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5.1.2 - Arnold for Maya

25 May 2022

MtoA 5.1.2 uses Arnold 7.1.1.1 and is a minor feature release, introducing support for MayaUSD 0.18.0.

System Requirements

  • Maya  2020, 2022 or 2023

  • Windows 10 or later, with the Visual Studio 2019 redistributable.

  • Linux with at least glibc 2.17 and libstdc++ 4.8.5 (gcc 4.8.5). This is equivalent to RHEL/CentOS 7.

  • macOS 10.13 or later .

  • CPUs need to support the SSE4.1 instruction set. Apple Mac models with M series chips are supported under Rosetta 2 mode.

  • GPU rendering works on Windows and Linux only and requires an NVIDIA GPU of the Ampere, Turing, Volta, Pascal, or Maxwell architecture.

  • Optix™ denoiser requires an NVidia GPU with CUDA™ Compute Capability 5.0 and above.

  • We recommend using the 511.09 (Quadro), 511.09 (GeForce) , or higher on Windows and 495.46 or higher drivers on Linux . See Arnold GPU for more information.

  • The driver type must be set to DCH.

I n the driver page select "Windows Driver Type:" DCH

The cache will also need to be re-populated after installing a new Arnold version, updating to a new NVIDIA driver , or changing the hardware configuration of GPUs on the system. More information can be found here .

Maya Plugins Compatibility

MtoA 5.1.2 works with the following Maya plugins

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