Developer: Autodesk
Type: 3D modeling, animation, rendering
Website: Autodesk - 3ds Max

3ds Max

Achieve stunning results in less time with Autodesk 3ds Max. Accelerate your creative workflow and increase your pipeline efficiency with enhanced animation and rendering tools. 3ds Max takes advantage of the latest technology advancements, such as 64-bit workstations, to help you work with ever-increasing amounts of data and more-complex scenes.

Autodesk 3ds Max provides dramatic improvements in display performance and complexity management required by next-generation production pipelines. It also includes significant rendering enhancements for architectural professionals. From the greatly expanded boundaries of the first-ever 64-bit release of 3ds Max to the newly integrated hair-styling interface, 3ds Max artists have more options, better performance, and greater flexibility than ever before.
More information available at http://www.autodesk.com/3dsmax
 

3ds Max Design

3ds Max Design is the newly released successor to Autodesk VIZ and it targets architects, designers and visualization specialists. It is based on 3ds Max 2009 but it also contains the following exclusive features:

• Exposure - simulation technology for light analysis
• Recognize - Autodesk Revit 2009 scene importer

3ds Max Design also contains learning resources, sample files and application defaults tailored for design visualization.
More information available at http://www.autodesk.com/3dsmaxdesign