Since you are just getting started, I'd highly recommend Justin's training
video mentioned above. Great way to get off to a comprehensive start ;)
On Thursday, October 25, 2012 9:59:14 AM UTC-5, illunara wrote:
>
> Hello
> I'm just getting start with PyQt, so i have some basic question about it
I don't know if this was announced anywhere, but the Charcoal Editor is now
available.
Looks great.
He has an introductory price.
The usu. disclaimer - I don't know the guy...
On Wednesday, August 29, 2012 11:14:46 AM UTC-5, PixelMuncher wrote:
>
> I was looking at the blue pen
One more question on this topic:
The updated version of blocking.py has
process.setProcessChannelMode(process.ForwardedChannels)
What is that for?
Also:
Per my previous comments - humor is always risky in electronic
communications, your teaching is excellent, as has been your support on
this for
Just kidding - thanks a lot for the great tech support! Onward to more
PyQt.
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Ok, now when I click on the 'Block' button, it locks up the whole window,
which is very annoying.
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I want my money back.
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Hey Justin:
Thanks so much for creating this. I'm finding it to be quite excellent.
Your teaching style is mellow and thorough.
I've run into a problem w/my Python Install (Win 7 x64/Maya 2013). Not
sure if this is the right place to post, but the forum @ cmi doesn't seem
to be working at the
Quick followup:
I discovered that when sending a selection to the interpreter, the
selection must include at least one empty line (no tabs) below the
function. Else it won't register correctly and execution as well as 'del()'
will fail. Note also if not selected correctly the new definition will
Apparently I still don't have Eclipse/Pydev configured quite right.
When I try to execute selected code that includes a function, it won't
register the function.
I have this code in a module:
def process_all_textures():
print ('Process all textures.')
process_all_textures()
print type(process_
Thanks *A LOT* for taking the time to explain this Paul.
As I was trying to figure out what was going on, I noticed that C:
\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2013\devkit\other\pymel\extras\completion
\py\maya\cmds\__init__.py had the Maya commands as empty defs.
When I had previously setup Eclipse, I c
You are da Man Justin!
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2013\devkit\other\pymel\extras\completion
\py
Not only did it fix all the import statements, but I now have code
completion for Maya commands, which never worked before.
There are some pretty complex instructions out there for getting
Eclipse/PyD
Would that be this path --> C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2013\Python
\Lib\site-packages\pymel
If so, I tried it but it didn't work.
At this point I haven't identified any loss of functionality with my
setup, just the annoying red ''x next to the import statements...
It seems to me that the questio
I rebuilt my Eclipse setup because it wan't executing Python to the Eclipse
console, nor Qt commands. I removed all the interpreter stuff and only
added back the Python interpreter (not in the Maya folder).
At this point I have it working correctly with Python, and sending commands
to Maya via
that you have to explore a bit to realize the
> numerous features. I would say it is much lighter and faster than Eclipse
> and easier to work with once you set your prefs and hotkeys. I am still
> learning it.
>
>
>
> On Sep 13, 2012, at 9:36 AM, PixelMuncher >
> wrote:
>
After spending the morning trying to fix Eclipse/Pydev problems, I checked
out Sublime. It doesn't have a separate list of functions and vars - why do
people like it so much?
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I was looking at the blue pencil plugin, and came across this today:
http://zurbrigg.com/charcoal-editor
Looks promising!
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Is there an easy way to connect to Maya so it can send commands?
Thx.
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I figured it out:
imageName = '"RenderTest_"' # single quote, double quote
On Jan 3, 10:27 pm, PixelMuncher wrote:
> ...
> imageName = 'RenderTest_'
> os.system (' render -s ' + startF + ' -e ' + endF + ' -im &
...
imageName = 'RenderTest_'
os.system (' render -s ' + startF + ' -e ' + endF + ' -im ' +
imageName + ' -r mr -cam ' + renderCam + ' -rd ' + destPath + ' ' +
scene2Render )
Error:
The system cannot find the file specified.
The manual describes the -cts option, but I don't see how to use it.
Any
are defining:
>
> http://pastebin.com/2U2NCVkJ
>
> Maybe this method might actually address your issue?
>
> On Nov 22, 2011, at 11:11 AM, PixelMuncher wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Also, I did try surrounding my os cmd with quotes and escaped quotes.
