Autodesk Maya 2018.5 -

Between 2016 and 2020, Viewport 2.0 went through growing pains. Maya 2018.5 represents the "Goldilocks" zone:

While Maya 2018.5 did not introduce radical new tools, it refined the architecture introduced in the 2018 release. Autodesk Maya 2018.5

Although MASH (Motion Graphics Toolkit) was introduced earlier in 2018, version 2018.5 turned it from a "plugin" into a "core" feature. Between 2016 and 2020, Viewport 2