Autodesk has released Maya 2018.2, a minor update to the 3D modelling and animation software, adding new render attributes for Bifröst simulations and updating FBX export.
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(Full disclosure: it actually came out before Christmas, but we didn't manage to cover it at the time.)
Maya 2018.2 – Professional 3D modeling and animation tool. December 20, 2017 Autodesk Maya is a fully-featured professional 3D modeling, animation, rendering and composing solution that provides a wide variety of features and dynamic tools to simulate fluids, cloth, particles and hair. You must agree to the Autodesk Terms of Use before being able to download this software. By agreeing to the Autodesk general terms of use, I also agree to the Bifrost. Download Autodesk Maya 2018.3 + LT 2018.2 x64 - Maya Software, Animation and 3D Modeling Anonymous. June 14, 2018 CAD. Autodesk Maya 2018.2 k 2.zip (1.23 GB) Choose free or premium download SLOW DOWNLOAD. FAST INSTANT DOWNLOAD.
New render options provide finer control over Bifröst output
Bifröst, Maya's fluid simulation toolset, gets a number of new render attributes in Maya 2018.2.
Simulations can now be rendered as surfaces, points or volumes, with the option to choose different render types for the liquid surface, foam and spray.
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Each render type gets its own individual controls, including new smoothing options for surfaces.
Maya 2018.2 Update
It is also now possible to render only those portions of a sim that fall inside the world-space bounding box of clipping mesh; and to blend a simulated fluid surface back into a planar mesh for ocean simulations.
Data channels like velocity, vorticity and density can also be exported individually for use in shading.
The 2018.2 release also updates FBX export to avoid issues created by animation curves with long tangents. Where a tangent extends beyond the surrounding keys, the animation is now baked into the curve on export.
The previous update, Maya 2018.1, also added a new Unity neutral tonemap: a view transform that emulates Unity's default viewing pipeline.
Pricing and availability
Maya 2018.2 is available for Windows 7 and 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 and 7.2 WS and CentOS 6.5 and 7.2, and Mac OS X 10.11 and above. It is available on a rental-only basis, starting at $185/month or $1,470/year.
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