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Autodesk Maya

3D computer graphics software

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 30, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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Autodesk Maya, commonly shortened to just Maya, is a 3D computer graphics application that runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, originally developed by Alias and currently owned and developed by Autodesk. It is used to create digital assets for interactive 3D applications, animated films, TV series, and visual effects.

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“Autodesk Maya” enters the record as 3D computer graphics software. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Autodesk, Maya and computer can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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This entry incorporates text from “Autodesk Maya” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.