Autodesk Maya 8.5 Unlimited
- a powerful design and animation application with variety of platforms that
offers tools for complex animations and simulations, more, highly praised by
Ron LaFon, Cadalyst, July 1, 2007
Max vs Maya - 3ds Max is good for architectural and visualization tasks
while MAYA is good for fluid effects and modeling NURBS surfaces, Chris Hobbs,
AEC Magazine, October 9, 2006
AEC From the Ground Up - Top Tools for Preliminary DesignTools for
Preliminary Design - various tools that can help the architect with
preliminary design include Wacom Cintiq, Alias Sketch Book Pro,
Photoshop, Plan Tracer, SketchUp, form Z 5.0, Autodesk VIZ, 3ds max,
Alias Maya and Studio, ArchiCAD, Architectural Desktop and Revit, for
preliminary design, H.Edward Goldberg, Cadalyst AEC, April 1, 2005
Maya 6.5
Release Brings Performance Hike - large CAD datasets can now be imported
into Maya using a new STEP translator that works with most major CAD
packages, Digit, February 1, 2005
First Look: Maya 5 - major enhancements to its rendering options make this perhaps the best upgrade ever, Dariush Derakhshani, Animation Artist, April 2003
Maya 4.5 - a powerful package at a reasonable price, the upgrade's new features include the fluid dynamics module, which allows users to simulate elements such as water, fire, clouds and lava, George Maestri, Computer Graphics World, February 2003
Maya Complete 4.5
- 3D System's second release for the Macintosh offers subdivision surface modeling, Sean Wagstaff, Macworld, January 2003
