Maya Personal Edition Free! - Polyloop

Roach · 6th July 2007, 18:12

Was just made aware of this so had to investigate. get over to autodesk and download Maya PLE for free.

The site says the software is Maya V7 but all images will be watermarked, No 30 day trial efforts going on here.

Has anyone tried the software yet? Waiting for the 240mb download to land

Any comments? thought this was a expensive piece of kit?

Wася · 6th July 2007, 20:05

You will have logos on your image when you're rendering with PLE.
Also it can not work with Gelato renderer.
So you will still need something else for final rendering.

juanmanuel · 7th July 2007, 01:15

And it saves into a subset of the main file format. Basically, no plugin works in this version. But can be a very valuable tool with which to learn Maya.

jbshorty · 7th July 2007, 04:08

hee hee... How many years has the PLE been available

? from what i remember, import/export is also disabled. as Juan mentioned, it's a perfectly named piece of software. But that's about it. I find it is very frustrating to spend time learning something (and later modeling/texturing something you are proud of) which can not be used outside of the PLE. But if your ambition is to put Maya skills on your resume, then it's perfect...

shorty

bwtr · 7th July 2007, 07:13

No Maya Sub-forum? Thats interesting!

Anyway, I downloades the SLE edition.
Nurbs,Polygon, Subdiv AND Volume Primitives?????

Can I have a simple explanation of all these 4 different forms please.

Wася · 7th July 2007, 07:50

I have no intention (at least, for now) to learn Maya. I just have it, 'cause I need to open files in .ma format from some of my books and tutorials.

However, PLE supports NURBS, polys and subdivs, boolean operations on nurbs and polys, sculpting on nurbs, stiching multiple nurbs to one, multiple levels of subdivision on subdivs, converting subdivs to nurbs.

I'd seen no polygon reduction in PLE or the ability to wrap one surface in another surface with different topology like it could be done in XSI. Maybe, I just missed those features.

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Wася Misinterpreted signal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 394	You will have logos on your image when you're rendering with PLE. Also it can not work with Gelato renderer. So you will still need something else for final rendering. __________________ (Vista 64-bit, Intel Q6700, 8GB, GeForce 8800GTS)

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juanmanuel Madly in love Join Date: May 2006 Location: Puebla, Mexico Posts: 241	And it saves into a subset of the main file format. Basically, no plugin works in this version. But can be a very valuable tool with which to learn Maya. __________________ passionately alive This is my blog This is my portfolio

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Wася Misinterpreted signal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 394	I have no intention (at least, for now) to learn Maya. I just have it, 'cause I need to open files in .ma format from some of my books and tutorials. However, PLE supports NURBS, polys and subdivs, boolean operations on nurbs and polys, sculpting on nurbs, stiching multiple nurbs to one, multiple levels of subdivision on subdivs, converting subdivs to nurbs. I'd seen no polygon reduction in PLE or the ability to wrap one surface in another surface with different topology like it could be done in XSI. Maybe, I just missed those features. __________________ (Vista 64-bit, Intel Q6700, 8GB, GeForce 8800GTS)

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7th July 2007, 04:08	#4 (permalink)
jbshorty proud to be a nurb Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: only in your mind Posts: 1,362	hee hee... How many years has the PLE been available ? from what i remember, import/export is also disabled. as Juan mentioned, it's a perfectly named piece of software. But that's about it. I find it is very frustrating to spend time learning something (and later modeling/texturing something you are proud of) which can not be used outside of the PLE. But if your ambition is to put Maya skills on your resume, then it's perfect... shorty

7th July 2007, 07:13	#5 (permalink)
bwtr Brian Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: South Australia Posts: 2,094	No Maya Sub-forum? Thats interesting! Anyway, I downloades the SLE edition. Nurbs,Polygon, Subdiv AND Volume Primitives????? Can I have a simple explanation of all these 4 different forms please.