This 3ds Max blog is a team effort by Nicolas Holst, Lee Montgomery, Vishnu Ramdass and Anil Choudhary.
Updated versions of the scene files for the Particle Flow Simulation Quick Start Tutorial are available (Subscription only).
Product Update 05 is now available and has a large number of fixes.
Since the release of 3ds Max 2013 Product Update 4 and 3ds Max 2012 Product Update 09 are now correctly throwing a compile error when using nested structure definitions.
Explanation of how network licenses are used.
Update on the Extension for Autodesk 3ds Max 2013 & 3ds Max Design 2013. Based upon user feedback, 3ds Max 2013 and 3ds Max Design 2013 customers on active Subscription will now be entitled to receive the MassFX mParticles feature set.
The extension for 3ds Max 2013/3ds Max Design 2013 is available, features: MassFX mParticles*, Advanced Data Manipulation* & Cache Disk and Cache Selective
A couple of things to keep in mind when importing Solidworks files in 3ds Max 2013