Maya Native 208.0

Note

The Maya (Native) Connector replaces the deprecated Maya (Legacy) Connector.

Added

• Added Arnold light export support to match Maya Legacy.

• Added button to open location of log script.

• Support materials and texture path changes.

• Added warning that we do not support rendering Omni Hair materials in Arnold.

• Textures defined in layeredShader can be translated to USD.

• Added Bi-Directional Maya Live Sync Workflow.

• Support export with materials as reference.

• Added Skeleton animation export option.

• Support omni.ui in Maya.

• Integrated with Connect SDK.

• Added MDL Arnold rendering support.

• Added Batch export options.

• Added “Move To Origin” export option.

• Added MDL support to create and assign materials in Maya.

• Add the ability to import MDL materials into Maya.

• Added support for Maya-usd 0.24.0.

• Added support for MDL custom paths.

• Added USD MDL export option.

• Maya Standard Surface is converted to OmniSurfaceLite on export.

Fixed

• UsdPreviewSurface conversion errors: alpha and normal maps not used, normals corrupted, etc.

• Material Presets are not getting their textures when imported in Maya.

• Exporting omniSurface as a UDIM does not write all textures.

• Export with omniverse:// connected textures fails.

• Open and Export panels shake when moved, able to move themselves off screen requiring an app restart.

• Export’s “Use Animation Range” should be a checkbox, not a button.

• Universal Material Mapper (UMM) does not respect MDL checkbox.

• Animated point cache, vertex only, should export as overs not defs.

• Export with namespace fails to get correct Maya shader.

• Export using Skeletal Mesh with World parent will have invalid Material.

• Blend Shape weight is exported or handled incorrectly.