Install Autodesk 3ds Max on Deadline Cloud Windows workers

The 3dsmax host configuration scripts install 3ds Max with renderer plugins such as V-Ray, Corona, tyFlow, and AEC plugins on Windows service-managed fleet workers. Because 3ds Max runs only on Windows and requires administrative access to install, the recommended approach is to install it on the worker host through a host configuration script.

The samples include scripts for the following version and plugin combinations:

To generate a script for a different version, renderer, or plugin combination, you can use the Kiro AI agent with the bundled 3dsmax-host-config skill.

Each script downloads the 3ds Max installer from an Amazon S3 bucket in your AWS account and runs it in silent mode. Autodesk provides 3ds Max as a .7z archive, which the scripts expect repackaged as .zip. Each script's README includes instructions for creating the .zip archive and uploading it to Amazon S3.

Your fleet IAM role needs s3:GetObject permission for the installers in Amazon S3.