Map2Mesh is a ‘Swiss Army knife’ for anyone who needs to quickly create a realistic environment without leaving 3ds Max.

To get started, enter the coordinates or text address of the desired location, or the name of the object, and click ‘Search’.
Next, select the area on the interactive map, configure the data sources — and voilà: the terrain of the selected area appears in the scene with textures, already divided into convenient segments if desired to save memory and ensure a smooth viewport experience.

You won't have to Google tutorials: the live hint system when hovering the cursor over interface elements explains the purpose of each button right in the process, and localization in two languages allows comfortable work in any team.

What's inside the 'knife':
Terrain and heights: Building a 3D landscape from height maps with flexible offset and smoothing options for better creative control.

Terrain textures: Direct loading of satellite or street maps from major mapping providers. Full control over the level of detail and automatic slicing of heavy textures into tiles.

OpenStreetMap vector data: Importing roads, railways, buildings, rivers, and forests. Both as splines and as conditional 3D volumes of buildings and roads.

Mask editor: Generating black-and-white masks directly within the script. You can automatically create a mask for forest, grass, or any other texture area, and then refine it to perfection with the built-in brush.

Thoughtful workflow: Caching downloads, the ability to pause generation, and a separate tab for convenient management of API keys.

Who is this for?
Perfect for archviz, concept art, creating foundations for game levels, or VFX. In the end, you get clean geometry and high-quality textures.

IMPORTANT:
Before running the script, it is strongly recommended that you manually specify the cache folder where textures are saved, ideally within the project folder, to prevent files from being accidentally overwritten.

The accuracy of the landscape depends on the chosen providers (links to typical sources are specified in the script). Remember to comply with copyright and attribution of services.

Compatibility tested in 3ds Max 2021, 2024, 2026