EXCALIBUR.XBR.

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Excalibur. For those of you who are hearing those words for the first time, Excalibur, or XBR, is the restructuring of 3ds Max. We decided that for 3ds Max to remain relevant for the next 20 years, we'd have to restructure a substantial portion of it. Instead of trying to do this in a single release (and blowing up everyone's training/knowledge) we've decided to do it in 3 major phases. These phases do NOT equate to releases and we're not releasing much more information than this. I will say that our first phase was mostly delivered in 3ds Max 2010, but some key parts didn't make the release. We're not releasing much more of the details publicly (sorry).

http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/ken/the_au_experience_and_excalibur

http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/ken/excalibur_xbr_notes

As a long time 3dstudio and 3dsmax user. I feel too old to learn how to drive a new car. All I wanted was to drive. But hey, who says you can't teach an old fart new tricks. Exciting!

mammoo_03 wrote:i guess sir there is always room for improvements, i guess autodesk is preparing for the upcoming new age cpu (processors and video cards, etc.).

a version for the Mach Kernel would be great and a Backburner for Linux as well. i hope santa would be kind enough to grant these.

mushroom wrote:I hope by this old metaphor they can now retro save :p

hahaha i hope autodesk consider this...!

Excalibur. For those of you who are hearing those words for the first time, Excalibur, or XBR, is the restructuring of 3ds Max.

actually means:...We know you've all heard this 'new ' thing before....well, guess what. we're doing it again!

We decided that for 3ds Max to remain relevant for the next 20 years, we'd have to restructure a substantial portion of it.

...we kinda screwed up on our previous releases so, what the heck 20 yrs from now most of you wont be into 3D. Actually we wouldn't know exactly what technology will be like in 20 years. But what is relevant is $$$, and making more of it. Milk it baby, milk it!

Instead of trying to do this in a single release (and blowing up everyone's training/knowledge) we've decided to do it in 3 major phases.

..cuz we actually havent really fixed the bugs completely, so we just cant release it in one big one.

These phases do NOT equate to releases and we're not releasing much more information than this. I will say that our first phase was mostly delivered in 3ds Max 2010, but some key parts didn't make the release. We're not releasing much more of the details publicly (sorry).

...cuz like we mentioned, it's not finished yet. Anyway, so we're planing to sell you these modules 'cheaper'...but in the end of the day, we'l find a way such that you'll need the rest- thus paying more. And we can have the excuse that, hey your module's not complete hence the software glitches. Again, we're not releasing anything til we fully monopolized the 3D software commercial industry....Maya, XSI, Mudbox, whatever....almost ours...hmmm. Give us 20 years. It'll be all ours

Makisali lang po kahit hindi english ang language ko, siguro madami naman pinoy dito , sa hindi makaintindi paki translate nalang po Super Moderator. Para sa akin lang maganda talaga ang slides nila, kahit na baguhan lng ako sa 3dsmax. mag dadalawang taon palang ako sa 3dsmax ang masabi kulng is dapat i Open Source na nila gaya ng SketchUp para malaman talaga nila kng ano ang mga hinanaing ng bawat users. Pero sa tingin ko malabo siguro, alam naman natin ang Autodesk hehehe.. yun lng po...hindi na ako makahintay sa lalabas pang bago, panalangin kulng na sana magaya nila ang UI ng SketchUp..