Extend and tailor your Autodesk® 3ds Max® software environment with innovative plug-ins from customers, partners, and developers. Autodesk Media & Entertainment joins forces with the best and brightest in the industry to spearhead continued innovation, and to ensure that 3ds Max software customers have access to the widest and most current selection of 3D software and hardware.
Browse the categories of certified plug-ins that have been awarded our seal of approval for meeting specific requirements such as added value and tight integration with 3ds Max software.
Particle Flow Tools: Box 1 | Fume FX |
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| Orbaz Technologies, Inc. Particle Flow Tools®: Box 1 is a set of Particle Flow operators designed to extend Particle Flow's inherent capabilities. Written by the same developer who created Particle Flow, this set of tools is a testament to the openness of Particle Flow. Learn More | Buy Now | | | Sitni Sati FumeFX is a groundbreaking solution for incredibly realistic and breathtaking effects with fire, smoke, and explosions. This unique plug-in is a powerful gaseous fluid dynamics simulator created for seamless integration with 3ds Max. Learn More | Buy Now | |
Particle Flow Tools: Box 3 Pro | AfterBurn 4.0 |
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| Orbaz Technologies, Inc. The Particle Flow Tools®: Box 3 Pro plug-in has been created to further extend the capabilities of the built-in Particle Flow system in 3ds Max with many new and sophisticated operators. Learn More | Buy Now | | | sitni sati AfterBurn 4.0's volumetric particle effects engine has been used in producing effects for top-rated film and game productions. Creates ultrarealistic effects for clouds, dust, explosions, liquid metals, water, and various procedurally defined "hard" objects. Learn More | Buy Now | |
Texture Layers 2 | DreamScape 2.5 |
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| Mankua Texture Layers 2 is the latest incarnation of the production-proven advanced mapping and texturing suite. With Texture Layers 2, you can create and animate all your mapping channels within a single modifier. Learn More | Buy Now | | | sitni sati DreamScape 2 is a tool for creating and rendering realistic landscapes, seascapes, skies, clouds, outdoor lighting, and more. DreamScape's intuitive UI allows you to tweak terrain properties and build amazing skies and oceans. Learn More | Buy Now | |
Rtre 2 | Kaldera |
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| Cubicspace rtre 2.0 real-time rendering allows you to instantly explore or present any 3D model, however complex, from quick interactive studies to full multimedia presentations of major structures. Learn More | Buy Now | | | mankua Kaldera is a powerful texturing plug-in that gives you the ability to render full scene information into special texture maps based on an object's appearance and relationship to other objects or elements within a scene. Learn More | Buy Now | |
Autodesk Certified Animation Plug-in Program
Develop certified plug-ins that are tightly integrated with 3ds Max. Autodesk has partnered with Turbo Squid, our exclusive certification partner, to provide a long-term, dependable plug-in development solution for our 3ds Max community.
The ADN Sparks Plug-ins
More than 300 Autodesk Developer Network (ADN) Sparks® developers are dedicated to building highly optimized pipelines and inventing new 3ds Max software-compatible tools for commercial use. With ADN Sparks plug-ins, both users and developers can take advantage of the technology behind today's top film effects, games, and broadcast productions to realize their ideas.
Search the list of Sparks plug-ins to find the latest in fluids, cloth, hair, atmospherics, rendering, animation, file import/export, and surface technologies to solve your unique problems.