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    The Maya Python interpreter, mayapy

    Maya comes with its own Python interpreter, mayapy.

    mayapy is useful for batch processing and to access Maya's libraries from other applications.

    mayapy is located in the following directories:

    Platform Location
    Windows C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya<VersionNumber>\bin\
    macOS /Applications/Autodesk/maya<VersionNumber>/Maya.app/Contents/bin/

    mayapy must be run from a command line.

    Topics in this section
    • Running venv with mayapy
    Parent topic: Python

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