List of Maya plugins

Maya Plugins are extensions for the 3d animation software Maya. There are plugins for many different areas such as modeling, animation and rendering. Some of them also interact with external applications (for instance renderers, game engines or other software packages).

Dynamics

Plugin	compatibility	description
Stroika[1]	8.5/2008	Fields and Emitters
Blast[2]	7.0/2009	Demolition (Nurbs)
Brainbugz[3]	4/2008	Behavioral/Flocking
PullDownIt[4]	8.0/2011	Dynamics & Fracture

Fluid

Plugin	compatibility	description
Glu3d[5]	7/8.5	Fluid in realtime.
RealFlow[6]	7/8.5/2008	Fluid & Simulation.

Import/Export

Plugin	compatibility	description
BodyStudio[7]	4 - 7	Import plugin for Poser characters.
ActorX[8]	6.5-2008	Export to .ase format, used with Unreal Ed and Unreal Ed for UT3
Collada[9]	7-2008	Import/Export plugin for the Collada format, used with Unreal Ed and Unreal Ed for UT3 and most other 3D modelling software
.smd Exporter[10]	4-2008	Import/ Export plugin for the .smd format, used for Source Engine model compiling.
Rapid Export for Maya[11]	6.5-2010 (32 & 64-bit)	Workflow tool to automate the export process to just a single click.
SketchUp Import for Maya[12]	2009-2011 (32 & 64-bit)	Import plugin for SkechUp models.
SolidWorks Import for Maya[13]	2009-2011 (32 & 64-bit)	Import plugin for SolidWorks models..
BVH Import for Maya[14]]	6.5-2012 (32 & 64-bit)	Import/Export BVH data using AMS.

Modelling

Plugin	compatibility	description
NEX[15]	7-2012	polygon modeling workflow enhancement plugin.
natFX[16]	7	3D plant modelling plugin.
T-Splines[17]	7/8/8.5	T-Spline plugin.
Xfrog[18]	6/6.5/7	Plant modelling plugin.
CurvedSpace[19]	2008	CurvedSpace plugin.
Vertex Chameleon[20]	6.5 - 2010 (32 & 64-bit)	The ultimate vertex colour toolset for Autodesk Maya.

Rigging

Plugin	compatibility	description
Storm V3[21]	2011 - 2012 (32 & 64-bit)	Rigging and animation plug-in with an extensive API.
The Setup Machine 2[22]	7.0 - 2012 (32 & 64-bit)	Modular character auto-rigger, can rig bipeds, quadrupeds, and others.
The Face Machine[23]	7.0 - 2012 (32 & 64-bit)	Auto-rigger for human and human-like faces
ngSkinTools[24]	2009 - 2012 (32 & 64-bit)	Advanced skin weight painting tools with layers, revamped mirroring and smoothing.

Scripting

Plugin	compatibility	description
MELProtector[25]	2008/2009/2011 (Windows: 32 & 64-bit)	Encrypts MEL code in order to allow developers to protect their intellectual property.

Texturing

Plugin	compatibility	description
UVAutoRatio[26]	6.5 - 2012 (32 & 64-bit)	Automatically unify UV to polygon surface area ratio across multiple objects
RoadKill[27]	6.5 - 2011 (32 & 64-bit)	Automatically unwrap UV's of complex meshes into a "pelt" for easy texture mapping.( Technically not a Plug-in, since it opens a separate program, not a window integrated in Maya.)
Unwrella[28]	8.5 - 2011 (32 & 64-bit)	Automatically unwraps UVs of meshes while preserving pixel proportions and surface stretch

Rendering

Plugin	compatibility	description
HDRI-Studio lighting system[29]	8.0/8.5/2008/2009	Lighting environments for 3D-models.
RenderMan for Maya[30]	6/6.5/7/8.5/2008-2012	Photo-realistic Rendered by Pixar.
3Delight for Maya[31]	8.0/8.5/2008-2012	Fast, Renderman compliant renderer by DNA Research.[32]
V-Ray for Maya[33]	2008-2012	A very fast and popular raytracing render engine.[34]
Holomatix Rendition[35]	7/8/8.5/2008/2009	Realtime, Progressive, mental ray-compatible raytracing Renderer
Turtle[36]	7/8.5/2008/2012	Raytracing renderer. (Now bundled with Maya Entertainment Creation Suite Premium 2012)
Maxwell Render[37]	7/8.5/2008-2012	The Light Simulator. Render engine. Multilight. Materials. Photorealistic...

Papercraft

Plugin	compatibility	description
Dunreeb Cutout for Maya[38]	2009/2010/2011 (Mac OSX, Windows: 32 & 64-bit)	Automatically creates papercrafts from 3D-models to be printed, cut out, and glued together in reality.

Character animation

Plugin	compatibility	description
AMS – 3D Automated Motion Systems for Maya[39]	6.0-2012 (32 & 64-bit)	Toolset for creating, editing, storing, reusing, scaling, blending and timing animation.

Crowd simulation

Plugin	compatibility	description
Golaem Crowd[40]	2011/2012 (Windows/Linux: 32 & 64-bit)	Developed and tested under real production conditions, it allows to easily simulate complex and controllable characters.