Design and Modeling with Autodesk 3DS Max Deepali G. Chaudhary 1 , Bharti W. Gawali 2 Department of Computer Science & Information Technology, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, MS. (India) Abstract Digitization is one the way by which heritage and important places, sits, things, statues, objects, etc. can be prevented from degradation. There are many software’s available in market for the modeling of objects but in this study Autodesk 3DS Max was used for modeling the objects used by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar which are preserved in Milind College of Arts and Science in Aurangabad, India. 1. Introduction A process of creating 3D model from 2D pictures is known as 3D Modeling. 3D models are the 3D representation of objects through specializes computer graphics software’s. 3D models can be generated either manually or automatically. 3D scanners are required for the automatic creation of 3D model and 2D pictures can be used for manual creation of model. Mostly manual way is adopted for creating 3D models so that once created object can be used in another project. 3D modeling has benefited many fields such as industry, entertainment, advertisement, media, teaching, archaeologist, civil engineers, gaming, animation, etc. [3] more over 3D modeling has benefited a lot in preserving and protecting heritage and important sites and objects. These models are created with the help of specialised 3D modellers. There are many 3D models present in the current era, such as Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Shetchup Pro, PhotoModeler, MeshLab, Autodesk 3DS Max etc. [1]. This study is carried out by using Autodesk 3DS Max 3D modeling software using manual method of creating models. Autodesk 3DS max was selected as a 3D model in this case study. Max is a powerful tool capable of working with complex designs. It is used by developers for making animations, developing games, visual effect artists, modelling, rendering, lifelike models, etc. Along with the creation of model Texturing can be done in Max which is a very essential and time consuming process but a lot of time is saved if Max is used for texturing. Max supports the features as perspective matching, vector map support 2D pan and zoom. 2. Literature Review One of the major benefits of 3D modelling is that it is used for preserving the heritage/important sites. It is witnessed that countries are making the use of 3D modeling for preventing these heritage/important sites. Moreover UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has also marked more than 1073 heritage sites in the world. Countries such as Italy, Turkey, Netherlands, Mexico, Nepal, European, Bulgaria, Norway, Canada, Germany, Spain, India etc. A lot of work is also done in India [1]. For the creation of 3D models, many researchers have made the use of Photogrammetry technique. The method or techniques used for creation can be classified as an Image Based Method (Passive Technique) and Range Based Method (Active Technique). Again, these Photogrammetry techniques based on the camera distance can be categorized as Far Range Photogrammetry and Close Range Photogrammetry. Many different tools and techniques were adopted for creating the model [1]. Different counties have adopted different tools to create 3D models such as Sketchup Pro [14, 16, 19, 21], CAD [2, 5, 6, 10, 17, 20], ArcGIS [6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 21], Photomodeller [11, 18], Maya [10, 12, 15, 16, 19], etc. all these tools were used to model the important and heritage sites. Besides these available softwares 3DS max is also used for 3D modelling. There are many companies which at very fast speed are developing fairly good 3D software’s, Autodesk is one among them. This tool is capable of dealing with complex structures. The tool can not only be used for creating 3D models of heritage or important sits but can be used for development and creation of city [22], car, etc. and 3D animations are also prepared. Max is used for 3D modeling, 3D Animation and 3D Rendering. The software is available in 40 different languages. Lifelike models are created in Audodesk 3DS Max. Detailed Texturing of the objects can be within a very less International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security (IJCSIS), Vol. 16, No. 6, June 2018 68 https://sites.google.com/site/ijcsis/ ISSN 1947-5500