Autodesk 3ds Max Service Pack 3 and Extension 1 released

Autodesk released Extension 1 for 3ds Max, Maya, and Mudbox 2014, as well as Service Pack 3 for 3ds Max with several bug fixes. The Extensions are offereded free of charge to customers with current Autodesk Subscription. The Extension for Autodesk Maya 2014 software brings the XGen Arbitrary Primitive Generator for creating hair, fur, feathers, grass, foliage, and other instanced data; a new retopology toolset; new robust and efficient Boolean operations; and enhancements to the Bullet physics plug-in. The Extension for Autodesk Mudbox 2014 software enables to create topologically symmetrical meshes while retopologizing, or from an existing mesh, and a new Caliper tool that helps to accurately measure the distance between two points in linear space, or along a curve. The Extension for Autodesk 3ds Max 2014 software adds the ability to import and visualize massive point cloud datasets, new support for Python scripting, and a Stereo Camera feature set.