It appears that Maya does not directly support exporting BioVision Hierarchical data (BVH). This script allows for the export of skeletons to BVH.
Take the following figure as an example:
Modify the desired skeleton to be exported and output file name.
# ...
if __name__ == "__main__":
root_joint_name = "root" # or Flip:Reference
# ...
output_file_path = os.path.join(
os.path.expanduser("~"), "maya_body_test.bvh") # Maybe it needs to be modified as well
# ...
- Add to the right-click menu and pop up a dialogue box.