Я не знаю что такое maya и могу только догадываться

Посмотрите на :
blender - 3D modeler
lib3ds - The 3D Studio File Format Library
lib3ds-devel - Headers and tool for development with lib3ds
libgtkogltk - A GTK+OpenGL Toolkit
libv3d - IO library for the V3D file format
libv3d-devel - Headers for developing programs that will use libv3d