This readme contains recent information regarding the installation and use of Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2016 SP2 software. It is strongly recommended that you read this entire document before installing the software. For future reference, you should save this readme to your hard drive.

Note: Autodesk is not responsible for errors or failures of Autodesk software arising from the installation of updates, extensions or new releases issued by third-party hardware or software vendors for the qualified software or hardware identified in this document (or for any other third-party software or hardware that you may use in connection with Autodesk products).

Contents

Additional Resources
Prerequisites
Versions Of The Service Pack
Install / Uninstall
Fixed Defects Autodesk® 3ds Max 2016
Customer Involvement Program (CIP) and Customer Error Reports (Customer Error Reports)

Use the following table to locate various resources related to Autodesk® 3ds Max 2016

 

Resource

Location

Installation Help

http://help.autodesk.com/view/INSTALL_LICENSE/2016/ENU

System Requirements

http://www.autodesk.com/3dsmax-systemrequirements

Learning Resources

http://www.autodesk.com/3dsmax-learningpath

Support Resources

http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max or http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/

3ds Max SDK Documentation

http://www.autodesk.com/3dsmax-sdk-docs

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Initial Install

Users must have Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2016 installed prior to installing this Service Pack.

3ds Max Beta Installs

If there are previously installed versions of any beta software (including Release Candidate (RC) versions) of Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2016, uninstall and delete all system folders pertaining to these beta versions before installing the commercial version. Instructions on how to uninstall the beta versions are posted on the beta portal in the Beta and RC Readme files.

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Product To Update

Update Filename

Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2016

3dsMax2016_SP2.exe

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Install:
1. Download the appropriate file for your system. See Versions of the Service Pack.
2. Double-click the Service Pack 2s executable.
3. Follow the installation prompts in the Service Pack 2 installer.

Uninstall:
Windows 7 / Windows 8
1. Open Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features.
2. Click View Installed Updates.
3. Select Autodesk 3ds Max 2016 Service Pack 2.
4. Click Uninstall.

 

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The following list contains issues fixed in this release (Service Pack 2 contains all previous Service Pack fixes for 3ds Max 2016).

 

Key

Summary

Component

MAXX-24683

Corrupted Biped file errors on file and reload reload if you delete out a Biped and save the .max file

Animation

MAXX-24144

Uninstalling Populate Data causes "Install Populate Data!" error loading 3ds Max.

Animation Populate

MAXX-24386

Revit Importer: Geometries have already been simplified, even though SIMPLIFYMESH option is off

Design Suite Interop

MAXX-25608

Revit Import : Model only partially processed

Design Suite Interop

MAXX-25768

Revit_converter.exe will hang for some specific Revit files

Design Suite Interop

MAXX-7345

FLT Export cut off Names

Design Suite Interop

MAXX-24871

Game Exporter resulting in incorrect bone rotation

Entertainment Creation Suites Interop

MAXX-24889

Vertex alpha does not export with FBX

Entertainment Creation Suites Interop

MAXX-22440

Undesirable compilation message

MCG Core

MAXX-22638

Can't get map channels

MCG Core

MAXX-24179

Physics rigid body 'IsKinematic' operator

MCG Controllers

MAXX-24286

Keyboard input does not work in graph editor in Windows 8.1

MCG Controllers

MAXX-24530

A Caching compound within a Cache's Init or Update throws exceptions

MCG Controllers

MAXX-24667

"Get Center Of Mass" node does not return the actual Center of Mass

MCG Controllers

MAXX-24876

Vector Parameters do not have default values like other parameters

MCG Features

MAXX-26419

Black Artifacts with noise filter in RapidRT

Rendering RapidRT

MAXX-23928

Muliti -light toggling will trigger shadow artifacts in viewport

Stingray Live Link

MAXX-25176

Import Inventor file as Mesh type, UVs broken

FileIO

MAXX-26726

FBX export - Application Error occurred on 2byte login user name

FileIO

MAXX-14919

HLSL Shader Materials not supported under nitrous Direct3D 11.0 (Nitrous does not handle #include ".fxh".)

