What is a .MA file?
MA is a Maya scene saved in a readable text form. Created and opened by Autodesk Maya.
- Did you know
- Maya is a leading film and VFX 3D tool and has won an Academy Award for its impact.
- The MA extension stands for Maya ASCII, and the scene is really a list of MEL scripting commands that rebuild the virtual set.
- Maya descends from Alias PowerAnimator and Wavefront technology, merged after Silicon Graphics bought both studios in 1995.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify CAD files and read header metadata: AutoCAD DWG/DWT and DXF now open as a 2D drawing preview (see Diagrams), SolidWorks .sldreg Settings Wizard backups (release year, settings groups and the saved registry keys) and SOLIDWORKS Visualize .svap appearances and .svpj projects, opened as the ZIP packages they are, Inventor (IPT, IAM), Rhino (3DM) and Grasshopper (GH, GHX), SketchUp (SKP), 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini, ZBrush, Maya, CATIA, Eagle, and KiCad. SolidWorks parts/assemblies/drawings (SLDPRT, SLDASM, SLDDRW) and Autodesk Fusion 360 (F3D, F3Z) have their own viewers - see SolidWorks and Fusion 360 above.
- Depth of analysis
- .MA is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .MA file
- Drag a .MA file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.