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Glue is a utility plugin for 3ds Max that combines two tools: projecting a selection of separate objects onto a geometric surface and conforming splines to a surface, with axis and orientation options.

Renamer is a free After Effects extension from Bending Spoons for batch-renaming items in the project panel and queuing comps to Adobe Media Encoder. It offers Find and Replace plus a custom naming-convention function.

3DBrowser Pro R17 by Mootools is desktop software for managing, visualizing and optimizing 3D content, usable with 3ds Max through a provided plugin. It bundles a 3D file explorer, a scene viewer and an image viewer.

FilePathFinder Pro & Light versions is an asset management plugin for 3ds Max that tracks external links, searches for missing assets, relinks external files, collects them, and archives 3ds Max scenes.

ProtoTech's 3DPDF Exporter for 3ds Max exports solid and wire bodies into lightweight, interactive 3D PDF files viewable in free Adobe Reader. It supports face-level colors, precision control, password protection and built-in compression.

JTB FlexReport LT is a freeware add-in from JTB World for 3ds Max that creates HTML reports on current usage of FlexNet/FLEXlm network licenses. Autodesk Network License Manager and other FlexNet vendors are supported.

Relink Bitmaps is a 3ds Max script for relinking missing assets — bitmaps, VRay proxies, VRayHDRI, IES files and Mental Ray proxies — when files change directories or you move to a new computer.

AR-media, developed by Inglobe Technologies, exports Autodesk 3ds Max models directly into the AR-media Studio platform, where you can create Augmented and Virtual Reality experiences and add events, interactions, digital assets and media.

Forensic is a scene-cleanup and diagnostics app from SiNi Software for 3ds Max that interrogates 3D scenes, removes CAD and Revit blocks, unifies normals, and searches for and removes malicious MAXScripts, ADL, CRP and ADSL.

V-RayMax Converter PRO is a 3ds Max script that converts materials, maps, lights, cameras, proxies and render elements from various render engines to V-Ray, and from V-Ray to Corona Renderer. It also outputs Standard, Physical, PBR/OpenPBR and glTF materials.

Dark Listener enables dark mode for the 3ds Max listener, switching it on automatically at startup. The darker background is easier on the eyes and reduces eye strain during late-night work, with no manual setup after install.