Maya Environment
Cam
opt + LMB - rotate
opt + RMB - scale
opt + MMB - move
Viewport
frame geometry - H
frame selected object - o
Show Attribute Editor - Ctrl + A
Settings
preferences -
Project -
Render -
Essential
Commander -
- 1.Install Python, Visual Studio Code
- 2.In VSC, install MEL - Maya Embedded Language, Maya-code, Maya-Py, Maya Code
- 3.
- 4.Modify your JSON
- 5.In Maya > Script Editor > Open ports by entering these code
import maya.cmds as cmds
# Open new ports
cmds.commandPort(name=":7001", sourceType="mel", echoOutput=True)
cmds.commandPort(name=":7002", sourceType="python", echoOutput=True)
To enable ports at startup create a file named userSetup.mel in the following folder:
Windows: <drive>:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\maya\<Version>\scripts
Mac OS X: ~/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/<version>/scripts.
Linux: ~/maya/<version>/scripts.
(where ~ is your home folder)
In the userSetup.mel file add the following
commandPort -name "localhost:7001" -sourceType "mel" -echoOutput;
commandPort -name "localhost:7002" -sourceType "python" -echoOutput;
{
"python.pythonPath": "python",
"python.autoComplete.extraPaths": [ "C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2019/devkit/other/pymel/extras/completion/py" ],
}
/Applications/Autodesk/maya2020/devkit
- open Script Editor to see echo MEL command
- go to Help > Python reference
- flags: ch,o,w,g,d,name
- DAG - direct acyclic graphic: transform node>shape node > data structures
- Window > Setting / Preferences > Preferences > Selection > Track Selection Order
Hotkeys
- Cmd T - new python
keyRotation
aimAtFirst
randomInstances
randomCubes.py
import maya.cmds as cmds
def keyFullRotation(pObjectName,pStartTime, pEndTime, pTargetAttribute):
#print '%s type: %s' % (objectname, objectTypeResult)
cmds.cutKey(pObjectName, time=(pStartTime,pEndTime), attribute=pTargetAttribute)
cmds.setKeyframe(pObjectName, time= pStartTime, attribute = pTargetAttribute, value=0)
cmds.setKeyframe(pObjectName, time= pEndTime, attribute = pTargetAttribute, value=360)
#linear tangent
cmds.selectKey(pObjectName, time-(pStartTime,pEndTime), attribute = pTargetAttribute
cmds.keyTangent(inTangentType = 'linear', outTangetType='linear')
selectionList = cmds.ls(selection=True, type = 'transform))
if len(selectionList)>=1:
#print 'Selected items: %s' % (selectionList)
for objectName in selectionList:
startTime = cmds.playBackOptions(query=True,minTime=True)
endTime = cmds.playBackOptions(query=True,maxTime=True)
#objectTypeResult = cmds.objectType(objectName)
keyFullRotation(objectName, startTime,endTime,'rotateY')
else:
print ' Please select at least one object'
#aimAtFirst.py
import maya.cmds. as cmds
selectionList = cmds.ls (orderedSelection = True)
if len(selectionList) >=2:
print 'Selected itesms: %s' %(selectionList)
targetName = SelecitonList[0]
selectionList.remove(targetName)
for objectName in SelectionList:
print 'Constraining %s towards %s' % (objectName, tartgetName)
cmds.aimConstraint(targetName, objetName, aimVector = [ 0,1,0])
else:
print 'Please select two or more objects.'
#randomInstances.py
import maya.cmds as cmds
import random
random.seed(1234)
# selectionOrder
result = cmd.ls(orderedSelection = True)
print 'result: %s' % (result) # replace string technique
transformName = result[0]
# create a group
instanceGroupName = cmds.group(empty=True,name = transformName + '_instance_grp')
#instancing with for loop
for i in range(0,50):
instanceResult = cmds.instance(transformName, name = transformName + ' _instance#'
cmds.parent(instanceRsult,instanceGroupName)
x = random.uniform(10,10)
y = random.uniform(0,20)
z = random.uniform(-10,10)
cmds.move(x,y,z, instanceResult)
#randomize rotation
xRot= random.uniform (0,360)
yRot= random.uniform (0,360)
zRot= random.uniform (0,360)
cmds.rotation(xRot,yRot,zRot, instanceResult)
# randomize factor
scalingFactor = random.uniform(0.3, 1.5)
cmds.scale(scalingFactor, scalingFactor,scalingFactor, instanceResult)
# hide original cube & center pivit
cmds.hide(transformName)
cmds.xform(instanceGroupName, centerPiviots=True)
#randomCubes.py
import maya.cmds as cmds
import random
random.seed(1234)
#commenting out multiple lines
'''
#fetch all objects who name starts with myCube + wildcard
cubeList = cmds.ls('myCube*')
#delete all cube items in cubeList
if (len(cubeList)) > 0:
cmds.delete(cubeList)
'''
result = cmds.polyCube(w=9,h=9,d=9, name = 'myCube#')
transformName = result[0]
# create a group
instanceGroupName = cmds.group(empty=True,name = transformName + '_instance_grp')
#instancing with for loop
for i in range(0,50):
instanceResult = cmds.instance(transformName, name = transformName + ' _instance#'
cmds.parent(instanceRsult,instanceGroupName)
x = random.uniform(10,10)
y = random.uniform(0,20)
z = random.uniform(-10,10)
cmds.move(x,y,z, instanceResult)
#randomize rotation
xRot= random.uniform (0,360)
yRot= random.uniform (0,360)
zRot= random.uniform (0,360)
cmds.rotation(xRot,yRot,zRot, instanceResult)
# randomize factor
scalingFactor = random.uniform(0.3, 1.5)
cmds.scale(scalingFactor, scalingFactor,scalingFactor, instanceResult)
# hide original cube & center pivit
cmds.hide(transformName)
cmds.xform(instanceGroupName, centerPiviots=True)
- widespread
- cross platform
- cross-software
Mac: ~/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/2020/scripts
Last modified 2yr ago