Ahoge for Maya 0.9.2

Ahoge for Maya is a plugin designed to simplify the creation of hair, including both stylized and complex styles commonly found in anime, manga, and games. It supports Autodesk Maya versions 2023 to 2026 on Windows and works with the Arnold renderer. The plugin allows for converting polygons to hair, editing NURBS surfaces for hair, creating hair surface effects, and detailing various hair elements such as tufts and eyelashes. The plugin also has tools for hair mesh shaping and supports hair export with animation.

Some notable features

• Supports Maya versions 2023 to 2026 on Windows, with Arnold renderer support.
• Simplifies hair styling by allowing hair modeling directly on NURBS surfaces instead of traditional curves or paths.
• Converts polygonal hair geometry to subdivided surfaces and then to NURBS, allowing for easier editing and modeling.
• Includes tools for converting hair to meshes and curves with curve group support.
• Supports exporting hair with animation at various frame rates.
• Allows control and randomization of hair color and width, with colors displayed directly in the viewport.
• Provides viewport enhancements such as previewing hair edges for better geometry visualization.
• Adds user data color export compatible with Arnold shaders.
• Facilitates framing of hair surfaces with multi-frame management.