So be sure to save a copy of your prefs before installing, just to make sure you don't over write some of your own custom setups.įor me, I generally install bonus tools to a fresh preferences, and then pick out the tools I want and copy them over to my Maya preferences. The Bonus Tools provide Maya users with a set of useful small features, particularly for modelling and UV editing, on an ‘as is’ basis, without active product support. The model was made and UVd in Maya 2017 using the Bonus Tools. But they do include a lot of tools that make your life easier.īonus tools does have in installer so it will hijack some of your personal setup, like hotkeys and some menus. Autodesk has updated the Maya Bonus Tools, its free collection of add-on scripts and plugins for Maya, to support Maya 2018.
Sometimes these tools will find there way into the next version, but more often than not I treat them as "possibilities" and jumping off points for scripts that you could update and add yourself.
The Maya Bonus Tools menu mimics the layout of the standard Maya menu sets. There doesnt appear to be a video yet for BonusTools for Maya 2018 yet, so heres the video for BonusTools 2017 from My Oh Maya.
in several formats and how to create an ocean shader and render in Arnold in Maya 2017. Download Autodesk Maya Bonus Tools 2015-2018. Maya Lt 2018 Bonus Tools Reviews The Maya Team has posted a compilation of free and updated Maya Bonus Tools 2019-2020 to the Autodesk App store for use with Maya 2017, 2018, 2019, and Maya 2020. Steven Roselle releases a nice overview of all the bonus tool additions and updates for 2017įor those you unfamiliar with Bonus tools, they are a lot of small production tools packaged up to a menu set for Maya. Autodesk Maya Bonus Tools 2014-2015 is a free collection of useful Maya scripts and plug-ins. VFX Maya Tools VFX Arnold Tools Ocean Clouds Pack R&D.