The Autodesk Developer Network (ADN) partner program gives you access to frequently asked 3ds Max development questions, white papers on the 3ds Max SDK, debug builds, tools, and direct professional API technical support through the ADN members only website (http://adnsparks.autodesk.com/). Note that the ADN support program for 3ds Max is called ADN Sparks.

ADN provides training, marketing and sales support including promotion of your of plug-in through a third-party plug-ins catalog, strategic marketing and sales consultation, and access to customer success stories. ADN also provides a mentoring service that includes expert software code review, migration path advice, and on-site API training.

ADN members are also provided free developer licenses and access to downloads of recent releases (typically the latest three versions) of 3ds Max and most Autodesk products.

For more information on ADN, becoming a member, and ADN mentoring services; visit the Autodesk Development Center (http://www.autodesk.com/developer)