19-04-2021

Maya Bonus Tools 2018

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Maya Bonus Tool 2018 Download
Maya 2018 Bonus Tools Download
Maya Bonus Tools 2018

Maya Bonus Tools has been organized to mimic the layout of the standard Maya menu sets. Each sub-menu contains a number of related tools. Each of these can be torn off and floated just like standard Maya menus. Note: Due to the close timing of the releases, this update to BonusTools is supported for both Maya 2019 and Maya 2020. A few questions about installing Bonus Tools for Maya 2018. Are the Mac and Linux package contents the same (just a different installer)? Is there a way to tell Maya where to look for the Bonus Tools? We do not install Maya in the traditional machine-local locations, but instead to our ow. The Maya 2018 Bonus Tools are available free for Maya 2015 and above running on Windows, Mac OS X or Linux – despite the name, the installer actually works on earlier versions of the software. Maya LT users also get their own version of the Bonus Tools, which currently works up to Maya LT 2017.

Overview

Bonus Tools 2019/2020 is a free collection of useful Maya scripts and plug-ins. After installing Bonus Tools, an additional pull-down menu will be added to the end of the main Maya menu. This menu provides easy access to a variety of tools and utilities for daily use. Maya Bonus Tools has been organized to mimic the layout of the standard Maya menu sets. Each sub-menu contains a number of related tools. Each of these can be torn off and floated just like standard Maya menus.

Note: Due to the close timing of the releases, this update to BonusTools is supported for both Maya 2019 and Maya 2020. This means that new features added in this update will be available in both versions of Maya. However, if you have an older version of BonusTools installed for Maya 2019 you will need to uninstall it in order to use the updated tools from this version.

New Tools in BonusTools 2019/2020

Create -> Locator at Custom Pivot Axis

Modify -> Proportional Placement Tool

Modify -> Stack / Align Objects

Modify -> Offset Transforms

Modify -> Randomize Transforms (Basic)

Display -> Enable Popup Help

Modeling -> Flatten Component (Basic)

Rigging -> Create Joint at Custom Pivot Axis

Rigging -> Create Circle Control

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Rigging -> Performance Utilities -> Profile One Frame

Rendering -> Clean up Mental Ray Nodes

Updated Tools in BonusTools 2019/2020

Create -> Mesh Locator

Modify -> Bounding Box Scale

Display -> Poly Volume

Window -> Attribute Collection

Window -> LayoutTools Browser

Window -> Scene Annotation

Modeling -> Curve to Ribbon Mesh

Modeling -> Curve to Tube Mesh

Modeling -> Flatten Component (Advanced)

UV Editing -> Auto Unwrap UVs Tool

UV Editing -> Align UV Shells

Rigging -> Nudge Vertex Weights

Rendering -> Assign Materials for Each Selected

Rendering -> Add Object Transparency Attribute

Maya BonusTools 2020 can be found on the Maya app exchange

Autodesk has updated the Maya Bonus Tools, its free collection of add-on scripts and plugins for Maya, to support Maya 2018.

Maya Bonus Tool 2018 Download

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.

No new features this time: just compatibility with Maya 2018
Whereas recent previous updates have introduced a number of extra features, the Maya 2018 Bonus Tools is really just a compatibility release.

The online version history actually lists support for Maya 2018 as the only new feature, although the product page on Autodesk’s App Store does also mention updates to Pattern Rename and Attribute Collection.

If anything, the update actually removes tools: some to Maya itself, some retired as obsolete, and one – the Navigate Graph option added in the Maya 2017 Bonus Tools – temporarily disabled due to a memory leak.

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However, the release will still come as welcome news to users who rely on the existing tools in their workflows, and who have been unable to use them since Maya 2018 shipped in July.