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Great Book for CG Architects
I'm currently an architect intern with a strong passion for architectural illustrations.Recently I became heavily interested in pursuing my career as a CG Architect. I was familiar with some other 3D modeling programs (Maya Unlimited and Form Z) but had problems finding good 3ds Max books for architects, mainly because most 3ds max books focus on character creation and animation.I finally found this book and quickly became addicted to it.Great illustrations and detailed explainations guide you through the process of creating a diner.I definitely recommend it to any CG architects who are not familiar with 3ds max.If you've never used a 3D modeling program, however, this book might be a little difficult.

Great Book
I am teaching myself Max currently with version 4 and it is not and easy proggram to just use trial and error tactics to understand. As the title implies, this book is for fundamentals and a solid foundation in Max. This should be the first Max book anyone should purchase. It is undoubtedly one of the easiest 3d books to read and it is so easy to follow the step by step tutorials and the author (Ted Boardman) explains 3d concepts with real life analogies to bring things down to earth. It was a breeze going through the book and I had no problems at all. I have definitely learned a lot from it and I'm ready to move to more intermediate level stuff in a short period. Good book, but not for ABSOLUTE Beginners
As a relative newbie to 3ds max myself, I would recommend this as a great 2nd or 3rd book.It does a good job of introducing the basics of several fundamental techniques (e.g., lighting, basic modelling, etc) but it will not teach you how use the software itself.I would recommend starting on a lower level book, perhaps "3ds max 4 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide" before moving to this one. ... Read more

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Great Pair of Training CDs!
This pair of training CD's is for both 3DS MAXRelease 1 & 2. I bought it because I have one and planned to get the other.I received more than 100 models, more than a hundred in depths projects, and access to moretraining online. This is an amazing product! Better than any of the otherbooks - and I have them all. Great for new users, or for people who havehad MAX for a long time but just can't get into it.

few good tips
My intent was to buy a complete tutorial that could give me every single explanation about the software. Well, these CDs contain about 70 lessons on modeling, lights,animation, materials etc, but they sure don't cover itall. ... Read more

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Good reference for Max 2
This is a 4 stars book, but is outdated now.

A Reference to the 3DS Command Set
This quick reference is now well out of date though readers will perhaps find some of it useful. Basically it does the same job as the user manuals that come with the program; only it's not really in the same league as all it does is list the Max commands. It teaches you nothing about using the program but that's not really its purpose, which largely replicates the manuals. I picked up this book in a throw-out table and wish I'd left it where it was. If your looking for a book on how to use Max this one isn't it. You'd be better off reading the manuals that come with the program and working through its tutorials manual before working your butt off learning how the program works in real life. If your looking for a book to master Max in 24 hours, forget it - this program requires serious input from you and this book won't help! 3D Studio Max is a huge/complex program, and the manuals cover it better than most of the books I've seen. Once you've mastered the manuals then you can be more discriminating on your choice of 3D Studio Max books.

a must have
this is not a book of tutorials it set up like a dictionaryso you can look up any command and all of itsvarious parameters. ... Read more

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