Autodesk® 3ds Max® and Autodesk® 3ds  Max® Design software provide powerful,  integrated 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and  compositing tools that enable artists and  designers to more quickly ramp up for production.  The two versions share core technology and  features, but offer differentiated experiences and  specialized toolsets for game developers, visual  effects artists, and graphic designers on the one  hand, and architects, designers, engineers, and  visualization specialists on the other.  Autodesk 3ds Max Design provides a  comprehensive, integrated rendering, 3D  modeling, and animation software solution for  architects, designers, civil engineers, and  visualization specialists to help tell the story  behind their designs.      Rapid iteration of designs—With interoperability  with the AutoCAD®, Revit®, and Autodesk®  Inventor® software product families, 3ds Max  Design enables users to experience non-  destructive workflows when upstream changes  occur. The software also supports more than 30  2D and 3D data formats.  A top priority of the Excalibur (XBR) initiative to  restructure 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design was  to introduce a new viewport system engineered  to help provide dramatic improvements in  performance and visual quality. The new Nitrous  core leverages GPUs and multi-core workstations  to enable you to iterate faster and handle larger data  sets with more interactivity. Advanced scene management  techniques, together with multithreaded viewport scene  traversal and material evaluation, result in a smoother, more  responsive workflow. Furthermore, Nitrous provides a render-  quality display environment that supports unlimited lights, soft  shadows, screen-space ambient occlusion, tone-mapping,  and higher-quality transparency. Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design 2012    Introduction    Getting Started: Animated Battle    Modeling Tutorials    Animation Tutorials    Character-Animation Tutorials    Materials and Mapping Tutorials    Lighting Tutorials    Rendering Tutorials    Effects Tutorials   Interoperability Tutorials