-Here is an overview of all the changes being made to the render engine for 3ds Max 2018.

- Watch this video to see how to implement Arnold Render into your workflow, or how to convert an old Mental Ray scene to Arnold if you need to:

- If you would prefer to continue using Mental Ray with 3ds Max 2018, you can simply download the free version here. 

***NOTE: Both rendering options will provide front end rendering for free.  In other words, rendering on your machine only (no network rendering).  You can also pay to get render node licenses for both, if you want.  To use Mental Ray for free, download from NVidia.  Arnold can be used for free within the standard 3ds Max package.