Maya (Native) Connector

Overview

The Maya Native Omniverse Connector can now work with the build in Autodesk Maya USD plug in that ships with Maya. Users can now open up Omniverse USD content and work with all the built in tools and workflows available in Maya.

To learn more about Maya USD, see the Autodesk Maya USD getting started page.

Please see Autodesk Maya USD Getting Started for Installing Connectors.

Supported Versions

The Omniverse Maya Native Connector supports the following versions of Maya.

Version	USD Version	Windows	Linux
2022	Maya USD .15 (USD 21.08) Maya USD .16 (USD 21.11) Maya USD .17 (USD 21.11) Maya USD .18 (USD 21.11) Maya USD .19 (USD 21.11) Maya USD .20 (USD 21.11)	Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes	CentOS 7.9 CentOS 7.9 CentOS 7.9 CentOS 7.9 CentOS 7.9 CentOS 7.9
2023	Maya USD .16 (USD 21.11) Maya USD .17 (USD 21.11) Maya USD .18 (USD 21.11) Maya USD .19 (USD 21.11) Maya USD .20 (USD 21.11)	Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes	CentOS 7.9 CentOS 7.9 CentOS 7.9 CentOS 7.9 CentOS 7.9
2024	Maya USD .23 (USD 22.11)	Yes	No

Install Instructions

Shut down Maya.
Uninstall the Maya Legacy Connector if it is currently installed using the Omniverse Launcher.
Before installing Maya Native Connector, the MayaUSD plug-in must be installed and loaded. MayaUSD can be installed along with Maya during initial installation or can also be downloaded from the MayaUSD github here .
Follow our Connector installation instructions to install this connector.
Start Maya.
Go to the Main Menu and navigate to Windows > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Manager
In the Plug-in Manager window, search for OmniNative.py and enable it if its not already enabled.

Note

In Maya 2023, you may get an error that the MayaUSD plug-in cannot be found, when you start Maya up. To fix this error, make sure you update to the latest version of Maya (2023.1 and above will work).

Note

Be sure that there are no USD conflicts on the System Path, for Windows and Linux, for USD to run properly.

Note

You can only have one Maya connector installed at a time.

User Interface

Signing-In

Once the plug-in is installed, users must sign into an Omniverse server to access content on Omniverse Nucleus.: Users access a Nucleus server by launcher the Omniverse File Browser and selecting server or connecting to a new server directly in the File Browser

Note

New to Maya Native.

Users can access files on their own PC or Omniverse Server through the Omniverse File Browser. This is the same file browser that is used in Omniverse applications such as Create.