnowInChina

Why Edit Poly Modifiers Breaks Smoothing Groups?

I imported this model into 3ds max. applying edit poly modifiers breaks the smoothing groups in it. How do I preserve smoothing group while applying the modifiers. 
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Swordslayer

Animation Demo: Changing the personality of your walk easily! (Walk Cycles // Made Simple - Part 3)

https://youtu.be/2szvndaScoM
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JonathanAnimates

CANT FIND A JOB : DONT BECOME AN ARTIST ?!!!

hey guys my name is adrian im a hard surface game artist I do props/environment  check out my website and the quality of my work https://adriancgmask.com/my youtube channel free tutorials h…
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adriancgmask

3DS Max - Chamfer by Crease Weight Issue

Hello!I'm having a hard time trying to properly chamfer some edges of my mesh. This is the original mesh:Those are the only edges I'm trying to chamfer out. The idea is that the chamfer goes narrower…
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FredCM

Westwood ElDorado Revolver

I recently wrapped up my latest project which is a western take on the Colt M1861 Navy Revolver. Modelled entirely in 3ds Max with slight damage done in ZBrush. Textured using Substance Painter and R…
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Lunar_Crusader

the crypt - unreal engine game environment (feedback would be nice )

Hello, I wanted to share my latest project with you.It's a unreal engine game environment. Here is a youtube link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4c7S6oHWz8https://www.artstation.com/artwork/B1…
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pixelpatron

3D animator & rigger is available for work

Hello guys,Here is my demoreel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=428D72IJ0rUEverything keyframed, own fight choreography. I am using 3ds max and having UE and Unity engines successful exporting e…
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sergsse

MaxScript - continue script after export

Hello everyone,Does anyone know if it is possible to continue the same script after the export is done?I have a simple script that deletes unselected objects, clans empty layers, and then exports sel…
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Zvezdan

Limbcleaver - Sword

A powerful weapon for a powerful warrior. Hope you guys like it!Based on concept art from Hirvios on Artstation.
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tylerlongnecker

[FINISHED] German WW1 soldier

Hello polycount!Sharing my first ever fully complete character in 3D. Spent couple of months on it. Was quite challenging for me, especially head and hands. General workflow was to first create …
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volchonok

[ WIP ] Small Environment-Diorama for UE4 ("Clock Car")

Hey everyone. First time posting here. I am gonna be working on this small environment-diorama based on the concept art by Zimmy called "Clock Car" (https://www.artstation.com/artwork/481ERn)This wil…
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Hash_Code

[Finished: Drax the Destroyer]

ZBrush, 3ds Max, Substance Painter, Marmoset Toolbag 4More screenshots https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Ooe9oy
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Denicon

Convert UV Island to Perfect Square?

Hi guys,Is anyone aware of a way to convert a rectangular UV island into a Square UV island inside of 3DS Max? Similar to taking the freeform tool and squashing the island to a square. If not, is the…
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Ghogiel

Hey I'm new here, Would really appreciate some feedback on my WIP :)

Hey Everyone, Glad to be here amongst the Polycount 3d community. To cut the story short and get into the nitty-gritty details...I'm basically working on a 3d environment in unreal engine to revamp m…
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A_B

[3DS Max] - Straighten UV's Problem

Hello!I'm trying to unwrap the UV's of this pan, and I'm having the following issue with the "Straighten Selection" feature in 3DS Max's UV Editor:In brief, I'm trying to straighten these UV islands …
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FredCM

3DS Max -- How to weight paint specific geometry?

I'm using 3DS max 2011 and I'm trying to weight pain a model that has multiple pieces of geometry, a hand to be specific. It's robotic so there's some floating geometry. When I try to weight paint th…
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Ghogiel

Some normal map issue from Substance to Marmoset Toolbag 3 - image available

The .obj was modeled and exported from 3DsMax 2021. I've tried multiple exports and smoothing group alterations but had no luck on this occasion. Any idea?  Thanks
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EarthQuake

[UE4] SciFI Mech Weapons Factory (WIP)

Hello polycount,my name is Daniel Brück, I am a 3D artist and have been working in architectural visualization for the last two years. But since I learned Game Art and 3d animation (game development …
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Daniel_B

character 3d artist

Hi, looking for work.I have 4 years experience as 3d artist. Work in animation studio RIki, gamedev studio: Gamexy, Pixonik, mack-software, GDCompany. Now i open for opportunities. LF a contract or f…
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Taunt

The Great Atlas - Game Environment (Need Feedback)

Hello,I wanted to share my latest work. Its a old architectural fantasy building with a big atlas statue.Im still a beginner and would like to know what I can do better and also maybe what you guys l…
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coolmannyo

[WIP] Knight Lady Character Model

Hi.This is a solo project I'm working on to create a fully controllable 3D character in Unreal. This is a character I designed awhile ago and drawn here and there, but I recently started thinking abo…
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MattDawe

3ds Max, skinning doesn't seem to work quite like it used to?

