Load the Bifrost plug-in

If the Bifrost Graph doesn't appear on Maya's Create menu, and Bifrost Browser and Bifrost Graph Editor don't appear on Maya's Windows menu, then the Bifrost plug-in isn't loaded.

To load the plug-in in Maya:

1. Choose Windows > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Manager.

2. Load bifrostGraph manually, and set it to auto-load for future sessions.

3. Optionally, load the following and set them to auto-load:

   • bifmeshio, bifrostshellnode, bifrostvisplugin: required for the older Bifrost Fluids plug-in in Maya's FX menu set.
   • Boss: required for the older BOSS (Bifrost Ocean Simulation System) plug-in in Maya's FX menu set.
   • mayaVnnPlugin: required for interacting with the node-based environment (automatically loaded by bifrostGraph).

If bifrostGraph doesn't appear in the Plug-in Manager, then the plug-in isn't installed. See Install Bifrost for Maya.