Autodesk Maya Download & Plans, Workflows & Integrations

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Autodesk Maya is the industry standard software used to make 3D graphics and animations by using a simple direct interface.

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Autodesk Maya 2022 updates (changelog)

Version 2022.3:

Update to the Arnold for Maya plug-in. MtoA 5.0.0.1 includes new features, performance improvements, and bug fixes.
Updates to the Deformer.
Update to the Substance plug-in. Substance 2.2.1 includes a new Substance Engine, Arnold support and an improved user interface.

Version 2022.2:

Update to the Deformer. Added a new Scaling section to the Solidify deformer. It lets you resize tagged geometry.
Update to the Bifrost (version 2.3.0.0). Includes new features, performance improvements, and bug fixes.
Update to the USD (version 0.11.0). Includes stability fixes, new features and performance improvements.
Other improvements and bug fixes.

Version 2022.1:

New look to the applicattion Home screen on startup.
New intaractive tutorial section and Quick Tour.
Viewcube is back.
Search feature to find almost everything that exists within Maya.
New Sweep Mesh options to make curves independent.
New rig Mayabot.
Display 2D overlays on top of the Maya UI.
Migrating to Python 3.
Build state machines just like you could do with Unreal Engine and Unity.
Added new functionality for Component Tags.
Added new set of falloffs to the deformation arsenal.
New update to the Bifrost (version 2.2.1.2).

What’s new in version 2022:

Maya 2022 helps artists work more efficiently and collaboratively. It features the arrival of the USD plug-in for Maya, substantial updates to animation, rigging, and modeling tools in Maya, new support for Python 3, new plug-ins from Bifrost and MtoA…

Seamless USD (Pixar’s open-source Universal Scene Description) integration

Load and edit massive data sets at lightning speed.
Import and export USD data, quickly and easily.
See USD natively alongside Maya data in the Viewport.
Work with USD data in common editors like the Outliner and Attribute Editor.
Manage a USD Stage’s complex LayerStack using the new Layer Editor.

Python 3

Now the default on all platforms.

Powerful animation tools

New Ghosting Editor. See animation spacing over time.
Cached Playback. Work faster with full Cached Playback support in the Time Editor.
Additive animation clips. Mix clips together seamlessly in the Time Editor.
Peak Removal filter. Clean up spikes and peaks in your animation curves.
Smooth (Gaussian) filter. Gain more control over range and width of blur effects.
New Auto Tangent types. Get more predictable results with new Auto Tangent options.

Modern rigging tools

Component Tags. Store named sets of components on a shape node.
Component Tags. Reduce the nodes and connections needed for deformation.
Deformer Falloffs. Share and reuse defined falloffs in a topologically independent way.
Solidify deformer. Define areas of geometry to appear solid when deformed.
Skin binding. Use the Proximity Wrap deformer to bind meshes to skeletons.

Community-inspired modeling tools

Sweep mesh. Generate polygon geometry from NURBS and Bezier curves in one click.
Game Vertex Count plugin. Accurately estimate how assets impact in-game vertex count.
Create VR. Explore form and shape while fully immersed in VR.

For more information and a full list of improvements, please visit The most powerful Maya yet (Blog post) and Maya 2022 Release Notes.

For more on the evolution of Maya since 2016, please visit Maya timeline.

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Maya 2022. Seamlessly import and export USD data ©Autodesk AREA

Maya 2022. Work directly with USD data in common Maya editors like the Viewport, Outliner, Attribute Editor, Manipulators, Snapping, and more ©Autodesk AREA

Maya 2022. Python 3 is the new default for Maya on all platforms. Image courtesy of Antony Ward ©Autodesk AREA