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Environment Variables

Mac OS X specific variables

MAYA_MAC_BUTTON_MAP

Set to 1 to use a one-button mouse with Maya, 2 for a two-button mouse, leave undefined or set to 3 for a three-button mouse.

:The documentation assumes a three-button mouse. The following table shows the keystroke and button combinations for mice with fewer than three buttons.

For model views, the mouse works in standard 3-button mode.

For view manipulation, editors do not recognize the middle mouse button. Instead, the mouse buttons are mapped as follows:

Three button mouse	Two button mouse	One button mouse
	+	+
		+
+ or +	+	+ +

MAYA_MAC_MENUS_ARE_OPAQUE

This environment variable lets you change the opacity of pane menus. If you set the variable to 1, then the pane menus appear opaque. If you set the variable to 0 (zero) or leave it undefined, then the pane menus appear with Mac OS X default transparency. This variable does not affect the opacity of the main menus.

MAYA_MAC_SET_UMASK (Mac OS X Only)

This environment variable lets you set file sharing permissions. The following example sets the permissions of any file created by Maya to be readable/writable by any user:

MAYA_MAC_SET_UMASK = 0 

MAYA_MAC_WINDOW_OPACITY

This environment variable lets you set the opacity of editor windows. Set this variable to an integer number between 0 and 100, where 100 is full opacity. The following is an example of setting the editor window opacity to 80%:

MAYA_MAC_WINDOW_OPACITY = 80 

MAYA_NO_ALTIVEC

There is some special Altivec code to speed Maya up in a few places, including the Maya software renderer. In case of problems, this code can be disabled by setting the value of the environment variable MAYA_NO_ALTIVEC to 1.