Archive notice: This historical article was originally published in February 2020. Dates, statements and links are preserved from the original.Useful tools for Maya: The Bonus Tools consist of a collection of scripts and plug-ins. Autodesk has now released a new update for them – including new features, updates and Maya 2020 compatibility.
The New Tools in BonusTools
The collection offers a total of 11 new tools for modelling, rigging, modify and rendering:
- Create: Locator at Custom Pivot Axis
- Modify: Proportional Placement; Stack / Align Objects; Offset Transforms; Randomize Transforms (Basic)
- Display: Enable Popup Help
- Modeling: Flatten Component (Basic)
- Rigging: Create Joint at Custom Pivot Axis; Create Circle Control; Performance Utilities -> Profile One Frame
- Rendering: Clean up Mental Ray Nodes
The update also brings over 14 updates to existing tools, such as Poly Volume, Scene Annotation, Auto Unwrap UVs and more. You can read a complete overview here.
Download and Installation
The file, which is nearly 20MB in size, can be downloaded free of charge for Windows, Mac Os and Linux on this page – compatible with Maya 2017 and above. However, all new functions are supported only by Maya 2019 and 2020. Anyone who still has an older version for 2019 installed should uninstall the collection before an update. You can find further instructions here.
Further information: To the Autodesk website