> > It do
Maybe this will help:
verts = cmds.ls (sl=1, fl = 1)
numVerts = len(verts)
vertLocations = cmds.xform (verts,q=1, t=1) # list of all locations
numVertLocations = len(vertLocations) # 3x num verts
xIndex = 0
yIndex = 1
zIndex = 2
xTotal = yTotal = zTotal = 0
# Add x,y,z values of all the verts:
whi
BTW, what do I do to prevent the short word wrapping that occurs in my
posts?
Thx.
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Also, I did try surrounding my os cmd with quotes and escaped quotes.
It doesn't like unescaped quotes at all.
With escaped quotes, It sees the 2nd escaped quote as an attempt to
create a line continuation.
However, that may be all that's needed to get this working at this
point:
os.system (\" ' c
Program Files (x86)/Autodesk/Backburner/cmdjob.exe\" -
jobName \"RenderLayerTest01_Lites142245-111030\" -description \"\" -
manager 192.168.2.222 -logPath \"//Pixelmuncher/3d/renderLogs\" -
priority 50 -taskList \"C:/Users/Me/AppData/Local/Temp/
RenderLayerT
ugh using inefficient string concatenation) for your os.system() call so
> thats probably not an issue.
> If putting the preRender commands into a script fixes it then you know its
> backburner/maya. We do the same thing at my studio for queue submissions
> using preRender scripts in
After hours of research, I have backburner being called from a python
script and rendering a test scene on 2 networked computers.
However, when I try to run a production file that has a long prerender
command, backburner errors and exits. After some experimentation, it
appears that there is a char
I'll put in my 2 cents for Eclipse/Pydev. Works great for me.
I have the creative crash plugin working as far as communicating w/
Maya, but I don't think autocomplete will work with straight Python
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@ Justin
The script is for creating an eyelid rig which tracks the movement of
an eyeball (based on Stop Staring 3rd Ed.).
I'm not a professional coder but I like to write tools for my own use.
I've been using Python for about a year (its my favorite language to
date). This is the first time I'm us
Chris:
That's what I was looking for. The next best solution I received was
using a dictionary inside the class.
Thanks much.
# Use setattr to 'create an attribute inside the Class:
prefix = 'pre_'
myColors = ['red','yellow','blue']
class makeVars(object):
global red
red = ''
def creat
Too bad we can't edit our code on this forum...
Here's a more concise code to show what I want to do:
I have some code which uses vars() to assign a variable name/value
inside of a loop.
I works correctly in the script editor, but fails from within a Class.
In the SE:
--- CODE -
I have some code which uses vars() to assign a variable name/value
inside of a loop.
I works correctly in the script editor, but fails from within a Class.
In the SE:
-- CODE ---
prefix = 'char'
lidControls2Make = ['uprLid', 'lwrLid','lwrLidTrack',
'uprLidTrack','uprLidRef','lidRig']
fo
Justin pretty much summed it up.
I'm not a professional coder, but I write a lot of Maya tools for
myself.
I started w/Mel, then checked out Python, which has become my favorite
language.
I haven't used classes, and want to find out about what I'm missing.
I understand your point of view Alexander
Thanks much - this gives me something to build upon.
@ Justin:
Why did you specify an 'object' param to be passed to the class?
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Hi all:
Perhaps this is too much to ask, but I've been studying up on Python
classes and trying to figure out how to use them in my Maya Coding. I
haven't found any good Maya examples.
If someone has a few minutes , maybe you could show how this eye
rigging code could be written as a class?
Thanks
In the script editor, I keep a tab for mel to Python conversion.
You can convert a whole script or just some code.
The tab has this code:
import pymel.tools.mel2py as mel2py
# Beware escaped chars - \t needs to be \\t
mel2py.mel2py("C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents
\maya\myscrip
I'd like to have that tool too.
If anyone is inclined to share it, please do.
I'd imagine there are a lot of Mayans who would be appreciative.
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Missed it. Could you please post if it will be archived somewhere?
Thanks.
On Apr 12, 8:18 pm, Josh Carey wrote:
> I meant to send this out to the group earlier, so sorry for the late notice.
> Figured a lot of folks might be interested in this on this group :)
>
> http://www.riggingDojo.com/li
I received this solution on another forum. Works great:
selectedScript = 'someScript'
module = __import__(selectedScript)
reload(module)
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you import from a module by passing it a string
>
> http://docs.python.org/library/functions.html#__import__
>
> eg
>
> >>> import sys
> >>> name = 'foo.bar.baz'
> >>> __import__(name)
>
> cheers,
> chrisg
>
> On 10 February
I've setup a simple UI w/a textScrollBox so I can keep a list of my
scripts and reload any of them by clicking. But the 'import' and
'reload' statements don't like that idea - they need a module.
