Maya 2017 Update 2 Official

“Finally, Maya supports environment map reflections in Viewport 2.0... Works well with the aiStandard shader.” ddankhazi.com · 9 years ago Maya 2017: Graph Editor Updates

The most celebrated addition in this update was the improved visual fidelity within the workspace, allowing artists to see more accurate material behaviors without jumping into a final render. Maya 2017 Update 2

Maya 2017 Update 2 is widely regarded as a significant maintenance and feature-boost release that notably improved the experience by adding support for native environment map reflections. This update also brought critical security enhancements via an updated FBX SDK and refined the Render Setup system for better performance in complex scenes. Core Feature Updates This update also brought critical security enhancements via

: The rearchitected Graph Editor (introduced in the base 2017 version) benefited from further stabilization in the updates, utilizing GPU acceleration for better UI responsiveness. : Introduced hierarchical collections , making it easier

: Improved Fresnel modulation for realistic material viewing.

: Introduced hierarchical collections , making it easier to organize and control overrides in large projects. It also streamlined the process of adding lights to render layers by making them default additions.

: You can now view environment map reflections directly in the viewport without complex Hypershade workarounds.