The Best 79 Autodesk 3ds Max Alternatives

  • Blender icon

    Blender

    Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD Haiku AmigaOS MorphOS

    Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Portable UI customization Lightweight Low memory usage Scripting Non linear editor Animations 3D Sculpting 3d sketching Compositor HD Rendering Intuitive Nodes Keyframe animation Motion tracking Parametric Modeling Physically Based Rendering Powerful render engine Procedural Texturing Real time rendering Rendering with graphics card Texture painting Texturing Video overlay
  • Sketchup icon

    Sketchup

    SketchUp (formerly Google Sketchup) is a 3D modeling computer program for a wide range of drawing applications such as architectural, interior design, civil and mechanical engineering, film, and video game design—and available in a...

    Freemium Mac OS X Windows Web

    Interior Design 3d sketching Image to 3D
  • Autodesk Maya icon

    Autodesk Maya

    Autodesk Maya software is a powerful, integrated 3D modeling, animation, visual effects, and rendering solution.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux

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    K-3D

    K-3D is free-as-in-freedom 3D modeling and animation software. It features a plugin-oriented procedural engine for all of its content, making K-3D a very versatile and powerful package.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

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    Art of Illusion

    Art of Illusion is a free, open source 3D modelling and rendering studio. It is written entirely in Java, and should be usable on any Java Virtual Machine which is compatible with Java 5 or later. The current version is 2.7.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

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    Rhinoceros

    Rhino can create, edit, analyze, document, render, animate, and translate NURBS* curves, surfaces, and solids, point clouds, and polygon meshes. There are no limits on complexity, degree, or size beyond those of your hardware.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows

  • Vue icon

    Vue

    Create vast expanses of terrains, add trees, select the best point of view and render hyper-realistic images of your landscapes in moody atmospheres... in a few mouse clicks. Vue Pioneer is a great way to learn 3D.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows

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    Houdini

    Houdini covers all the major areas of 3D production, including: * Modeling - All standard geometry entities including Polygons, (Hierarchical) NURBs/Bezier Curves/Patches & Trims, Metaballs * Animation - Keyframed animation and raw...

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Gmsh icon

    Gmsh

    Gmsh is a 3D finite element grid generator with a build-in CAD engine and post-processor. Its design goal is to provide a fast, light and user-friendly meshing tool with parametric input and advanced visualization capabilities.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Silo icon

    Silo

    Silo Professional is the main version of Silo, which gives users access to everything Silo has to offer.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows

  • Metasequoia icon

    Metasequoia

    Metasequoia is a polygon modeler for 3DCG and game development. It provides you efficient modeling works. It is very easy to use and learn, and even a beginner of 3DCG will be able to manage it one day.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows

  • 123D icon

    123D

    Autodesk 123D is a suite of hobbyist CAD and modelling tools created by Autodesk. As well as the more basic drawing and modelling capabilities it also has assembly and constraint support and STL export.

    Free Personal Mac OS X Windows iPad

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    GLC_Player

    GLC_Player is a software used to view 3D models (COLLADA 3DXML OBJ 3DS STL OFF and COFF format are supported) and to navigate easily in these models.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Vectary icon

    Vectary

    Vectary is a free, online 3D modeling tool and sharing platform. It is a combination of standard mesh modeling, subdivision modeling and parametric design.

    Free Personal Web

  • LightWave icon

    LightWave

    LightWave 3D combines a state-of-the-art renderer with powerful, intuitive modeling, and animation tools.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows

  • iClone icon

    iClone

    Real-time animation evolves with 3D Video FX, motion paths, HDR and rapid drag & drop creation inside iClone. iClone combines video production with 3D real-time animation.

    Freemium Windows

  • Cheetah3D icon

    Cheetah3D

    Cheetah3D is a computer graphics program for 3D modelling, animation and rendering. It is written in Cocoa for MacOS. The program is aimed at beginning and amateur 3D artists.

    Commercial Mac OS X

  • DeleD CE icon

    DeleD CE

    DeleD is a 3D modeler and level-editor combined into one. It focuses at game development and is specifically designed to create static objects/worlds.

    Free Open Source Windows