White Papers

Learn about advanced concepts in daylight simulation using the Exposure™ feature in Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design. This white paper is for architects, designers, engineers, and visualization specialists who are familiar with daylight simulation and want to take it to the next level.

Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design software with Exposure™ technology was recently validated by the National Research Council Canada for daylighting uses. This white paper describes the experiment that validated the software.

Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design software with Exposure™ technology was recently validated by the National Research Council Canada for daylighting uses. This white paper describes the experiment that validated the software.

The daylight simulation white papers above reference these 3ds Max Design files.

The BIM advantages of Revit are synchronizing with Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design software to explore, validate, and convey architectural designs.

This white paper is for architects, designers, engineers, and visualization specialists who need to move data from Revit® Architecture 2009 software to Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design 2009 software to further explore, validate, or communicate their designs.

Want a fast way to create complex renders? See why mental ray® software, combined with Autodesk® 3ds Max® 9 software, is the logical choice for precise, creative architectural and design visualization projects.

As architectural firms move from traditional CAD drafting to building information modeling workflows, it is important to be able to effectively move data from Revit® Architecture to Autodesk® 3ds Max® software for advanced visualization. This white paper shows you how.