Can anyone help?
def reloadScript():
# Query textScrollList for selected script:
selectedScrip
I've already followed the instructions in "Making Eclipse
Soar" (although I didn't add Perforce nor the PyQT stuff).
Xtext looks too complicated.
I also found the Colorer-take5 library at http://colorer.sourceforge.net/.
I contacted Igor Russkih, the author, who told me it could be used to
accompli
I switched from jEdit to Eclipse, which is proving a good move.
Is there a way to color Maya commands?
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a class so I figured I'll give
> it a try since my next step is to learn class.
> Thanks
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 2:28 PM, PixelMuncher wrote:
> > Look at "By Category" section of the Python section of the Maya
> > manual.
> > Most if not al
Ofer
The asterisks were a problem, but I also had to change the call
command to include more than 1 arg:
def __call__(self, *args):
Matt:
I've not encountered 'partial' before. It also worked. Is that
similar to a callback?
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Look at "By Category" section of the Python section of the Maya
manual.
Most if not all of the commands include examples which include
creating a window.
If your as typeA as I am, you can copy the code to the script editor,
execute, then screen capture the resulting window and setup a
reference doc
t; 90),at=fullName,cat=(1, 'left', 10))
> cmds.button(l='Sel',w=20, command = *Callback(selectMe,
> fullName)* )
>
> - Oferwww.mrbroken.com
>
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:55 PM, PixelMuncher wrote:
> > and this is the command I'm trying to assign to the buttons:
> > def selectMe(who):
> > print 'selectMe:',who
> > cmds.select (who)
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t; 90),at=fullName,cat=(1, 'left', 10))
> cmds.button(l='Sel',w=20, command = *Callback(selectMe,
> fullName)* )
>
> - Oferwww.mrbroken.com
>
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:55 PM, PixelMuncher wrote:
> > and this is the command I'm trying to assign to the buttons:
> > def selectMe(who):
> > print 'selectMe:',who
> > cmds.select (who)
>
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27;,w=20, command = lambda x, y = fullName:selectMe(y) )
>
> assign your value to an argument of the lambda
>
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:55 AM, PixelMuncher wrote:
> > and this is the command I'm trying to assign to the buttons:
> > def selectMe(who):
> >
27;,w=20, command = lambda x, y = fullName:selectMe(y) )
>
> assign your value to an argument of the lambda
>
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:55 AM, PixelMuncher wrote:
> > and this is the command I'm trying to assign to the buttons:
> > def selectMe(who):
> >
and this is the command I'm trying to assign to the buttons:
def selectMe(who):
print 'selectMe:',who
cmds.select (who)
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Hi all:
I know this has been covered b4, but I'm still having trouble with it.
I have a UI which loads user-defined attrs (sliders) into an
interface. These attrs are drivers for SDKs, so I have buttons to
select the attrs so I can update the driven keys. I have a button to
clear the panel (delet
User error.
I modified the scene file which then led to an error when calling
Pickle - I think I was sending it data that had been removed.
Thanks.
On Jan 7, 9:45 am, Chad Dombrova wrote:
> can you send all the code that causing the error?
>
> On Jan 7, 2011, at 6:37 AM, PixelMunc
Hi all:
I receive this error when I attempt to run a pymel script:
# Error: TypeError: __init__() takes at most 2 arguments (4 given) #
I've been working on this script for months and have never encountered
this error before (at least I didn't notice it). When I run some of my
older versions, I get
I found the problem - I needed to have the ctags sidekick as the
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For some reason, the jEdit Sidekick plugin has stopped parsing my
python scripts.
For my Python Path in the Jython plugin, I have been using:
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Composite 2011\program
which has been working fine until yesterday.
I've also tried:
C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Composite 2011 Subsc
The solution to this is to use clipmate, which can be set to convert
the clipboard to plain text.
http://www.thornsoft.com/index.htm
On Jul 23, 1:30 pm, Seth Lippman wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 7:37 AM, PixelMuncher wrote:
> > Now that Maxya has taken a long/perhaps permanent ha
the command name wrong it fails, it just load the html file into
> >> infoViewer. Also if you have a command name selected
> >> in the script an run the macro it automatically uses that word as the
> >> command input.
