Enhancing Maya Toolsets with Python
This set of tutorials will teach you how to work more productively inside of Maya with the help of Python. Software required: Autodesk Maya 2014.
What you'll learn
This set of tutorials will teach you how to work more productively inside of Maya with the help of Python. We'll start by learning how Python can be used to script a tool that will quickly hide or show items in our viewport. We'll then take it a step further and learn how to hide objects automatically when our file is opened. We'll then learn how to export code with Python. We'll learn how to build a tool that will quickly generate a chain of joints according the setting that have been defined in our UI. To conclude the course, we'll learn how to create and manage a Text Scroll List so that we can create an efficient constraining tool. By the end of this training, you will have the understanding you need to improve your skill-set in Python so that you can be an even greater asset to your team. Software required: Autodesk Maya 2014.
Table of contents
- Hiding Items in Our Active View with Python 10m
- Hiding Objects from Our Active View Automatically When a File Is Opened 6m
- Adding Menus and Menu Items to a Window 11m
- Creating the Last Menu for the Pose Saver 8m
- Exporting Code with Python 14m
- Scripting a Joint Generator 14m
- Coding a UI for Our Joint Generator 16m
- Finishing the Joint Generator 18m
- Designing a UI for a Constraining Tool 11m
- Finalizing Our Constraining Tool 17m
About the author
Delano works avidly as an animation author at Pluralsight. Starting his career at animation studios like Shilo, Delano has developed a strong passion for his talents. His animation and rigging background help him teach and create some of the most-watched training on Pluralsight. A few of his favorite projects that he has contributed to include: Character Interaction in Maya and in Softimage, Rigging the Human Face in Maya, Rigging Sea Creatures in Maya, and Rigging and Animating Transforming... more