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3ds max 5 for Dummies Review by anonymous
3ds max 5 for Dummies leaves much room for improvement
MY BACKGROUND: I'm a Project Manager for former division of EDS and like to DirectX program for fun. I previously had never touched any version of 3ds max/Direct Studio (and had never touched any equivalent software for creating 3-d objects).
MY REVIEW: Though this book has been very useful in helping me learn 3ds max 5, too often this book starts listing functions with no examples on how to use them. One example of this is chapter 14 in the NURBS surfaces section and beyond. There are over 40 functions listed with descriptions but there is NOT EVEN ONE example on using them.
Also at times I ended up consulting the 3ds-max-5 user reference to understand how to use a function that they allegedly had step-by-step instructions for; I'd then discover that they left out a very IMPORTANT step.
The biggest benefit of this book is that it DOES come with 3ds max 5 for a 30 day trial for a relatively inexpensive price; adding the fact that there are not many 3ds max 5 books out there, I rated this a 3 since, I must admit, that I've come a long way in learning how to use 3ds max 5, even though I needed to consult the 3ds-max user-reference a little more often than I should have.