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zRBF (Create > zRBF)
Module: zRBF

An RBF solver for Maya.

Introduction

There are a few of these, but they're all either commercial, under restrictive licenses, or native C++ plugins. This plugin is rough, with no UI and only simple vector-to-scalar support, but it's simple, permissively licensed, and written in Python to simplify installation.

Some other implementations are here. I haven't tried any of these:

Limitations

Being written in Python is convenient and not a performance problem when used for things like high-level rigging, but its performance wouldn't be suitable for things like calculating textures or dense particle systems.