Chapter 1

•  Contents                            
• About Animation
• About 3ds MAX
• 3ds MAX History
• Operations 3ds MAX
• Recommended Hardware
• Lunching 3ds MAX
• User Interface
• ViewPort Navigation Controls
• Using the Lower Interface Bar Controls
• View ports
• Toolbars

Chapter 2

• Menus
• Working With Files
• Units
• Grid Setting
• Viewport

Chapter 3

• Standard Primitives
• Extended Primitives
• Auto Grid

Chapter 4

• Shapes
• Renderable Spline Modifier
• NURBS Curves
• Extended Splines

Chapter 5

• Viewport Selection Methods
• Window/Crossing Selection Toggle
• Selection Region
• Snap

Chapter 6

• Transformations
• Move
• Rotation
• Scaling
• Clone
• Mirror
• Align
• Hierarchy Panel Commands
• Pivot Point Transform

Chapter 7

• Groups
• Status Bar Type-In Fields
• Array
• Compounds Tab
• Boolean
• Pro Boolean
• Loft

Chapter 8

• Modeling
• Editable Objects
• Soft Selection

Chapter 9

• Modifiers
• Modifier Stack
• Modifier Sets
• Edit Mesh Modifier
• Patch Modeling

Chapter 10

• Modifiers
• Affect Region
• Bend Modifier
• Bevel Modifier
• Mesh modifier
• Edit Normals
• Extrude Modifier
• Face Extrude
• FFD x x x – (Free Form Deformation Lattice)
• FFD Box
• FFD Cylinder
• Bend Modifier
• Flex Modifier
• Lathe Modifier
• Lattice Modifier
• Map Scaler
• Melt Modifier
• Mesh Select Modifier
• Mesh Smooth Modifier
• Noise Modifier
• Noise Modifier

Chapter 11

• Push Modifier
• Skew Modifier
• Slice Modifier
• Smooth Modifier
• Spherify Modifier
• Spline Select Modifier
• Sqeeze Modifier
• Stretch Modifier
• Sweep Modifier
• Taper Modifier
• Turbo Smooth Modifier
• Twist Modifier
• UVW Map Modifier
• UVW Map Modifier
• Wave Modifier
• Path Deform Modifier
• Relax Modifier
• Ripple Modifier
• Shell Modifier

Chapter 12

• Architectural Objects
• AEC Extended
• Foliage
• Railing
• Wall
• Doors
• Stairs
• Windows            

Chapter 13

• Layer

Chapter 14

• Materials
• Material Editor
• Material Editor Controls
• Sample Slots
• Creating a Simple Material
• Shader Type
• Maps
• Maps Rollout
• UVW Map

Chapter 15

• Lights
• Default Light
• Ambient Light
• Free Lights and Target Lights
• Directional Light
• Spot Light
• Omni Light
• Skylight
• Shadow Parameters
• Advanced Effects

Chapter 16

• Cameras
• Free Camera
• Target Camera
• Camera Viewport
• Camera Matching

Chapter 17

• Animation Techniques
• Track Bar
• Setting Key Frames
• Time Configuration
• Dope Sheet
• Motion Pane

Chapter 18

• Sky Backgrounds
• Color
• Environment Map

Chapter 19

• Rendering
• Rendering Menu
• Common Rendering Parameters
• Time Output
• Output Size
• Options
• Advanced Lighting
• Render Output
• Assign Renderer
• Final Options
• Default Scanline Renderer
• Mental Ray Renderer
• Options

Chapter 20

• Scene Creation
• Tips & Notes