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 2026 from an older version, such as 1.4.0, delete the older version's custom plugin folder, remove the directory from PATH and follow the above installation instructions for version 2026.
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.