3ds Max 2021.2 Improves Materials and Selection

Autodesk 3ds Max 2021.2 improved Material Editor performance, selection workflows, splines, fluids loading and modifiers.

Archive republication: This article was originally published on 9 September 2020. It has been translated into English and lightly updated for clarity while preserving the original reporting and context.

3ds Max 2021.2

Autodesk released 3ds Max 2021.2 with performance work in the Material Editor and refinements to selection workflows. The update also introduced spline improvements and a Fluids Loader that worked with Particle Flow.

Weighted Normals and Push modifiers gained multithreading support. Studios should validate plug-ins, scripted tools and representative scenes before rolling an update into production.

Further Information

Autodesk published the complete changes in the 3ds Max 2021.2 release notes.

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