# Maya USD API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/autodesk-maya/maya-usd-api/  
**Provider:** Autodesk Maya — https://apis.io/providers/autodesk-maya/  
**Base URL:** https://localhost  
**Documentation:** https://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2026/ENU/

Maya USD API is one of 5 APIs that [Autodesk Maya](https://apis.io/providers/autodesk-maya/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Interchange, Pipeline, Scene Description, and USD. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a GitHub repository.

Universal Scene Description (USD) integration for Maya, enabling exchange of 3D content between applications. Provides tools for importing, exporting, and working with USD stages and layers within Maya.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2024/ENU/?guid=GUID-C7DB6AF9-653E-4B49-93D6-F9C2D0865B85
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd

## Other Autodesk Maya APIs (4)

- [Maya Python API](https://apis.io/apis/autodesk-maya/maya-python-api/)
- [Maya C++ API](https://apis.io/apis/autodesk-maya/maya-cpp-api/)
- [Maya Commands (MEL)](https://apis.io/apis/autodesk-maya/maya-mel-commands/)
- [Maya Bifrost API](https://apis.io/apis/autodesk-maya/maya-bifrost-api/)

## Tags

Interchange, Pipeline, Scene Description, USD

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