improve xref for animation without break the rig it self. and can update the rig without break the animation. animator cannot delete rig or it will pops up warning dialog

"Merge by layer" and "Merge by selection set" would be real productivity boosters.

I would like to have a container without "save as .maxc" feature.

This is usefull for instance a bunch of objects and modify only one instance (add/remove/change objects in these container) and all instanced would be changed, too.

All objects should be instanced and not stored as copies for optimized memory usage.

It is very difficult to import Rhino files into 3dsMax. I would find it extrememly useful to have a Rhino importer similar to the SketchUp one in 3dsMax.

I think many architects would find this useful.

Autodesk says FBX is not officially an exchange format per se. What are we supposed to use then to get more complex scenes into Maya or Houdini? We had our fair share of problems goign through every FBX build available and still coudnt get animation from Max into Maya smoothly. Some objects demanded FBX2006 to not cause trouble, others demanded FBX2011 etc. it is a bit messy to say the least.

Would be Awsome to search and import Models Materials and Maps directly from the web (Autodesk Seek/Google Warehouse).
A lot of people use other softwares for the lack of this feature, expecially for Archdesign purpose.

The possibility to make an interactive 3d model of the 3ds max scene. Like Graphisoft's BIMX. For PC/MAC and IPad.

Having ability to export 3d models as PDF files would be quite good, because there are a lot of needs and quite few good third party tools (plugins)

Allow the overriding of an entire xref scene with a new material. This would be great for creating matte's or doing simple render tests where you need all the geometry from all artists but you might want them overriden as a gray material while your part of the project renders normally.

This could be implemented in the xref scene dialog with a "override material" button that brings up the material selector or you could drag / instance a material to the button like you might do in the material editor..

for example, offer the possibility to compare the name of similar objects in two scenes, maybe even get a glimpse of the number of polygons, textures applied ...

I would like to have a function that automatically saves metada to the image.
The data should be:
Rendered view
Preset used
SceneState
Information about lights
and more, the user should be able to customize.

The problem I am having is when I render multiple files from the same scene it gets hard to remember all the different settings that where used to create a particular image.

File link for inventor files would be really nice to have.

When importing dwg files and more and more drawings are at OS coordinates.
When imported the location issue corrupts imported lines.
Basically the further the lines are from 0,0,0 the more corrupt the lines becomes.
Having to move everything back to 0,0,0 means having autocad too.

It should be possible to import Archicad models to ads max.

Shows selected object while merging from another scene

When exporting Animation with morph targets from maya using FBX to UDK\Unreal it supports the transformations entirely and properly. Exports with such transforms from Max are not supported.

I guess this is more of an I\O request than Animation.