Like the subject line says. I'm trying to learn what some programs are other than poser, but I'm totally clueless. How do you make 3D Studio Max open a .3ds file?

In the margin, under the Software Forums heading. The first link is the 3DS Max forum - you might get a quicker response there. (If I knew offhand, I'd tell you....)

Both filetypes are native 3D Studio Max formats. .3ds is mainly geometry, much like Poser's .obj files. .max is a complete session (animation, camera placement, lights, geometry, etc.), much like Poser's .pz3 format.

To open a .3ds file in Max, use the import function in the main file menu. Same as you would for dxf or any other format.

Thanks. And I posted the message in this forum since I've used the Max forum before and never got a reply at all. Plus, I only want to learn other programs so that I can do more with Poser, but if my post was too OT, I'm sorry.

Not a problem, we try & answer anything we can here, but I saw no one had responded in nearly an hour, & thought if you posted there, you might get a quicker response. (Only wish I'd known the answer.... :-))

There's a lot of people at this forum using max with poser including myself and I know for a fact that you get faster answer here then at the max forum So just keep asking!!