

This is most useful when you want to run Maya in English on a Japanese version of Windows OS, i.e. export MAYA_APP_DIR=/opt/autodesk/maya/2013.5 MAYA_UI_LANGUAGE This variable defines your personal Maya application directory. You can override these in your shell or embed them in wrapper script. bash shell and not csh as the latter is bad for youįollowing is a list of known Maya variables and what they configure.Linux, although much of this likely applies to Maya on Windows and OS X.These environment variables, XML config files and the like allow the user fine-grained control over: Maya provides to its users an enormous array of sporadically documented features and configuration options. So please share any updates, addendums or corrections using the feedback link at the bottom of this post. Many of these settings and better information can be gleaned by googling for Autodesk’s official docs but there are also quite a few items on this page not listed in any official documentation. All details have been culled from official documentation, mailing lists, Autodesk support and the occasional reverse engineering.

Anyone who uses Autodesk Maya in anger, especially those of us doing so on Linux platforms.
