Render man I am afraid I cant help you with.
Maya is however a program I use a lot. Fantastic CGI 3d package that can produce cinema quality. However unless you want to dabble in 3d animation I dont think it will help you.
The only reasson I use it to CAD my robot designs is because I dont know how to use a decent CAD software.
The only reasson that people might want to export to it is to creat a better render.