Overview

Cycles for Max is a plugin that brings the capabilities of Blender's Cycles renderer to Autodesk 3ds Max. The plugin integrates with many of Max's built-in features including ActiveShade rendering, Physical Material, OSL Texmaps, exposure control, and more.

As of version 2021.1.1, Cycles for Max is compatible with 3ds Max 2017-2023 and is based on Blender 2.93.

If you are using this plugin for the first time, consider reading through the Quick Start Guide.

A PDF of this manual can be found at https://cyclesformax.net/manual.pdf. Additionally, if you have already installed the plugin, the manual PDF is available in the directory (3ds Max 20xx)\Plugins\cycles\manual.pdf.