Autodesk announced yesterday at SIGGRAPH the next version of its 3D modeling, animation, and rendering tool 3D Studio Max. Major additions in 3DS Max 2008 include a new Scene Explorer for simple data display and analysis, an Adaptive Degradation System for better performance by automatically simplifying the scene to achieve user-defined targeted frame-rate, new custom UI options, a streamlined modeling workflow, mental ray workflow improvements, a new integrated MAXScript Proeditor, and other performance enhancements and new features. 3DS Max 2008 will be released in October. You can learn more about it on Autodesk’s website.