[Jenny Fermor]

Hi Everyone

We've just uploaded a new plugin for Maya, so its available for download now. Additions and fixes are as follows:

Version 2.6.27
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- added "off" to the display mode list of the BIN mesh loader, which prevents the BIN files from being accessed for viewport preview
- setting the LOD to 0 in the particle objects and MXS reference prevents the plug-in from reading anything from disk
- added shelf buttons for creating and assigning Maxwell materials
- added help and about buttons on the shelf
- added an API which can be used to customize the export process
- the transparency of the native materials is used as layer weight instead of transmittance color in the Maxwell approximation
- the IOR parameter of Blinn and Phong shaders is taken into account by the translator
- fixed: crash when trying to run Maya with non-accelerated OpenGL drivers (e.g. under Remote Desktop in Windows, or with Mesa on Linux)
- fixed: errors on Mac OS and Linux when the RealFlow plug-in was also loaded
- fixed: some AE controls did not work correctly on Mac when a material had multiple layers

Enjoy!

All the best

The Maxwell Render team