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Autodesk Maya

A 3D computer graphics application that provides modeling, animation, simulation, and rendering tools used to create characters, environments, and effects for film, television, and games

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Polygon & NURBS Modeling
Creates 3D models using geometry based on vertices, edges, and faces, or from geometric primitives and drawn curves, covering both organic and hard-surface work.
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Sculpting Toolset
Provides brush-based tools for shaping and detailing models with a hands-on approach to surface refinement, similar to working with physical clay.
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UV Editing
Displays and edits UV texture coordinates for polygon, NURBS, and subdivision surfaces inside a dedicated 2D view to ensure textures wrap accurately.
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Boolean Modeling
Combines, subtracts, or intersects mesh geometry, including a volume-based mode for blocking out organic shapes such as creatures and characters.
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Predictable Bevel & Extrude
Extrudes faces on a mesh in a flexible, surface-following way that minimizes manual geometry cleanup normally required after modifying complex shapes.
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Bifrost Visual Programming
A node-based visual programming environment lets users build custom graphs or use ready-made ones to create effects such as smoke, fire, explosions, and destruction without traditional scripting.
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Bifrost Rigid Body Dynamics
A procedural destruction workflow lets users adjust physics settings and constraints and re-simulate without rebuilding the setup from scratch, speeding up iteration on effects shots.
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Flow Wedging
Generates multiple simulation variations in parallel on the cloud directly from the simulation graph, letting users compare several outcomes at once instead of running simulations one at a time.
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Arnold Renderer Integration
A built-in Monte Carlo ray-tracing engine lets users switch between CPU and GPU rendering and preview lighting, shadows, and material changes without leaving the scene.
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Platform

Desktop

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System Requirements

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  • Microsoft® Windows® 11
  • Apple® macOS® 26.x, 15.x, 14.x
  • Linux® Red Hat® Enterprise 8.10 WS, 9.7 WS
  • Rocky Linux 8.10, 9.7
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  • Windows, Linux: 64-bit Intel® or AMD® with SSE4.2 instruction set
  • macOS: Apple Silicon arm64 or Intel x86
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8 GB
16 GB
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Card from the official hardware-certification list
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7 GB free for installation
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  • Apple Safari web browser
  • Google® Chrome web browser
  • Microsoft Edge web browser
  • Mozilla® Firefox® web browser
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Ratings

4.15
5

Creative Blog
4.0
5
based on professional's opinion
G2CROWD
4.3
5
based on 266 reviews
Gartner
4.3
5
based on 86 reviews
PCMag
4.0
5
based on professional's opinion

Developer

Written in

C++, Python, MEL

Initial Release

1998-02-01

Repository

Autodesk Maya being a proprietary software, its source code is not publicly hosted.

License

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Notes

Maya vs Maya Creative:

  • Maya: The primary 3D computer graphics application
  • Maya Creative: The low cost, pay-as-you-go variant, with slightly less number of features.