Maya animation tool
Erlich Dynamic Tools for Maya
Erlich Dynamic Tools is a real-time Maya dynamics plugin by animator and tools developer Santi Erlich. It adds overlap and secondary animation to tails, hair, cloth, antennae or any bone chain, with collision capsules, a standalone jiggle mode and one solver for both playback and bake, so what you approve while scrubbing is what you ship. For Maya 2025, 2026 and 2027 on Windows.
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£35.00one-time, perpetual licence
v1.153 - v1.153.279
- Version
- 23
- Downloads
- 30 Jul 2026
- Last updated
- 23 Jul 2026
- Released
- Works with
- Maya 2025, 2026, 2027
- Licence
- Perpetual
- File size
- 2.8 MB
Maya 2025 to 2027
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What it does
Three things that make overlap in Maya slow, and how it fixes them
The problem
The bake never matches the preview
Most overlap tools run one engine for preview and another for the bake. Erlich Dynamic Tools runs a single physics solver for both, so what you see in the viewport is exactly what gets baked to keys.
The problem
Dynamics that wreck your animation
Arming dynamics on a control never touches or deletes your original curves. Arm, disarm, edit the animation underneath and try again, with no gimbal flips and no leftover nodes.
The problem
A dynamics rig for every character
No dedicated dynamics rig to wire up. Arm chains per control, dial in follow-through, gravity and stiffness, then copy the setup to the next character.
Inside the tool
Inside Erlich Dynamic Tools
Everything runs from a dockable panel inside Maya. Chains solve with Verlet integration and Position Based Dynamics for stable, art-directable motion, and collisions keep the dynamics inside the character's volume. When the shot looks right, bake to real keyframes and keep polishing by hand.
Typical uses: a ponytail or braid in a run cycle, coat tails on a jump, jiggle on soft body parts, antennae and ears, dangling straps, and stiff mocap.
CHAINS
Real-time dynamic chains
For tails, hair and appendages, using Verlet integration and Position Based Dynamics.
JIGGLE
Standalone jiggle mode
Secondary detail on a single point without arming a full chain.
COLLISION
Spheres, capsules and a ground plane
Dynamics respect the character's volume instead of clipping through it.
BODIES
Capsule dynamic bodies
Wrap a capsule around an object and solve it as a dynamic body, rather than fighting controllers.
ARMING
Per-control arm and disarm
Switch dynamics on or off at any time, with zero leftover nodes in the scene.
BAKE
Bake to real keyframes
Deliver the curves as they are, or hand-animate on top of them.
PANEL
Dockable panel
Sits inside Maya, next to the rest of your animation tools.
DOCS
Manual and quick start guide
Both included with every purchase.
Will it run for you
Compatibility
- Maya
- 2025, 2026, 2027
- OS
- Windows
- Install
- Setup installer (.exe)
- Licence
- Perpetual, one per machine, no subscription
- Includes
- Manual and quick start guide
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Supported
Questions and bug reports go straight to Santi Erlich, or email support@anim.works.
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