3ds Max 8 SDK Help for Visual Studio 1.0 was available to download from the developer's website when we last checked. We cannot confirm if there is a free download of this software available. The actual developer of the free program is Autodesk, Inc.
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From the developer:
This installer gives you an HTML help format that conveniently integrates the 3ds Max SDK help collection into the Visual Studio environment. (Note that this installer is for Visual Studio 2005 only.)
This Compiled HTML Help (.CHM) file is viewed with the Microsoft® HTML Help viewer application. Note that the 3dsMax2008SDKHelp.chm file is also installed with the SDK, and can be found in \MAXSDK\HELP\.
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