Materials DirectX, Viewports Nitrous

MAXX-23070

Locking PSD file format

Materials Material Editors

MAXX-23283

Cull State Error when opening 2013_StandardMaterial.max

Materials Viewport

MAXX-24894

HLSLMaterialHandle not working

Materials Viewport

MAXX-26849

Texmap Swirl: show realistic material effect has issues

Materials Viewport

MAXX-24988

Signal Parameter Causes Geometry Graphs to Re-evaluate too Often

MCG Core

MAXX-25081

Caches don't work when used in true and false branches of the "If" operator

MCG Core

MAXX-25368

2 Parameter String and Asset in Graph gives MS error

MCG Core

MAXX-25552

Unnecessary evaluations using At operator causes O(n) algorithms to run in O(n^2)

MCG Core

MAXX-25634

Open Compounds - Recent File list

MCG Core

MAXX-25777

Vector3 Parameter - Does not update properly on Time changed

MCG Core

MAXX-25915

CreateBox's smoothing groups being set to 0 causes combined meshes to lose their smoothing groups

MCG Core

MAXX-25961

Quaternion to Euler

MCG Core

MAXX-26177

Degrees to Quaternion operator

MCG Core

MAXX-26373

Combine Mesh set Vertex color to black when 1 of the meshes has vertex color

MCG Core

MAXX-26565

Adding MCG path to 3dsMax.ini removes the local user path from being compiled

MCG Core

MAXX-26775

Compiler should generate cache ids per node instance

MCG Core

MAXX-26816

Empty Vector3 Parameters generate maxscript with a decimal but not in Europe...

MCG Core

MAXX-27027

Custom MCG directory will fail to compile when a tool fails in either System or User MCG folder

MCG Core

MAXX-16431

Shift locks the spline creation to only one axis.

Modeling

MAXX-25101

Mirror tool flips Normals when used on objects with the Edit Poly modifier.

Modeling

MAXX-25470

Program error deleting SkinWrap target

Modeling

MAXX-27143

Missing DLL - prim.dlo error

Modeling

MAXX-25071

Modifier Sets have blank buttons for old, removed modifiers

Modeling Modifiers

MAXX-25572

When creating an invalid procutter from maxscript the user has to click on multiple dialogs

Modeling Modifiers

MAXX-26476

Program error picking Spline Morph target with lots of spline sub-objects

Modeling Modifiers

MAXX-23128

3ds Max 2016 Render from command line adds 9 seconds to a 1 second frame

Rendering

MAXX-24935

Program error of 3ds Max when tabbing from out of the resolution settings

Rendering

MAXX-24099

State sets corrupts the viewports

Rendering StateSets

MAXX-17867

Ctrl+A does not "select all" when using "select from scene"

Scene Explorer

MAXX-24749

.NET exception and white tree view with Display Missing Plugin filter

Scene Explorer

MAXX-21717

workspace default : viewport layout tab no longer appears in main UI on startup

UI

MAXX-25667

3ds Max Viewport Outline memory leak

Viewports

MAXX-26311

NitrousGraphicsManager.ShadowmapSizeLimit memory leak

Viewports

MAXX-26312

Nitrous: MMB panning of viewport causesĀ  memory leak

Viewports

MAXX-26313

Changing NitrousGraphicsManager.ShadowmapSizeLimit to 1024/2048 etc. leak RAM

Viewports

MAXX-26314

Possible Memory Leak... RAM consumption balloons

Viewports

MAXX-15647

Nitrous does not show correctly with Multi/Sub material.

Viewports Nitrous

MAXX-20394

See-through display mode doesn't work with Vertex Color display

Viewports Nitrous

MAXX-25150

Fix AlphaTestEnable With Nitrous

Viewports Nitrous

MAXX-25425

Undo Use Color Map for StingrayPBS material will error 3ds Max

Viewports Nitrous

MAXX-26303

Display issue when using grouped objects

Viewports Nitrous

MAXX-26345

MMB panning of viewport causes serious memory leak with NitrousGraphicsManager.ShadowmapSizeLimit > 512

Viewports Nitrous

MAXX-26411

Nitrous - memory leak with time slider dragging or playback

Viewports Nitrous

MAXX-26534

Patch OGS ATIL fix

Viewports Nitrous

MAXX-26861

Nitrous realtime reflections do not function anymore (Max2016)

Viewports Nitrous

 

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Customer Involvement Program (CIP)

The first time 3ds Max® is started, the Customer Involvement Program dialog opens. If you choose to participate in the Customer Involvement Program, 3ds Max® will automatically send Autodesk information about system configuration, which features are used most frequently problems encountered, and other information helpful to the future direction of the product. For further information, see http://www.autodesk.com/company/customer-involvement-program.

To enable CIP:

  1. Install and start 3ds Max®.

  2. If the Customer Involvement Program dialog box is not displayed automatically, then in the Help menu, click Customer Involvement Program.

  3. In the Customer Involvement Program dialog box, select "Participate - with contact information."

  4. Enter a valid email address and company name, if any. Click OK.

Customer Error Reports

We can improve the stability of Autodesk® 3ds Max®largely because of the Customer Error Reports (CERs) that end-users submit. We thank you for taking the time to fill out these reports and ask you to include as much information as possible about what actions you were performing at the time the error occurred. These details raise the value of the report immensely and are very much appreciated by the Autodesk 3ds Max Quality Engineering team.

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