Autodesk 3ds Max 9 Extension: Productivity Booster will enable Autodesk
subscription customers to work more efficiently with more than 30
productivity enhancements in the areas of animation and Biped, rendering, UI
and usability. Additionally, increased interoperability with AutoCAD 2008,
AutoCAD Architecture 2008 and Revit Building 2008 will help design
visualization customers share data with other architecture professionals
more easily than ever before. Users can also take advantage of technology
improvements available with Microsoft ¹s latest operating system, Microsoft
Windows Vista with new DirectX10 support.
Interoperability
With Autodesk 3ds Max 9 Extension: Productivity Booster software, users now
have additional support for AutoCAD and Revit software files, including
support for AutoCAD 2008 and Revit 2008 versions. New DWG import options and
an optimized import memory management system make the software easier to use
and dramatically improve import performance‹making it possible to import
large files and complex scenes. The new Select Similar feature parses object
metadata to isolate objects with similar characteristics, making simple work
of identifying and changing multiple objects in a scene.

Performance
Autodesk 3ds Max 9 Extension 1: Productivity Booster includes more than 30
productivity enhancements in the following areas, among others:
– Modelling
– Texturing
– Rendering
– Programming
– Animation
– Biped

Extended Platform Support
With Autodesk 3ds Max 9 Extension: Productivity Booster, 3ds Max 9 software
is compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit operating
systems, and Microsoft DirectX 10.

Availability
Autodesk 3ds Max 9 Extension: Productivity Booster will be available for
download by Autodesk Subscription customers on March 29, 2007. First
Customer Ship (FCS) will be on April 4, 2007.