Maya Documentation

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Oct 16, 2024

Autodesk provides a variety of online resources to help you learn, use, and develop applications for Autodesk Maya.

Maya Help

The Maya Help is your primary guide for using Autodesk Maya, and it includes the What's New, Release Notes, installation guide, and the Arnold for Maya user guide. New in Maya 2025, the Developer Help is now available on a standalone web site.

View the Maya Help by version:

We also recommend checking the Support Knowledge Base for troubleshooting install and licensing issues.

Find installation and licensing information for previous versions of Maya in the Archive.

Archive
A collection of documentation resources from prior releases.

Improving Performance with Parallel Evaluation

Maya 2016 introduced a new evaluation model that improves the use of computer resources by distributing computation over all available cores, and taking advantage of GPU compute power.

Consult the whitepaper for more information.

PyQt

This document describes how to use PyQt in Maya python scripts to create custom UI.

PyQt for Maya 2016 (pdf - 435Kb)

 


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