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Workspaces

Select a predefined "factory" or custom workspace from the list. Workspaces are arrangements of windows and panels, plus other interface options. See Workspaces.

The predefined workspaces include the default Maya Classic, as well as several others designed for various groups of tasks.

In addition, the following options are available:

• Reset "<Workspace>" to Factory Default/Reset "<Workspace>" to Previously Saved discards any changes you have made to the current workspace. Predefined workspaces are restored to their default configuration, and custom workspaces are restored to the last saved configuration.
• Save Current Workspace As saves the current configuration as a new custom workspace. If you specify the name of an existing custom workspace, the old configuration is overwritten.
• Import Workspace Files lets you import one or more custom workspace definition files.
• Delete Current Workspace removes the current custom workspace from your preferences. You cannot delete predefined workspaces.
• Disable Docking/Undocking prevents docking and undocking of windows and panels. It does not prevent other changes to workspaces, such as opening, closing, or moving windows, collapsing panels, and so on.

Editors

General Editors

• Attribute Editor
• Channel Box / Layer Editor
• Tool Settings
• Hypergraph: Hierarchy - opens the Hypergraph showing the hierarchy of objects in the scene.
• Hypergraph: Connections - opens the Hypergraph showing the connections between elements in the scene.
• Viewport - select this to restore the view panel if you have undocked and closed it.
• Adobe After Effects Live Link
• Asset Editor
• Attribute Spread Sheet
• Component Editor
• Connection Editor
• Channel Control
• Display Layer Editor
• File Path Editor
• Namespace Editor
• USD Layer Editor
• Script Editor
• Command Shell - opens the Command Shell window
• Profiler
• Evaluation Toolkit

Modeling Editors

• Modeling Toolkit
• Paint Effects
• UV Editor
• XGen Editor
• Crease Sets

Animation Editors

• Graph Editor
• Time Editor
• Trax Editor
• Camera Sequencer
• Dope Sheet
• Ghosting Editor
• Quick Rig
• HumanIK
• Shape Editor
• Pose Editor
• Expression Editor

Rendering Editors

• Render View
• Render Settings
• Hypershade
• Render Setup
• Light Editor
• Custom Stereo Rig Editor
• Rendering Flags
• Shading Group Attributes - displays the shading attributes of the selected object in the Attribute Editor.

Relationship Editors

Items in this menu open the Relationship Editor showing different views.

In addition, you can open the Dynamic Relationships Editor.

UI Elements

The items in this submenu control the visibility of various user panels and elements in the interface, including the Status Line, the Shelf, the Time Slider, and so on.

Options in this submenu are:

• Hide All UI Elements — Hide all UI parts so only the panels and menus are visible.
• Show All UI Elements — Show all UI parts.
• Restore UI Elements — Restores the visibility of UI parts to their state before you selected Hide All UI Elements. If certain parts were hidden before you selected Hide All UI Elements, they will still be hidden.

Settings/Preferences

• Preferences
• Performance Settings
• Hotkey Editor
• Color Settings
• Marking Menu Editor
• Shelf Editor
• Panel Editor
• Plug-in Manager

Bifrost Browser

Opens the Bifrost Browser for importing a Bifrost graph or opening a Bifrost sample scene. See Bifrost Extension for Maya.

Outliner

Opens the Outliner.

Node Editor

Opens the Node Editor.

Content Browser

Opens the Content Browser.

Bifrost Graph Editor

Opens the Bifrost Graph Editor for the selected Bifrost graph. See Working in Bifrost Extension.

Playblast

Outputs a movie file or sequence of frames for previewing animation. See Playblast animation.

Output Window

Provides various diagnostic and status updates. See Output Window.

Minimize Application

Minimizes Maya in your operating system.

Raise Main Window

Puts all editor windows behind the main window.

Raise Application Windows

Puts all editor windows in front of the main window.