The Relax modifier has also been overhauled with a new Preserve Volume option that can reduce noisy models without affecting larger details. Both modifiers are able to align their gizmo to faces or to be influenced by the transforms of another object in a scene. The Symmetry modifier gains similar features, with the ability to use multiple symmetry planes in a single modifier. Also new is the ability to automatically cap the sliced faces. In the past, you’d need to stack up 3 separate modifiers to achieve something similar. For planar slicing, it is now possible to slice on the X,Y, and Z axis in a single modifier. The slice modifier has been updated with a new Radial Slice option. Conversely, if an outward extrusion completely penetrates another part of the mesh then a bridge is formed, similar to a boolean union.

When extruding inwards, it is now possible to cut through, delete and stitch the opposite faces to create a hole, similar to a boolean subtraction. New features include revamped versions of the Slice, Symmetry, and Relax modifiers, as well as useful enhancements to the Smart Extrude tools. We get a huge facelift on viewport quality, new OSL maps, lots of improvements on Bake to texture.Autodesk has announced the release of 3ds Max 2022. But we didnt had only improvements on modeling. Then add the work done on retopology, meshcleaner, subdivide, new selection metodes, options to define pixel selection, pathdeform, and we got a very solid modeling updates. (The tests described here are done with an 8 core machine, cpus with more cores will create even bigger gains.). Modifiers like symmetry, Slice, relax, extrude, and smooth has been multithread and improved, with speed improvements that goes from 1.5X to 3000X, huge gains more visible on cpus with more cores and big poly counts. For the first time ever we have extrusions inwards, with automatic bridging in a poly modeling application. SmartExtrude sets a new precedent in to poly modeling. 3ds Max had a turboboost in multiple areas, but I will say this year the biggests ones has been around modeling.

On this video I will cover all the news we had in 3ds Max during last year (2022, 2021.3, 2021.2,2021.1). We have a new 3ds Max 2022! Its just 3 months after the latest update (2021.3).

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