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USD for Maya

3D modeling and animation tool gets updates to the ML Deformer and liquid simulation in Bifrost. Check out all the new features here.

Wednesday, March 26th, 2025

Source code for the USD add-on for the 3D modeling and animation software is now available under an Apache 2.0 license.

Saturday, December 7th, 2024

Update to the 3D animation tool reworks Boolean modeling, and introduces OpenPBR support and interesting new simulation features.

Wednesday, October 16th, 2024

Latest update to the 3D software adds machine-learning-based tool to create fast approximations of complex character rigs.

Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

Check out the new features in the 3D animation software, from updates to LookdevX to a sneak peek at character rigging in Bifrost.

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024

Check out the latest features in the 3D modeling and animation app, from the new Smart Extrude system to LookdevX, Arnold and Bifrost.

Wednesday, March 27th, 2024

3D modeling and animation software gets updates to LookdevX, the character rigging and animation tools, and to USD for Maya.

Wednesday, November 15th, 2023

Promising tool lets you set up a USD-based VFX pipeline 'out of the box'. Works with Blender, Maya, Houdini, Nuke, UE5 and ZBrush.

Friday, November 3rd, 2023

New features in the USD-native layout and look dev app include shader network transfer to Katana.

Monday, July 24th, 2023

3D animation apps get new Hydra for Maya render delegate, plus updates to the LookdevX toolset.

Wednesday, May 17th, 2023

Toolset for authoring USD scenes with the graph editor from Maya's Bifrost plugin now free under an Apache 2.0 licence.

Monday, December 12th, 2022

3D animation tool to get workflow improvements to Proximity Wrap, the Graph Editor and Time Editor.

Wednesday, December 7th, 2022

3D modelling and animation app gets faster viewport animation playback, plus updates to the rigging and Blue Pencil toolsets.

Thursday, September 15th, 2022