

New PBR material support for displacement maps. Shared views now support the physical material in the web viewer for enhanced visual quality and accuracy. Shared Views Support for Physical Material

Users can now export scenes to USD files from the archive tab of the rendering options. MAXtoA 4.0.4 includes a new AOV token system for organizing output, animation support for Alembic, support for bake-to-texture workflows, and faster shutdown after rendering massive instances. Installation is faster in comparison to previous releases. Users can now install 3ds Max 2021.1 independently, without requiring an existing installation of 3ds Max 2021. New features include multiple UV tile baking and animation support, display of the active renderer, multi-edit of the output column, and improved frame buffer display of maps being baked. "We've continued to evolve our Bake-to-Texture tool to assist rapid modeling, and further expanded PBR workflow capabilities for our customers working with the most advanced real-time engines." New 3ds Max 2021.1 Feature Texture Baking Improvements

"3ds Max 2021.1 streamlines artist workflows with powerful improvements that speed up iteration, refining models and designs, and rendering," commented Chip Weatherman, chief product owner, Autodesk, Media and Entertainment. The update is targeted at modernizing and upgrading performance for artist workflows across design visualization and media and entertainment disciplines. Autodesk has released 3ds Max 2021.1, introducing new texture baking advancements, increased capabilities for physically based rendering (PBR) workflows, and viewport and modeling tool enhancements.
