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'''3DS''' is the original (legacy) file format for Kinetix' 3D Studio and 3D Studio MAX product line (now part of AutoDesk). It contains the 3D model data for the complete scene.
  
==Overview==
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See also the successor format, [[MAX (3ds Max)|MAX]].
This is the original (legacy) file format for Kinetix' 3D Studio and 3D Studio MAX product line (now part of AutoDesk). It contains the 3D model data for the complete scene.
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== Identification ==
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3DS files begin with bytes <code>0x4D 0x4D</code>. (Note that many [[TIFF]] files begin the same way.)
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==
 
* [[Wikipedia:.3ds|Wikipedia page]] on 3DS
 
* [[Wikipedia:.3ds|Wikipedia page]] on 3DS
 
* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/3dsfmt.pro 3D Studio File Format] (1994 Autodesk release)
 
* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/3dsfmt.pro 3D Studio File Format] (1994 Autodesk release)
* [http://www.fileformat.info/format/3ds/egff.htm Specification from FileFormat.info]
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* {{EGFF|3ds|Autodesk 3D Studio File Format Summary}}, from the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]].
 
* [http://www.martinreddy.net/gfx/3d/3DS.spec Reverse-engineered specs]  
 
* [http://www.martinreddy.net/gfx/3d/3DS.spec Reverse-engineered specs]  
 
* [http://www.the-labs.com/Blender/3DS-details.html More reverse-engineered specs]
 
* [http://www.the-labs.com/Blender/3DS-details.html More reverse-engineered specs]
 
* [http://code.google.com/p/lib3ds/ LGPL library for reading/writing 3DS files]
 
* [http://code.google.com/p/lib3ds/ LGPL library for reading/writing 3DS files]

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File Format
Name 3DS
Ontology
Extension(s) .3ds, .max
MIME Type(s) application/x-3ds, image/x-3ds

3DS is the original (legacy) file format for Kinetix' 3D Studio and 3D Studio MAX product line (now part of AutoDesk). It contains the 3D model data for the complete scene.

See also the successor format, MAX.

Identification

3DS files begin with bytes 0x4D 0x4D. (Note that many TIFF files begin the same way.)

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