Maya

Maya 3.5 can read Maya 3.x. format files. Some conversion may be necessary for the transfer of Maya ASCII (.ma) and MEL files between operating systems. Maya Unlimited data from other platforms will not be included. Maya 3.5 for Mac OS X files can be read into Maya 4.0 on any platform.

Maya 3.5 is qualified on the systems with the specific graphics and operating system listed below. Also, though G3 systems are not specifically qualified to run Maya, these systems may be acceptable for general Maya use.

The following are relevant for all systems.

• Pressure sensitivity with Wacom tablets is not supported at this time.
• Standard Dual Monitor setup has been tested and is supported.

Maya 3.5 is not qualified on Mac OS X 10.1. Although Maya can run on 10.1, we are aware of the following issues listed below. Please note that installation of Maya 3.5 on Mac OS X 10.1 requires additional steps that are not described in the Maya 3.5 Documentation. Call Alias Support for instructions.

An upcoming release of Maya is currently under development to resolve these issues.

Known issues when using Maya 3.5 on Mac OS X 10.1

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• A three button mouse is strongly recommended.
• At least 512 MB of RAM is required.
• It may be possible to successfully use Maya with a non-qualified or partially qualified configuration, but support and maintenance programs will be subject to the Alias Support services guidelines.
• The configurations shown are subject to change, and additional qualified configurations may be added after qualification testing has been carried out.
• Where Graphics Controllers are configurable, you must have at least 32MB of video memory (VRAM). Due to the differences in the manner in which hardware vendors approach display memory, we suggest that you consult your hardware vendor to ensure that your configuration will support your required resolution. (See ATI Rage 128 Mobility Limitations)
• The operating system specified below is the OS used for the qualification process. While it may be possible to use Maya successfully on earlier or later versions of Mac OS X, Alias cannot guarantee the performance or behavior.
• We do not recommend saving data directly from Maya to NFS or Novell Netware or other remote mounted file systems. We have received several reports of data corruption when saving in this method although we have been unable to reproduce this. We strongly recommend that you save the files locally and then copy the data to the mounted storage system.
• When texture images are stored on systems remote from the rendering process; depending on network speed, specifications and load it is possible that the renderer may be unable to access a texture file on demand and may 'drop' individual textures on a frame by frame basis. To reduce this occurrence store textures on a system local to the rendering process.