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3DS Max UI redesign – case study

Aug 24, 2015 by CGP Staff
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Inspired by the design work done on Maya 2016, Canada-based designer Han Han Xue did a case study of a redesign of Max’s user interface. Consistency, simplicity and clarity were among the main goals. More on Han Han Xue’s website.

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Meli
9 years ago

Looks nice and clean and very pleasing to my eyes. But it`s also still 3dsmax.
Nice work!

Abanegan
9 years ago

Nice idea man!

Max
9 years ago

Would love it!!

MauricioPC
9 years ago

Well, I hope Autodesk follow this! Looks great!

Nir
9 years ago

Actually it lloks exactly like MAX except for distinct icons and maybe a small UI mod but I am not impressed and I would rather have them icons left un touched.

Adam Walker
9 years ago

I am a huge fan of the intent (and it is great to see people think about the future of max this way), but agree with @Nir and @3DSMAX HEAVY USER (on the linked site), it does seem a bit cosmetic. I personally think the crisis for max (and it’s dev team) is that the command panel is “fundamental” to what we know as max, hence why (IMHO) most recent major UI additions have been as tacked-on elements/areas.

Major
9 years ago

really nice the guy made the effort, competent too, not sure i dig the vibe though. i get a whiff of cinema4d.

the maya gui refresh was actually well done. hope something similar is in store for max. max ui overhaul is long overdue. its a buggy mess actually.

Eddie Perlberg
9 years ago

Looks nice!
I like where this is going

MauricioPC
Reply to  Eddie Perlberg
9 years ago

Nick Moutafis (RealtimeUK) made a similar UI re-design, following what he likes about the tab-based layout from Unity.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155958653960181&set=p.10155958653960181&type=1&theater

I really like his design even better, because I feel Cinema 4D is similar to this and I find C4D UI to be great, easy on the eyes and very open to customization.

Meli
Reply to  MauricioPC
9 years ago

Any backup of this? Link is not working!

Toldi Bernard
9 years ago

Looks fantastic very maya like i love it

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