# Render Autodesk Maya scenes on Deadline Cloud
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The [maya\_cli\_render](https://github.com/aws-deadline/deadline-cloud-samples/tree/mainline/job_bundles/maya_cli_render) job bundle renders a Maya software renderer scene with the Maya CLI `Render` command. It runs one task per frame using an Open Job Description parameter space and restricts execution to Linux workers through host requirements.

The bundle includes a sample scene with falling gears that uses the Bullet physics plugin, along with instructions for creating similar scenes. The [maya\_arnold\_ass\_export\_render](https://github.com/aws-deadline/deadline-cloud-samples/tree/mainline/job_bundles/maya_arnold_ass_export_render) bundle is a related two-step pipeline: a single export task opens the Maya scene with `mayapy` and writes per-frame Arnold `.ass` files, then a render step distributes per-frame `kick` tasks across workers. Job attachments automatically synchronizes the exported `.ass` files from the export worker to the render workers.

To run these bundles, your queue needs Maya available through a queue environment. The [maya conda recipes](https://github.com/aws-deadline/deadline-cloud-samples/tree/mainline/conda_recipes/maya-2026) in the samples repository build conda packages you can publish to your queue's S3 conda channel. The `maya-mtoa` recipes also provide the `kick` binary used by the export-and-render pipeline.

Submit the bundle:

```
deadline bundle gui-submit maya_cli_render/
```

For an example that exports `.ass` files from Maya and renders them in a single job, use:

```
deadline bundle submit maya_arnold_ass_export_render/ \
    -p MayaSceneFile={{path-to-scene.ma}} \
    -p Frames=1-100 \
    -p OutputDir={{path-for-outputs}}
```

For more information about job bundles, see [Open Job Description (OpenJD) templates for Deadline Cloud](build-job-bundle.md).