3ds Max is used extensively for 3D modeling simulation by civil engineers and architects. In photo-realistic visualization, 3ds Max allows designers to make drawings created using AutoCAD or any other CAD software.

Features:

• MAX Script
• Character Studio
• Scene Explorer
• DWG import
• Texture assignment/editing
• General key framing
• Constrained animation
• Skinning
• Skeletons and inverse kinematics (IK)
• Integrated Cloth solver
• Integration with Autodesk Vault

Advantages:

• Crowd generation feature
• Perspective Matching
• Particle Animation
• Vector Mapping Support
• 2D pan and Zoom
• Global illumination