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Maya Version History. Overview. Maya is an application used to generate 3D assets for use in film, television, games, and commercials. The software was initially released for the IRIX operating system. However, this support was discontinued in August 2006 after the release of version 6.5.
Mar 29, 2023 · Autodesk has released Maya 2024, the latest version of its 3D modelling and animation software. It’s a wide-ranging update, expanding the software’s retopology toolset, adding a complete new USD-based material authoring system, and neat new brush-based workflows for ‘sculpting’ animation curves.
- Standard Surface replacing Lambert as default material. The initial shading group now assigns a Standard Surface (standardSurface1) to all newly created objects by default.
- New FBX Import option. A new FBX import option, Smoothing Groups, has been created to address problems where exported FBX polygon objects with smooth edge normals would reimport with incorrect normal information.
- GraphViz for macOS update. Graphviz, an opensource graph visualization software, is no longer bundled with Maya on macOS. You can install locally from the Graphviz website.
- Support for 119.88 frame rate. Maya now lists 119.88 among supported frame rates in the Settings Preferences. This frame rate is useful for exporting motion capture data from Vicon or MotionBuilder to Maya.
Maya 1.0 was released in February 1998. Following a series of acquisitions, Maya was bought by Autodesk in October 2005. Under the name of the new parent company, Maya was renamed Autodesk Maya. However, the name "Maya" continues to be the dominant name used for the product.
Nov 18, 2020 · Maya 1.0 was released in February 1998. It was originally introduced by a company called Wavefront(later become Alias Systems Corporation). Maya 1.0 was the culmination of three 3D software lines: Wavefronts’ Advanced Visualizer, Thomson Digital Images’ Explore, and Alias’ Power Animator.
May 17, 2023 · Autodesk has released Maya 2024.1, the latest version of its 3D modelling and animation software, and Maya Creative 2024.1, its pay-as-you-go edition. Both releases feature updates to new USD-based look dev toolset LookdevX, while animators get further updates to the Time Slider, Skin Clusters and the Proximity Wrap and Lattice deformers.
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Welcome to Maya 2025! You can access the Maya 2025.1 Update from your Autodesk Account. Read on to learn about the new features and updated workflows you'll find in this release. For technical details including What's Fixed, see the Maya 2025 Release Notes. For changes to the 2025 Maya devkit, see What's New in the 2025 devkit.
