Custom Development Center

This team of top Maya and MotionBuilder engineers provides a range of strategic services.

Autodesk software, such as Autodesk® Maya® and Autodesk MotionBuilder™, can be a very powerful in enabling your company to meet today's rigorous production and design demands. However, there are times when extension of the software, or refinement of the pipeline in which it plays a role, becomes necessary. And while our software's open architecture allows large facilities to extend and customize it to a large degree, there are times when you may require advanced development skills and experience—and possibly access to source code—in order to overcome your particular challenges.

The Custom Development Center (CDC), a team of top Autodesk Maya and Autodesk MotionBuilder engineers with extensive production knowledge, has established itself as the foremost custom engineering, support and consulting operation serving the computer graphics industry. As a key branch of the Autodesk Professional Services group, the CDC's mandate is to provide large feature film, visual effects, game development facilities and others using Autodesk Maya and Autodesk MotionBuilder with custom technology, pipeline extensions, asset management solutions, support and more.

The CDC—with offices in Santa Barbara, Toronto, Montreal and Tokyo—has an extensive global clientele that includes DreamWorks, Disney, NHK, Sony Computer Entertainment, EA, Pixar and Weta.

How It Works

Professional Services lets you select the CDC services that are right for you. These services, available per-project or on an ongoing basis, include:

• Custom Engineered Tools within the Maya Core—with full access to the Maya source code, and years of experience developing that code, the CDC team is able to engineer new Maya features or extend existing core functionality to help you meet your specific project requirements.
• Strategic Technology Solutions—clients can also leverage the CDC's expertise in developing leading CG technology to gain custom Visual FX solutions such as CG cloth, particles and fluids.
• Pipeline Extension, Refinement and Development—the CDC team can identify pipeline bottlenecks and develop customized solutions that will allow you to quickly realize cost savings—they can even help you build a world-class production pipeline from the ground up using Alias software solutions.
• Onsite Support—the CDC has a comprehensive understanding of industry-specific best practices that enable them to work onsite with production teams: providing custom training, workflow analysis and support, as well as project technical direction
  
  When you engage the CDC's services you receive a defined set of response times and service level goals to ensure timely resolution and turnaround.

Benefits

Depending on the CDC services used, return on investment (ROI) benefits can include:

• Faster Project Delivery—as productivity is enhanced and disruptions and downtime to your project minimized.
• Improved Asset/Production Quality—as you fully exploit the power of the software, and even open up new capabilities.
• Enhanced Internal Focus—outsourcing time-consuming development work means employees can stay focused on key aspects of the current production/design project.
• Competitive Advantage—by obtaining Maya or MotionBuilder features and functionality tailored to your needs.

Let Autodesk Professional Services show you how the CDC can take your organization from where it is, to where you want it to be. For more information, please contact us through our online Information Request Form or contact your local Sales Office.