3D people for 3ds Max and V-Ray

What the 3ds Max files contain

Each archive holds the scanned mesh with V-Ray materials and the texture files next to it, so the model renders correctly as soon as the archive is unzipped and the .max file is opened or merged. Scale is real-world metres. The models are posed characters, which makes them a single mesh without a skeleton; that keeps scenes light and avoids the generic pose that rigged characters bring.

Sets and single models

• Seven sets of 8 people at $50: Business 01, Business 02, Casual 01, Casual 02, Casual 03, Sitting 01 and Spa 01.
• Single models at $19: older ones include the 3ds Max archive next to Cinema 4D and SketchUp, newer ones are sold per application, so choose the "3DS Max (Vray shader) + Obj" variant.
• Three free models to test import and materials.

Corona, Arnold and others

The V-Ray materials convert with the usual converter scripts; there are no procedural shaders that would be lost. Sets and the newer single models also carry an OBJ version with the diffuse maps. For an HDRI environment light the people with the same dome light as the building so shadows and colour temperature match.

Scene performance

Scanned people are dense meshes. Merge them last, and turn them into V-Ray proxies when a scene holds more than a handful; the proxies keep the materials and cut viewport load.