How to Make a House in 3ds Max

This is a tutorial on the main tools that I used to create a house and the objects inside using 3ds max.

for your first step, you want to make the foundation of the house using the box tool on the right hand side of the screen

For making simple doors, you need to make the door frame and then the object that the door will rotate around which is going to be a tall box that goes below the ground

After you make the door, you want to link the actual door to the box that is hidden below view by clicking on the link button in the top right and dragging it from the desired object to the other one. once that is complete you can rotate the door using the out of view box.

To create custom objects in 3ds max such as the ones I made for my house, I used Edit Mesh, Mesh Smooth. and Poly Select. All of these are found under the tab shown in the picture.

You can alter the amount of segments are on each object, they are like a grid and the higher you put them, the more precise you can be.

First off, click the square icon and then you can highlight what you want to edit, after this you have the option of Beveling which makes it into a trapezoid shape which is useful for making a tv or table, or Extruding which allows you to add onto or get rid of the highlighted section.

To smooth out an object, you need to go to the dropdown where you find edit mesh and below it is mesh smooth. this tool is used to make less rigid objects and I used this to make my couches.

With poly select you can alter the position of your segments to create custom objects and this is useful for making a couch as well as many other things.

To create a bowl shaped object, you must first create a sphere. after placing the sphere, select edit mesh and make sure you click the vertex icon on the right (it looks like 3 blue dots). after this turn on the soft selection option. after you finish this simply drag down on the middle dot of the circle until it looks how you want it to be.

After creating the objects you desire for your house, simply place them into whatever position you would like and you have created your very own house in 3ds max.