>
> >> Hope it helps and works. It does for me.
&g
Thanks Shaun:
I have the jython interpreter working, but I get an error when I try
to execute the script:
Traceback (innermost last):
File "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\.jedit\macros
\MayaHelp.py", line 3, in ?
ImportError: no module named webbrowser
I've also tried:
from org.gjt.sp.
Now that Maxya has taken a long/perhaps permanent haitus, I'm checking
out jEdit. When I copy text from jEdit, it won't paste into the Script
Editor, but it will paste into another text editor (EditPlus). I can
then copy it from EditPlus to the SE.
Anyone know if there is a fix?
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Thanks Shaun:
I haven't done any python programming outside of Maya, could I ask for
the real code to pull this off?
Also, I prefer to display the results in the infoViewer. I keep the
Maya Help/Commands open in a browser, but I find the quick access to
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Does anyone know how to get jEdit to display Maya Python Docs?
I'm using the jEdit Maya Editor Plugin w/Maya 2011.
When I use the 'execute' command to send commands from jEdit to Maya,
jEdit locks up (WinXP x64, JRE build 1.6.0_20-b02), but I realize that
things have changed in 2011, so I can live
No problem.
I posted the issue.
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Someone helped me on another forum. Here's a solution:
import pymel.tools.mel2py as mel2py
mel2py.mel2py('C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents
\maya\pixlScripts\pixl_addLites.mel')
#Writing converted python script: c:\documents and settings
\administrator\my documents\maya\pixlscri
Someone helped me on another forum. Here's a solution:
import pymel.tools.mel2py as mel2py
mel2py.mel2py('C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents
\maya\pixlScripts\pixl_addLites.mel')
#Writing converted python script: c:\documents and settings
\administrator\my documents\maya\pixlscri
Where do I find it in the docs?
A search on 'mel2py' yields 3 results, but no instructions.
A search on 'convert' yields several results, but I don't see
instructions for converting from mel to PyMEL.
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Thanks Chad, but still not quite right:
import pymel.tools.mel2py as mel2py
# WARNING: No t_error rule is defined
# WARNING: Token 'COMMENT_BLOCK' defined, but not used
# WARNING: Token 'COMMENT' defined, but not used
# WARNING: There are 2 unused tokens
# WARNING: no p_error() function is defined
I get errors when I attempt to import mel2py:
from pymel.mel2py import *
# Error: ImportError: file line 1: No module named
mel2py #
import pymel.mel2py
# Error: ImportError: file line 1: No module named
mel2py #
import pymel.mel2py as mel2py
# Error: ImportError: file line 1: No module named
m
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Excuse me for being a bit off topic, but I was testing this code and
noticed:
Button()
generated a 'not defined' error, but
ui.Button()
and
button()
both work correctly.
I'm curious about the difference between upper and lowercase versions
of these commands and how you import the ui module to avoi
With the exception of needing to preface all PyMel Cmds w/'pm.', are
these equivalent?
import pymel.core as pm
&
from pymel.core import *
If so, is one approach preferred over the other? I see an advantage
in being able to identify all the PyMEL commands in a script.
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I didn't know the mechanism of print().
This led to some confusion in figuring out how the code works.
I appreciate your time in helping me get this straightened out.
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>> When you print something, you always get the str version - ie,
>
> print something
>
> is essentially the same as
>
> print str(something)
>
Paul:
Thanks for the explanation of the 2 representations - I like to try to
understand what's going on under the hood when I do something.
I have been be
Using Amorano's code, I was able to finish my joint weight locking
tool with PyMEL code.
For me, the biggest lesson here has been referencing objects as
strings.
What I still find confusing is:
print tmpJnts
[nt.Joint(u'joint1'), nt.Joint(u'joint2'), nt.Joint(u'joint3'),
nt.Joint(u'joint4'), nt.J
Thanks for the help guys.
After a couple more hours exploring this, I've tried everything I can
think of, but I'm still not getting it.
Probably missing some small thing:
tmpJnts = ls (sl = 1)
numJnts = len(tmpJnts)
print tmpJnts
[nt.Joint(u'joint1'), nt.Joint(u'joint2'), nt.Joint(u'joint3'),
nt.
I'm working on a joint locking tool for weight painting.
It includes a UI which permits the user to type the names of the
joints into a textfield or to create a list from a selection via a
button.
