3DS MAX is the world's most widely used 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software, fully meeting the needs of producing high-quality animations, the latest games, design effects, and more. On July 28th, Discreet announced the birth of 3DS MAX 6 at SIGGRAPH 2003 in California, USA. This version upgrade integrates the latest tools specifically for films, games, and 3D design, adding many new features in technology, including the integration of Mental Ray 3.2, the addition of Particle Flow, reactor2, a new schematic view, and brand-new Architectural materials. 3DS MAX – the world's most well-known 3D animation production software – the latest version, 3DS MAX 6, was officially released in San Diego at the end of July! 3DS MAX has always held a very important position in the animation market, especially in the fields of film special effects and game development. Discreet continues to transform into more powerful and compatible software to welcome this new era of visual communication. You can see in the latest version of 3DS MAX 6 how 3DS MAX helps designers and animators more accurately grasp the background and character structure of animations while presenting the stunning vitality of each role. Based on user requests, including from SEGA, 3DS MAX 6 enhances the functions for games and movie special effects. Some of the new features of 3DS MAX 6 include: advanced list functions for viewing and managing complex scenes; new software that includes the mental ray renderer and visual tools; better support for Autodesk CAD; distributed network material formation; particle flow systems for creating realistic fog, snow, fountains, and impact points. The new features of 3DS MAX 6 will include: an advanced browser that allows you to view image files and max files at any time; a complex scene manager for managing large scenes; an integrated mental ray renderer that can produce extremely high-quality images and animations; vertex color painting; design visualization tools; support for CAD; dynamics version is reactor 2; distributed network texture baking. 3DS MAX 6 also adds some materials and integrates some commonly used materials from older versions. In addition, 3ds Max 6 adds several materials for the mental ray renderer, including: DGS Material (physics_phen), Glass (physics_phen), and mental ray.