Arnold’s Tonemap Imager now LUTs and Arnold lights have new defaults that give better first render results, along with sticky settings that enable users to create lights with the same setting as the light previously created.

Scene file save performance has been further improved with promises of an additional speed boost of 25%.

Enhancements to Smart Extrude that allow users to cut across multiple edge bodies on the same mesh, Additional improvements are included that improve cutting through non-planar poly and ngon faces.

A new advanced wood OSL map that includes presets for many common wood types including maple, walnut and oak.

Configuration is via the viewport menu or a dedicated icon and filtering can be toggled on or off using the keyboard shortcut Shift+K.

The ability to filter what type of objects are displayed on a per viewport basis.Improved pipeline integration to make it easy for studios to configure the software so artists can switch between tasks that require uniquely configured environments, including project settings, user preferences, scripts and plug-ins.Autodesk has announced the release of 3ds Max 2022.3.

3ds max 2022.1