3ds Max had originally begun as 3D Workshop DOS Release 1 back in 1990. The program was first created by the Yost Team and also published by Autodesk. Since then, the software application has gone through countless branding modifications. Also its name has actually transformed, having gone from 3D Workshop MAX to Autodesk 3Ds Max 2018 (lowercase) before finally getting to its present iteration in 2009.