What's New in Maya 2027

Welcome to Maya 2027! You can access this release from your Autodesk Account.

Read on to learn about the new AI-powered tools and other updates aimed at improving everyday content creation workflows. For technical details including What's Fixed, see the Maya 2027 Release Notes. For changes to the 2027 Maya devkit, see What's New in the 2027 devkit.

Animate horses with MotionMaker

MotionMaker adds a new standard equine character, adsk_equine, enabling motion generation for horse characters.

Connect to Flow Studio

Autodesk Flow Studio is a cloud-based AI 3D toolset that seamlessly transforms real-world footage into fully editable, pipeline-ready CG scenes-without the need for complex setups. It automatically generates essential export elements such as motion capture data, camera tracking, alpha masks, clean plates, and character passes-ready for use in 3D tools

Skin Tools: Integrated layer-based skinning workflow

Maya now includes an updated and fully-integrated skinning tool set based on ngSkinTools. You get the complete layer-based system, advanced masking, and mirror tools directly in Maya.

Sequencer interface and workflow updates

Maya 2027 introduces workflow improvements and usability refinements to the Sequencer, with updates to shot editing, organization tools, grouping behavior, and playblast output.

Introducing Smart Bevel

Maya 2027 introduces Smart Bevel so you can achieve cleaner and more intricate bevels effortlessly.

New USD asset build workflows

USD for Maya adds powerful new asset build tools with its Component Creator and Variant Manager.

What's New in LookdevX for Maya

LookdevX 2.0.0 for Maya adds expanded UV texture menus, portability, archiving, and updated icons.

Introducing Autodesk Assistant (Tech Preview)

Maya 2027 introduces Autodesk Assistant, an AI-powered tool that helps you quickly find information about features and workflows directly within the product.

Bifrost 3: RBD updates, small-scale liquids, & more

Bifrost 3.0.0.0 includes performance improvements for rigid body dynamics, surface tension settings for realistic droplets and splashes at high resolution, plus much more.

Arnold for Maya 5.6.0

Updates to MtoA since Maya 2026.3 include lightweight USD instancing, a new hair scattering mode, more flexible light sampling, and other enhancements and bug fixes.

What else is new?

This release of Maya also includes the following changes and improvements.

MotionMaker	The character now adheres more closely and naturally to defined paths, with new Path Locator attributes for refining positional and time-based snapping. The MotionMaker Editor now supports additional hotkeys through the Maya Hotkey Editor. A contextual right-click menu has been added to the MotionMaker Editor for copying, pasting, snapping, and deleting character keys. The MotionMaker Editor's position is now saved with the Maya workspace and restored when Maya is reopened. The Generate Motion button tooltip now displays the assigned hotkey.
Graph Editor	The Auto, Mix, Ease, and Custom buttons in the Graph Editor are now organized into a separate toolbar group. This group is collapsed by default.
Color Management	Maya now uses the latest version of the OpenColorIO library: OCIO v2.5.1.
Substance 3.0.5	Maya 2027 includes Substance 3.0.5, which uses engine version 9.0.1 and includes stability and other fixes.
Import user normals in FBX	The FBX import options now include the option to include user normals.