Hi, I used to do rigging and skinning in 3ds Max 2012 and was able to get everything working the way I wanted.But I haven't done rigging and skinning for a long time and I am now using 3ds max 2019.N…
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Graylord

3ds Max Arnold maps workflow

I'm really confused with the best workflow for my project. I'm using 3ds Max with Arnold Renderer. The scene has 20 or so objects, all are UV'd, some I need to be multiple materials others only one.…
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sprunghunt

FBX -> 3DS Max -> Maya -> 3DS Max -> FBX Export - Gimbal Lock Exists error despite resetting XForm?

I've been faffing about with learning the workflow, which I've currently found to be:1. FBX File2. Import into 3DS Max3. Adjust it by moving bones and removing polygons4. Collapse to Editable Mesh5. …
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FiftyTifty

Texture stretches on UV flatten mapping (3ds max 2017)

Issue: UV flatten mapping stretches the applied texture in some cases. Tried fatten mapping with two max projects, in one max project UV flatten mapping doesn't stretches the applied texture (Max Pro…
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Eric Chadwick

3ds max Remapping and texture tint issue

Hello recently i have to make a remaping form one UV to another via 3ds max. I made it throught render to texture by diffuse channel. But i have two issues.Render Setings:Defalult Scanline Rende…
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Eric Chadwick

Texture stretches on UV flatten mapping (3ds max 2017)

Issue: UV flatten mapping stretches the applied texture in some cases. Tried fatten mapping with two max projects, in one max project UV flatten mapping doesn't stretches the applied texture (Max Pro…
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kanga

UV'ing / Texturing Complex Scene

Hello,How can I UV / Texture a complicated scene with multiple objects to look as professional and AAA as possible?I'm hoping to upload it to multiple places once complete such as sketchfab, cgtrader…
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Eric Chadwick

Best practices for making proportionally accurate models

So this is something I've been struggling with at work. Whether it be the arch of a headboard isn't as smooth as the reference, the spacing in-between parts of the model are too wide/small compared t…
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vzdragon

Topology in curved flat meshes?

Hello, so I have this model:I have been trying to think of ways to do the topology here but I can't really come up with something that is very clean and I'm not sure how it's supposed to be done. I t…
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Eric Chadwick

3D Artist - Prop/Environment

Portfolio - https://www.artstation.com/apologiseI graduated back in July and got my first gig as a 3d artist in a studio for 6months( studio shut down ).Looking for paid work and great opportunity( p…
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JayHunns

Broomstick staws/twigs modeling need help

I trying to model a broomstick prop and I am now stock at how to do the twigs. I want the model to be kind of optimized but still have some real 3d twigs on the outside (or some well placed/baked pla…
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GabBaz

3D Archviz Tech Artist - Rafael Pereira

Hello, My name is Rafael Pereira and i'm a 3D Tech Artist from Brazil. I've been working as a Freelance Artist in the Architecture Visualization for about five years now and i'm looking for new …
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rafaeldspereira

3d Artist loooking for work perm/freelance

Portfolio - http://sliviz.portfoliobox.io/I am an enthusiastic and professional 3d designer. Providing fast and successful design solutions across a number of digital platforms.AnimationVirtual event…
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SLIVIZ

90's Nostalgia

Hi everyoneThis my latest personal work in 3D's maxtexturing with substance painter and rendered with fstorm renderit's about the 90's nostaliga in Egypt....flash light ..
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ArchElbaz

[WIP] Injustice Fan Art - Ra's Al Ghul

This thread will show the process of me creating a game-ready real-time character of Ra's Al Ghul in the style of the Injustice Game franchise. It will be quite a long project but you can expect it t…
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Rizal_Suhaimi

[3DSMAX] How to make guardrails like these?

Hey guys, first post here!Probably a very newbie question, but I would really like to know how can I make guardrails like these.I noticed that it is just one object and it is repeated inside a spline…
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coven

ArchViz | Blender EEVEE & 3Ds Vray - The Garden House | Dynamic Day Clouds & Night Time Animation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc_Eaz7Ulqg&feature=emb_logo&ab_channel=EzTutorHallo everyone! For this ArchViz project I wanted to learn and explore workflows to make a complete visualizatio…
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EzTutorials

3ds Max 2018 Object question

Long time no post. But in need of some help.How do I move a selected Object from an overall complex model into a new channel?Model is editable poly mode. Model is made up of alot of complex parts / o…
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jldragon

Chibi Warships

Lately I have gotten the urge to create Chibi Warships and their spotter planes. It was inspired by the "egg models" that you can find in physical form and wanted to create more than "just the Japane…
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Moeren588

Sketchbook: Mattia Vuch

Hi everyone, my name is Mattia Vuch, I am a 3D Artist focused on Hard Surface, in particular props and weapons.I've been working a lot lately to expand my portfolio and I want to use this digital ske…
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Whoolkan

3DS Max Stairs with 30 degree steps

Hello there. I'm creating a building in 3ds max and since the build in stairs are weird (for me at least) i decided to make them manually. Although i tried to approach it in different ways, i cant fi…
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Mainrak

How to lower line count in 3ds max without losing shape detail?

I want to reduce the poly and line count inbetween the edges that actually make the shape without losing the shape itself. No matter which optimizer i use it ruins one or more of the lines or curves …
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sprunghunt

A bug in 3ds max viewport

I have this weird box appearing on top of the viewport area in 3ds max, it is only specific to this project and doesn't appear on projects I did previously. what is the problem?
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Eric Chadwick

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