agreed, i will add some info... but shouldn't the person releasing the complete tool give you installation instructions too?
On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Paul Griswold < pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com> wrote: > Totally understand. However, the flip side is, people are developing > tools that use PyQtForSoftimage and releasing them to the public. Once > that started happening it went beyond developers only, so it seemed logical > to include some "artist friendly" installation notes. > > -Paul > > ᐧ > > > On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Steven Caron <car...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey Paul, I am reposting my response from github here... >> >> PyQtForSoftimage was primarily for developers and it assumes you already >> know how to use PyQt and have it installed in a location Softimage can >> access. I didn't add this to installation instructions for various >> reasons... mostly because it is up to the developer how they want to >> install PyQt and which version of Python they wanted to use (at one point >> Softimage' python version was lagging behind). One could install PyQt4 into >> Softimage's Python directory, It could be installed in the default location >> and push onto the sys.path, or it could be installed to a network location >> too! >> >> I will add something in the documentation myself which better outlines >> the different options available... >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Paul Griswold < >> pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Stephen! >>> >>> It was indeed something as simple as turning off Softimage's Python. >>> >>> But, AFAIK, it's not documented in the PyQtForSoftimage installation >>> instructions. Maybe I can jump on to GitHub and change that myself. (?) >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> ᐧ >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Stephen Blair >>> <stephenrbl...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> I recently posted some instructions for *Installing PyQtForSoftimage* >>>> http://wp.me/powV4-2WN >>>> >>>> There's also an older version on the codingforxsi blog: >>>> >>>> http://codingforxsi.wordpress.com/2012/09/14/part-6-installing-pyqt-for-softimage/ >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 9:19 AM, Tim Crowson < >>>> tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Paul, are you using Soft 2014? >>>>> *-Tim* C. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 1/10/2014 8:16 AM, Paul Griswold wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Ha! I believe that may be the answer to the problem. I didn't see >>>>> anywhere in the docs anything about switching Python from within Softimage >>>>> so I assumed the addon dealt with that stuff itself. >>>>> >>>>> I'll give it a look when I've got a break. >>>>> >>>>> -Paul >>>>> >>>>> ᐧ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 9:01 AM, Stephen Blair < >>>>> stephenrbl...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Oh, and you did switch Softimage to use the external Python, right? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 8:57 AM, Stephen Blair < >>>>>> stephenrbl...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> It's not finding PyQt (at least those are the errors you would get >>>>>>> if PyQt was not installed). As a quick test, you could set PYTHONPATH to >>>>>>> point to the location of PyQt and then start xsi.exe >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What version of Softimage? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You don't mention whether you installed pywin32, but I assume you >>>>>>> did install it since you get as far as the ImportError. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 8:44 AM, Paul Griswold < >>>>>>> pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Steve asked for PyQt questions to be posted, so here we go! ;-) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have Python 2.76 up and running. I have PyQt 4.10.3 up and >>>>>>>> running. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> When I load Softimage, though, I get red triangles on >>>>>>>> pyqt_example.py and qtevents.py. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The example one throws an error on import sip - ImportError: No >>>>>>>> module named sip. >>>>>>>> Qtevents.py thorws an error on line 1 - No module named >>>>>>>> PyQt4.QtCore >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> QtSoftimage though, has no errors. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I can go into the PyQt4 examples folder and run all the examples >>>>>>>> with no problem. I can run Assistant, Designer and Linguist from PyQt >>>>>>>> with >>>>>>>> no problems. Sip.exe exists. The sip folder exists in PyQt4. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> So I'd love some help getting it set up. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -Paul >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ᐧ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
