Maya Plugins are extensions for the 3D animation software Autodesk Maya. There are plugins for many different areas such as modeling, animation, and rendering. Some of them also interact with external applications (for instance renderers, game engines, or other software packages).
Dynamics
| Plugin | Compatibility | Description |
|---|
| ZIVA VFX |
2014–2018 |
FEM character simulation & dynamics. |
| Miarmy | 1.18/2016 | PhysX character dynamics & RBD emitter. |
| Dynamica | 8/2008/2009/2010/2011/2012 | Active, passive, and kinematic rigid bodies. |
| Pulldownit | 2012/2013/2014/2015 | dynamics and fracture of solid objects. |
Fluid
| Plugin | Compatibility | Description |
|---|
| Glu3d | 7/8.5 | Fluid in real time. |
| RealFlow | 7/8.5/2008 | Fluid and simulation. |
Modeling
| Plugin | Compatibility | Description |
|---|
| Xfrog | 2008-2015 | Robust Plant/Organic modeling and animation plugin, and 3000 prebuilt procedural and editable plants (XfrogPlants). |
| LBrush/Lipservice | 2008-2014 | A very powerful Sculpting, texture painting, pose deformers for blendshapes tool. |
| Shave and a Haircut 8.0 | 2008-2015 | Hair, fur, grass generation and control, widely accepted through the industry. |
Rendering
| Plugin | Compatibility | Description |
|---|
| RenderMan for Maya | 6/6.5/7/8.5/2008-2016 | Photo-realistic rendering by Pixar. |
| 3Delight for Maya | 8.0/8.5/2008-2012 | Renderman compliant renderer by DNA Research. |
| Maxwell Render for Maya | 2011-2017 | A unbiased raytracing render engine. |
| V-Ray for Maya | 2008–2018 | A raytracing render engine. |
| Holomatix Rendition | 7/8/8.5/2008/2009 | Real-time, progressive, mental ray-compatible raytracing Renderer |
| FurryBall | 2010/2011/2012/2013/2014 | Real-time GPU renderer. |
| Octane Render | 2012/2013/2014/2015/2016 | Real-time GPU-based (exclusively Nvidia CUDA), unbiased, physically-based renderer. |
| Arnold Renderer |
2013/2014/2015/2016 |
| Redshift 3d Render for Maya | -2018 | A biased GPU raytracing render engine. |
| Crepo Sound Renderer |
5.x/6.x/7.x/8.x/2008 |
A spatialized audio rendering plugin for Maya to simulate 3D-positional audio |
Crowd simulation
| Plugin | Compatibility | Description |
|---|
| Golaem Crowd | 2011-2018 (Windows/Linux: 32 & 64-bit) | Simulates complex and controllable characters. |
| Miarmy | 2012/2013 (Windows/Linux/Mac OS X: 64-bit) | Human language/logic decision system controlled AI, PhysX SDK tools, all renderers support. |
VR
| Plugin | Compatibility | Description |
|---|
| marui-plugin.com - VR Maya Plug-In | 2014/2015/2016/2017 (Windows 7-10 64-bit) | Modeling and Animation in VR, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift support (mouse and 3D controllers), access to Maya functionality (shelf, windows) within VR, screen recording |
| VR-Plugin.com for Autodesk Maya | 2014-2018 (Windows 7-10 64-bit) | VR inside Mayas Viewport 2.0 with native implementation via Maya API, rendering with DX11/OpenGL/Software with animation record option. Free 30-day trial available for download. |