Installation - Windows
Step 1:
Download MudKit from the download page.
Step 2:
Extract the contents of the zip file to a location of your choosing. Copy the MudKit.mp file to the following plugin directory:
<drive>:\Program Files\Autodesk\Mudbox<version>\plugins​
NOTE: If you are updating from a previous version of MudKit (from version 2025 forward), simply replace the old MudKit plugin file with the new one. If you are updating to version 2025 from a previous version, such as 1.4.0, delete the previous version's custom plugin folder, remove the directory from PATH and follow the above installation instructions for version 2025.
Installation - Mac
Step 1:
Download MudKit from the download page.
Step 2:
Extract the contents of the zip file to a location of your choosing. Copy the libMudKit.dylib plugin file to either of the two Mudbox plugin folders:
/Applications/Autodesk/Mudbox<version>/Mudbox.app/Contents/MacOS/plugins
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OR
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/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Autodesk/Mudbox<version>/Plugins
NOTE: If you are updating from a previous version of MudKit, simply replace the old MudKit plugin file with the new one.
Step 3:
When you first open Mudbox, after installing MudKit, you will likely get a messoge similar to this: "libMudKit.dylib" could not be opened because the developer could not be verified.
After you get this message, go to the Security section of Settings >> Privacy & Security. You should see a notice about "libMudKit.dylib" and how it was blocked. Next to the notice, you will see a button entitled "Allow Anyway". Select that button and you should be good to go.
Installation - Linux
Step 1:
Download MudKit from the download page.
Step 2:
Extract the contents of the zip file to a location of your choosing. Copy the libMudKit.so plugin file to the following plugin folder:
/usr/autodesk/mudbox<version>/bin/plugins
NOTE: If you are updating from a previous version of MudKit, simply replace the old MudKit plugin file with the new one.