If a list is created via a button, I update the text field to list the
selected joints.
This allow th
I got it:
tmpJnts = ls (sl = 1)
print tmpJnts[1].name()
for jnt in tmpJnts:
print jnt.name()
On May 11, 4:29 pm, PixelMuncher wrote:
> Hi all:
> I'm writing a joint locking script for weight painting.
>
> If I use maya.cmds to select assign the joints:
> tmpJnts2Unlock = cm
Hi all:
I'm writing a joint locking script for weight painting.
If I use maya.cmds to select assign the joints:
tmpJnts2Unlock = cmds.ls (sl = 1)
and then print w/this
print (jnt.encode("ascii","ignore")+" is unlocked.")
I get:
joint1 is unlocked.
joint2 is unlocked.
joint3 is unlocked.
However i
Thanks much Paul:
raise ValueError was what I was looking for.
displayWarning and displayError are available when I just use
from pymel.core import *
On May 6, 7:58 pm, Paul Molodowitch wrote:
> Pymel doesn't provide an error or warning function because autodesk didn't
> provide a maya.cmds wrap
Hi All:
Maya throws an error when I try to use "error" and "warning" from
pymel in the root namespace:
warning ("A Warning")
# Error: NameError: file line 1: name 'warning' is not
defined #
error ("This is an error")
# Error: NameError: file line 1: name 'error' is not
defined #
When called fr
Yes too much thinking, its a problem ;)
Thanks again for the help.
On May 6, 10:49 am, Chad Dombrova wrote:
> On May 5, 2010, at 10:33 PM, PixelMuncher wrote:
>
> >> i'm curious what would make you think that it would not since that's
> >> what the System Env i
pt to pymel and
executed, all the mel procs were still resident in memory.
There is some work involved in finishing up the translation, but it
still saves a hill of a lot of work.
On May 6, 9:16 am, PixelMuncher wrote:
> Until now, I've been spending hours translating my (limited) scriptin
Until now, I've been spending hours translating my (limited) scripting
skills to python one command at a time.
I installed and tested the pymelScrollFieldReporter. I used what for
me is a fairly complicated script w/windows, lists, and RMB
functions. It was translated flawlessly, which is incred
> i'm curious what would make you think that it would not since that's
> what the System Env installation instructions say to do?
Thanks again Chad:
Got it working in both versions, using Maya.env to point the way.
That was easy.
The source of my uncertainty about setting the 2011 pymel dir is t
nstalling for
> 2010 won't affect 2011 at all. when using the manual install method it is
> actually possible to setup every version of maya to look at a single pymel
> install, but that is entirely up to you.
>
> -chad
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 3:58 PM, PixelMunch
Josh:
Hide zero columns doesn't work in the CE.
The RMB Marking Menu for the Paint Weights Tool no longer has an
option for selecting the joint under the mouse.
Chad:
If I use the easy install, do I need to modify anything in my 2011
setup? Or should I use manual install for 2010?
Thanks.
On May
Edit:
2010 launches when I use the following path, but when I attempt to
import, I get an error.
PYTHONPATH = C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2011\Python\Lib\DLLs; C:
\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2011\Python\Lib; C:\Program Files\Autodesk
\Maya2011\Python\Lib\site-packages;
from pymel.core import *
#
I've started using pyMel w/2011, but I have found 2011 to be too buggy
for weight painting, so I'm going back to 2010 for that task.
I'd like to get pyMel working in 2010 - is it possible to use the
pyMel install in the 2011 dir?
I've made several attempts at adding PYTHONPATH to my Maya.env, but
A bit more research led to the source of the problem:
from pymel.core import *
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Hi all:
First off, I'd like to send a huge thanks to Chad and the pyMel team.
I started using pyMel after installing 2011 - what an incredible
effort you all have put forth - thanks so much.
Even the documentation is considerately written - I'm not a
professional coder, so I never quite understood
Thanks a lot Chad:
I'll start working on PyMel next time I'm coding.
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I'm also one of the fence-sitters.
In the meantime, I've been learning Python.
This might be a stupid question, but what advantages does Pymel offer
over Python?
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Hi all:
I'm writing .py code to speed up isolateSelect. Almost everything is
working. BUT, when I invert the selected faces and then toggle
isolate select w/Python, Maya hide the newly selected faces.
I can toggle the hiding of selected faces w/this:
def pixl_isolateSelected():
curPanel
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