Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2017

Service Pack 3 (SP3) Readme

 
 

This readme contains recent information regarding the installation and use of Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2017 SP3 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 2017
Customer Error Reports (CERs)

Use the following table to locate various resources related to Autodesk® 3ds Max 2017:

Resource

Location

Installation Help

http://help.autodesk.com/view/INSTALL_LICENSE/2017/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® 2017 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® 2017, 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 Filename

Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2017

3dsMax2017_SP3.msp

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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 3 executable.
3. Follow the installation prompts in the Service Pack 3 installer.

NOTE for SP3: If you are not using the Autodesk update Manager it is recommended to improve install performance by forcing silent install:
1. Open a command prompt in the same folder as the .msp
2. Run the command:
msiexec /update 3dsMax2017_SP3.msp /quiet /l* update_2017_SP3.log

Uninstall:
Windows 7 / Windows 8
1. Open Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features.
2. Click View Installed Updates.
3. Select Autodesk 3ds Max 2017 Service Pack 3.
4. Click Uninstall.

Windows 10
1. In Search Windows, type Installed Updates and select View Installed Updates.
2. Select Autodesk 3ds Max 2017 Service Pack 3.
3. Click Uninstall.

 

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The following list contains issues fixed in this release (Service Pack 3 contains all previous Service Pack fixes for 3ds Max 2017).

 

Key

Summary

Component

MAXX-32209

Curve Editor values shown in comma, typing in with points

Animation

MAXX-32549

TMCache - exporting CAT animation produces flipped animation and 3ds Max lockup

Animation

MAXX-30809

Customer Error Repor with Cloth

Animation

MAXX-32392

OGS Security Update

Components Integration

MAXX-32393

FileIO Security Update

Components Integration

MAXX-32404

Merge OBJ import / export change to 2017

FileIO

MAXX-32404

OBJ Export/Import Presets settings dialog is not DPI aware and has cutoff buttons

FileIO

MAXX-32706

X-Ref objects are scattered randomly in 3ds Max 2017

FileIO

MAXX-30487

OBJ importer corrupts geometry

FileIO

MAXX-31073

OBJ Import with Multi/Sub Object Material is not complete

FileIO

MAXX-21929

OBJ exporter breaks uvs when there are specified normals

FileIO

MAXX-32715

For files with X-Ref controllers that have an offset created in 3ds Max 2017 prior to SP3, OR created in 3ds Max 2016 or earlier but loaded and saved from 3ds Max 2017 prior to SP3, when loading them into 3ds Max 2017 SP3 and newer you will need to execute one of two Maxscript commands in order to get the transform stored in the X-Ref controllers. 

Before loading the file you will need to execute:

local xrc=XRef_Controller()
rc.usePre2017TransformOrderingFor2017 = false

OR, after loading the file you will need  to execute for each xref object call Update2017FCSOffsetTM() on the xref controller:

for o in objects do o.transform.controller.​Update2017FCSOffsetTM()

FileIO

MAXX-32439

Select by material is broken

Materials

MAXX-32380

Initialising a Maxscript array using by-Ref entries creates an array with the dereferenced values only ( not the intact byRef ValueRef's )

Maxscript

MAXX-32665

Light Lister error loading scene with lights that have custom attributes

Maxscript

MAXX-32428

Fix MCG Vector and INode parameters

MCG

MAXX-32683

ProceduralContext.ms fails in Network render mode

MCG

MAXX-29938

Can not change Boolean operation type before add operand.

Modeling

MAXX-32583

Error when changing subobject level with some modifers

Modeling

MAXX-32550

Arnold: cannot open EXR in the image viewer when rendering with multiple AOVs

Rendering

MAXX-32440

Corruption of gamma settings in 3dsmax.ini when writing to maxscript varaibles

Rendering

MAXX-32675

Creating multiple Arnold lights disconnects the parameter UI

Rendering

MAXX-32676

Mesh picking is not canceled when user leaves an Arnold mesh light's modify tab

Rendering

MAXX-32562

The second displayed Tab is empty when opening Render Setup for Mental Ray and Iray

UI

 

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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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