MESA updates to version 2, after an initial release, providing import and export exchange with the Valve Source Engine. MESA provides a suite of MEL scripts in Maya that will aid in exporting and importing 3D models into Valve Source, allowing you to create assets for Source right within Maya.

MESA is a tool-set of scripts for Autodesk Maya that can Import and Export to the Source engine

This includes support for static, physics, breakable, dynamic and ragdoll models, and supported bodygroups. MESA 2 sports a new Maya shelf with new shelf icons leading off the user interface refinements from version 1.

The new environment system in MESA 2 is now completely independent from the Source SDK environment variables, and the Maya.env files are no longer needed to define the environment variables that MESA requires to work. MESA 2 will also provide the project environment workspaces for the 20 Games powered by the Source Engine and MESA 2 is now compatible with all recent version of Maya (2011/2012/2013/2014 x86/x64).

To learn more about MESA 2 import and Export for Maya into Valve’s Source Engine, check the page here.