Editing Autodesk 3ds Max (section)

== History ==
The original 3D Studio product was created for the DOS platform by the [[Gary Yost|Yost Group]], and published by [[Autodesk]]. The release of 3D Studio made Autodesk's previous 3D rendering package [[AutoShade]] obsolete. After 3D Studio DOS Release 4, the product was rewritten for the Windows NT platform, and renamed "3D Studio MAX." This version was also originally created by the Yost Group. It was released by Kinetix, which was at that time Autodesk's division of media and entertainment.

Autodesk purchased the product at the second release update of the 3D Studio MAX version and internalized development entirely over the next two releases. Later, the product name was changed to "3ds max" (all lower case) to better comply with the naming conventions of [[Autodesk Media and Entertainment|Discreet]], a Montreal-based software company which Autodesk had purchased.

When it was re-released (release 7), the product was again branded with the Autodesk logo, and the short name was again changed to "3ds Max" (upper and lower case), while the formal product name became the current "Autodesk 3ds Max."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://area.autodesk.com/maxturns20/history|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024145611/http://area.autodesk.com/maxturns20/history|url-status=dead|title=History of Autodesk 3ds Max|archive-date=October 24, 2015}}</ref>

=== Version history ===

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+
! scope="col" | Version
! scope="col" | Codename
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Operating system
! scope="col" | Hardware platform
|-
! scope="row" | 3D Studio Prototype
| THUD
| 1988
| rowspan="5" |[[MS-DOS]]
| rowspan="5" | 16-bit [[x86]] originally<br/>32-bit [[x86]] using [[DOS extender]]
|-
! scope="row" | 3D Studio Release 1.0
| THUD
| 1990
|-
! scope="row" | 3D Studio Release 2.0
|
| 1992
|-
! scope="row" | 3D Studio Release 3.0
|
| 1993
|-
! scope="row" | 3D Studio Release 4.0
|
| 1994
|-
! scope="row" | 3D Studio MAX 1.0
| Jaguar
| 1996
|[[Windows NT 3.51]], [[Windows NT 4.0]]
| rowspan="8" |[[IA-32]]
|-
! scope="row" | 3D Studio MAX R2
| Athena
| 1997<ref name=NGen35/>
| rowspan="2" |[[Windows 95]] and [[Windows NT 4.0]]
|-
! scope="row" | 3D Studio MAX R3
| Shiva
| 1999
|-
! scope="row" | Discreet 3dsmax 4
| Magma
| 2000
|[[Windows 98]], [[Windows ME]], [[Windows 2000]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.techradar.com/pc-and-tech-authority|title=PC & Tech Authority|website=TechRadar}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Discreet 3dsmax 5
| Luna
| 2002
| [[Windows 98]], [[Windows 2000]] and [[Windows XP]]
|-
! scope="row" | Discreet 3dsmax 6
| Granite
| 2003
| rowspan="4" | [[Windows 2000]] and [[Windows XP]]
|-
! scope="row" | Discreet 3dsmax 7
| Catalyst
| 2004
|-
! scope="row" | Autodesk 3ds Max 8
| Vesper
| 2005
|-
! scope="row" | Autodesk 3ds Max 9
| Makalu
| 2006
| rowspan="7" |[[IA-32]] and [[x64]]
|-
! scope="row" | Autodesk 3ds Max 2008
| Gouda
| 2007
| rowspan="3" |[[Windows XP]] and [[Windows Vista]]
|-
! scope="row" | Autodesk 3ds Max 2009
| Johnson
| 2008
|-
! scope="row" | Autodesk 3ds Max 2010
| Renoir
| 2009
|-
! scope="row" | Autodesk 3ds Max 2011
| Zelda
| 2010
| rowspan="2" |[[Windows XP]], [[Windows Vista]] and [[Windows 7]]
|-
! scope="row" | Autodesk 3ds Max 2012
| Excalibur / Rampage 
| 2011
|-
! scope="row" | Autodesk 3ds Max 2013
| SimCity
| 2012
|[[Windows XP]] and [[Windows 7]]
|-
! scope="row" | Autodesk 3ds Max 2014
| Tekken
| 2013
|[[Windows 7]]
| rowspan="13" |[[x64]]
|-
! scope="row" | Autodesk 3ds Max 2015
| Elwood
| 2014
|[[Windows 7]] and [[Windows 8]]
|-
! scope="row" | Autodesk 3ds Max 2016
| Phoenix
| 2015
|[[Windows 7]], [[Windows 8]] and [[Windows 8.1]]
|-
! scope="row" | Autodesk 3ds Max 2017
| Kirin
| 2016
| rowspan="4" |[[Windows 7]], [[Windows 8]], [[Windows 8.1]] and [[Windows 10]]
|-
! scope="row" | Autodesk 3ds Max 2018
| Imoogi
| 2017
|-
!Autodesk 3ds Max 2019
|Neptune
|2018
|-
! Autodesk 3ds Max 2020
|Athena
|2019
|-
! Autodesk 3ds Max 2021
|Theseus
|2020
| rowspan="6" |[[Windows 10]] and [[Windows 11]]<ref>[https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-Autodesk-3ds-Max-2023.html System requirements for Autodesk 3ds Max 2023 | 3ds Max 2023 | Autodesk Knowledge Network]</ref>
|-
!Autodesk 3ds Max 2022
|Heimdall
|2021
|-
!Autodesk 3ds Max 2023
|Vesta
|2022
|-
!Autodesk 3ds Max 2024
|Olympus
|2023
|-
!Autodesk 3ds Max 2025
|Midgard
|2024
|-
!Autodesk 3ds Max 2026
|Devi
|2025
|}