They didn't clone Maya, but the features it has. Being able to build everything, including all 3D material, in their own environment, made it easy to link every

They didn't clone Maya, but the features it has. Being able to build everything, including all 3D material, in their own environment, made it easy to link everything together. And when something changes, that requires an update to the 3D model, they don't have to go back to Maya to edit the model there.