I'm running 2017, Version 19.0 SP3 commercial with a PERPETUAL license; I absolutely hate the monthly or yearly "rental" garbage which Autodesk and Adobe migrated to. I let my Autodesk Building Design Suite Premium Subscription lapse this year when they tried to force the rental agreement on me; had been on subscription with perpetual license since 2009 for AutoCAD and 3ds Max then the Building Design Suite Premium. I'll be honest a lot of the crashes I experience are due to operator error; I learned how to use 3ds Max on my own and I am still learning every time I use it. Back in 2009 it was a toss up between 3ds Max and Maya for me (Maya wasn't owned by Autodesk back then) but since I had AutoCAD Max won. Yes Autodesk is aware of the problem but I don't expect them to resolve it for me but they will probably resolve it in the 2018 version. My solution is to run the script provided to me and SAVE OFTEN.