Hi, The below code is for maya standalone to external python. This is working for me on 2011 (32-bit) Maya. change the paths to 2012 and give a try # Maya Standalone to external python import os import sys #====================================================================# #THESE ARE THE MISSING STUFF WHEN RUNNING python.exe compared with mayapy.exe #====================================================================# os.environ['MAYA_LOCATION'] = r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Maya2011' os.environ['PYTHONHOME'] = r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Maya2011\Python' os.environ['PATH'] = r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Maya2011\bin;' + os.environ['PATH'] sys.path.append(r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Maya2011\Python\lib\site-packages\setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg') sys.path.append(r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Maya2011\Python\lib\site-packages\pymel-1.0.0-py2.6.egg') sys.path.append(r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Maya2011\Python\lib\site-packages\ipython-0.10.1-py2.6.egg') sys.path.append(r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Maya2011\Python\lib\site-packages\ply-3.3-py2.6.egg')
sys.path.append(r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Maya2011\bin\python26.zip') sys.path.append(r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Maya2011\Python\DLLs') sys.path.append(r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Maya2011\Python\lib') sys.path.append(r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Maya2011\Python\lib\plat-win') sys.path.append(r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Maya2011\Python\lib\lib-tk') sys.path.append(r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Maya2011\bin') sys.path.append(r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Maya2011\Python') sys.path.append(r'C:\Program Files (x86)\Autodesk\Maya2011\Python\lib\site-packages') import maya.standalone maya.standalone.initialize(name='python') from maya import cmds cmds.sphere() cmds.file(rename=r'D:\cubetemp.ma') cmds.file(save=True) # code compleation Thanks and Regards, Sudeepth Patinjarayil. -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe