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Need project advice for making scripts in maya
Hello all, I am currently studying computer science and in my python class we are allowed to choose a project that we must work on throughout the course. i decided I wanted to write scripts in python for maya as I am somewhat familiar with that software. i have not done scripting in it before though. I would really… -
Re: Need project advice for making scripts in maya
Thanks for tips @poopipe , I am leaning towards making an auto rig script. However, I have never done any rigging before. How long do you think this will take? To be honest I am worried about the workload I am putting on myself by choosing this project. -
Re: Need project advice for making scripts in maya
A simple skeleton builder would take a matter of hours but wouldn't be particularly useful. It takes rigging experience (or access to someone with lots of it) to design a more general system - the code part isn't really the problem, rigging is complex. You might be better tackling a subject that requires less prior… -
Re: Need project advice for making scripts in maya
Pick something to do, learn to navigate the command reference and you're good. Maya is extremely easy to develop for once you get your head round the architecture (which is just nodes, attributes and connections) The best labour saving thing you can do is get pycharm, hook it up and get the debugger working.
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