September 15th, 2008 Posted in industry info, news | No Comments »
The website CGArchitect, which is the leading website for all things related to computer generated architectural rendering and animation, asked me to write a review of the newly released Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2009, the replacement program for AutoDesk 3ds Viz. I’m reproducing the review here.
Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2009
With the release of Autodesk’s new 3ds Max Design 2009, the era of Autodesk Viz officially comes to a close. Positioned to take over the market that Viz filled, Max Design 2009 essentially replaces AutoDesk Viz for the Architectural Visualization market, while the original Max 2009 is still geared towards the traditional visual effects and entertainment industries.
The primary benefit to getting rid of Autodesk Viz is that instead of two development teams and two sets of code to write, there is only one primary engine, so (hopefully) the benefit will be apparent—a more stable, more intuitive software with a bigger jump in feature sets and fixes between releases.
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