

Needed:

-The offline 2013 SDK help files:http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/max-2013-sdk-doc.zip

-htmlhelp.exe, download here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21138   


Howto:

1) Download offline SDK help and unpack the zip somewhere

2) Unpak chm_sdk_ftw.zip into both the 'dotnet_ref' folder

5) Run chm_sdk_ftw.exe (can take a while)

6) Open the 'index.hhp' in microsoft's HTLMworkshop (don't drag&drop, use the file menu)  

7) Click on the content and index tabs, if you see stuff all went well

8) click the Compile button & enjoy  (chm will be placed in the same folder)


Repeat all this for the 'cpp_ref' folder if you wish to get the CHM for the C++ reference.












