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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. View the Maya Help by version:
For a local copy of the Maya Help, visit the Help Download page.
Maya Developer Help
The Maya Developer Help is included in the Maya Help (beginning Maya 2015). It includes resources for using the Maya API, and working with QT and Python in Maya.
For a local copy or previous versions, visit the Developer Help page.
Maya Installation and Licensing
Installation and licensing orientation for the latest version of Maya is found in the Maya Help, including a Maya supplement.
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.
What’s New
Find out what new features have been added to Maya each release.
Release Notes
Release notes list any late-breaking issues and known limitations for Maya.
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) |
| PyQt for Maya 2015 (pdf - 437Kb) |
| PyQt for Maya 2014 (pdf - 596Kb) |
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