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!! BonusTools is now available for Maya 2018 !!
The BonusTools installers for Maya 2018 are available for download on the Autodesk Maya Apps Exchange -> BonusTools 2018
https://apps.autodesk.com/MAYA/en/Detail/Index?id=8115150172702393827&os=Win64&appLang=en
ote that the installer works for older versions as well going back to Maya 2015.
BonusTools is also available for Maya LT
BonusTools has consistently been one of the most requested improvements on the Maya LT forums. You can now download the installation package here -> MayaLT_BonusTools.
Note: The installation process for Maya LT is different. See the README.txt file in the zip folder for instruction on how to install. While the current zip file says "2016" it will also work with more recent versions including Maya LT 2017 and 2018. We plan to officially update BT for Maya LT 2017 soon so stay tuned.
- BonusTools Tutorials -
Note: If you have having trouble opening and of the links below, simply right click on the link and select "open in new window"
Edit
- Duplicate as Mesh Reference
- Duplicate on Object
- Paint Duplicate on Object
- Paint Geometry Tool (Legacy)
Create
Modify
- Click/Drag Move
- Click/Drag Move and Rotate
- Move Selected to Camera
- Proportional Transform
- Randomize Transforms
- Store Transform / Attribute Values
- Store Transform / Attribute Values
- Mirror Translate/Rotate
- Bounding Box Scale
- Zero Pivot Tools
- Move Curve Pivot(s) to First CV
- Orient Mesh to Vert/Edge Tool
- Snap Align Object(s) to Component
- Snap and Lock Curve Points
- Edge Segment Snapping
Display
- Heads Up Display: Shell Count
- Heads Up Display: Area/Volume/Distance/Length
- Floating Frame Rate
- Toggle Selected Faces Display
- Toggle X-Ray Per Mesh/Surface
- Adjust Clipping Planes
- Orthographic Control
- Compare Selected Display Layers
- Display Control
- Display Control
Windows
- LayoutTools
- Scene Assembly Manager
- Scene Annotation
- Layer Viewer
- Pattern Rename
- Attribute Collection
- Attribute Editor Template Builder
- Script Editor: Print Global/Option Vars
Modeling
- Select Every N Edges
- Curve to Ribbon/Tube
- Mirror Instance / Combine Merge
- Flatten Components
- Flatten Components
- Convert N-Sided Face(s) to Quad
- Extrude and Preserve UVs
- Slide Edge Loop and Preserve UVs
- Delete/Collapse Edge Loop/Ring Tools
UV Editing
- Auto Unwrap UVs - Intro
- Auto Unwrap UVs - Unfold 3D
- Auto Unwrap UVs - Pipe Unfold
- Auto Map Multiple Meshes
- Align UV Shells
- Clamp UVs
- Flip / Rotate UVs
Rigging
Animation
FX
Rendering
- Assign New Material for Each Selected
- Add Transparency Attribute
- Search Project for Missing Textures
- Turtle: Render Image Sequence
General
Help
BonusTools 2017 Review -> BonusTools 2017
BonusTools 2016.5 Review -> BonusTools 2016.5
BonusTools 2016 Review -> BonusTools 2016
BonusTools 2015 Review -> BonusTools 2015
BonusTools 2014 Review -> BonusTools 2014
Maya 2014 3dsImport plugins
The 3dsImport plugin is included in the 2016 installation. However it was inadvertantly left out of the 2014 installation. You can get the precompiled plugins for that version here...
Window - 3dsImport plugin (2014)
Legacy BonusTools Installers
BonusTools installers for older versions of Maya (pre-2014) can still be found on the Area -> Legacy Maya BonusTools Installers. Keep in mind that older versions will not contain all of the tools that were added in later releases.