Supported data import formats

Data Import Plugin Name Windows Mac OS X Linux Ext.

Maya ASCII

 

ma

Maya Binary

 

mb

MEL

 

mel

IGES_ATF *

ATFPlugin iges
JT_ATF ATFPlugin jt
SAT_ATF ATFPlugin sat
STP_ATF ATFPlugin stp, step

PARASOLID_ATF

ATFPlugin
STL_ATF * ATFPlugin stl

PROE_ATF

ATFPlugin proe

WIRE_ATF

ATFPlugin wire

DWG_ATF

ATFPlugin dwg, dxf
INVENTOR_ATF ATFPlugin iam, itp
CATIAV4_ATF * ATFPlugin cat, model
CATIAV5_ATF ATFPlugin cat, model
NX_ATF ATFPlugin nx

audio

 

 

FBX *

fbxmaya

fbx

DAE_FBX

fbxmaya

dae

Alembic

AbcImport

abc

Alembic (GPU-optimized)

gpuCache

abc

animImport

anim-Import-Export

anim

Autodesk Packet File

Autodesk-Packet-File

 

apf

OBJ

 

obj

studioImport

studioImport

wire

AIFF

 

 

image

 

 

fluidCache

 

 

editMA

 

editMA

editMB

 

editMB

move (ascii motion)

 

mov

EPS

 

eps

Adobe® Illustrator®

 

ai

OpenFlight®

flt-Translator

flt

*1 On Linux, use STL from the stlImport plug-in

*2 On Linux, use IGES from the Iges plug-in

*3 On Linux, use "DFX"_"FBX" from the fbxmaya plug-in

*4 standalone 'wrl2ma' on all OS

*5 Maya supports the following CAD files:
  • CATIA V5 READ: R6 to V5-6R2019
  • CATIA V5 WRITE: R10 to V5-6R2019