In nuce: Autodesk recently released version 2023.2 of Maya – the popular software for 3D modelling, animation and rendering. According to Autodesk, the focus of the new version was on making animation and rigging more performant. It was also important to simplify workflows, improve the user experience and enable users to work more efficiently.
New functions: Here is a selection of the most important new functions.
- Higher-performance animation & rigging workflows: improved Evaluation Manager (including new functions such as GPU readback – which makes it possible to minimise the rebuilding of graphs. This should noticeably reduce delay times)
- Enhanced evaluation toolkit: this includes the ability to perform deformer evaluations for complex graphs more easily.
- Improved blue pencil tool: this includes the new falloff ramps for opacity, size and hardness; or new brush ramp templates
- New selection options for the Graph Editor toolbar: for tangent angles and weights. These can be controlled more precisely or adjusted simultaneously using several buttons selected for this purpose
- Improvements for the Bitfrost, USD and Maya to Arnoldplugins have also been incorporated
Click further: A detailed overview of Autodesk Maya 2023.2 can be found at help.autodesk.com and the corresponding release note.
