

To run Maya interactively on a Linux workstation where it is installed, type maya at the prompt. See the Autodesk Education Community pages for more information. If you are an individual or department interested in using one of these products through the BU license server, please contact us at has a generous student and educators program and properly qualified people can download the software for free. Availability and Setupīoston University has an educational institution site license for a range of Autodesk software including Maya, 3ds Max, AutoCAD, and others. The learning curve can be steep but Maya is common in a variety of disciplines and industries, learning materials are plentiful, and the high-quality results are worth it. Highlights: Maya is a state-of-the-art interactive package for creating computer graphics and animation. There are a variety of output forms – fully animated and rendered mono or stereoscopic movies single still frame images 3D animated geometry sequences may be imported into immersive environments. Maya is flexible and can be used any time 3D modeling and/or animation is required for either scientific or artistic work. It can be used interactively with its graphical user interface on Windows PCs, programs can be written in MEL (Maya Embedded Language) scripting language as well as Python and C, and batch rendering jobs can be run on the SCC once Maya is installed there. It has exceptional modeling, animation, rendering, particles, hair and fur, cloth, fluids capabilities and more. Autodesk Maya 2016 is a state-of-the-art 3D modeling, animation, and visual effects package.
