Learning 3ds max5
A Tutorial Approach
This book is written to get you started with 3ds max5 in the shortest possible time. This book consists of 16 chapters and 2 projects. Each chapter consists of a tutorial that gets you started with a particular section of 3ds max. The tutorials have been designed using a step by step approach and is supported by illustrations. After each command is executed the result is described next. At the end of each chapter are Self-Evaluation Test, Exercises, and Answers to the Self-Evaluation Test. The Self-Evaluation Test can be used by a student to evaluate himself to determine how much knowledge she/he has retained after going through the tutorials and commands. The Exercises can be used as assignments. 

The two projects in this book have been designed for students to work through on their own. The commands to be used and where to look for them has not been necessarily given, so that the students can synthesize their knowledge to complete the project.