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Fedora Core 20 gcc 4.8.2 Installation instructions

If you are trying to build and install gcc 4.8.2 from source code on Fedora Core 20 box, you will find lot of challenges to fix the dependencies. To fix that issue and to reduce the time here I have listed out the steps to be followed to get the successful build. Install build pre-requisites: Before installing gcc 4.8.2, install the build pre-requisites 1. yum groupinstall "Development tools" 2. yum install glibc-devel.i686 glibc-i686 3. yum install gcc-c++ 4. yum install... Read more →

Maya compiler versions (update)

This is an update on previous posts for older versions which can be found here: Maya 2015, Maya 2014, Maya 2008 to 2013. Maya 2016 Windows 64bit Win7x64 Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 + Win 8 SDK .Net framework 4.5.1 Intel Composer XE 2015 Initial release (15.0.0.108) Linux 64bit RHEL/CentOS 6.5, FC20 gcc 4.8.2 Intel Composer XE 2015 Update 1 (15.0.1.133) Note: For our internal builds on RHEL/CentOS 6.5, we use Red Hat DTS 2.1 to have gcc 4.8.2, plug-in... Read more →

Maya compiler versions (update)

This is an update on a previous post for older versions which can be found here. OS Compiler Maya 2015 Windows 64bit Win7x64 Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 Intel Composer XE 2013 Update 5 (13.1.3.198) Linux 64bit RHEL/CentOS 6.2, FC14 gcc 4.1.2 Intel Composer XE 2013 SP1 Update 1 (14.0.1.106) Mac 64bit Mountain Lion 10.8.5 Xcode 5.0.2 with SDK 10.8 (Mountain Lion) clang with libstdc++ Intel Composer XE 2013 SP1 Update 1 (14.0.1.103) Embedded Python 2.7.3 - Internal to Maya... Read more →

3ds Max and Maya SP1 debug available now.

What are symbols? Symbols or Program Database Files (PDBs) are a by-product of the build process and contain debugging information for specific binary modules (e.g. exe or dll files). By default, a C++ PDB file contains the following information: Public symbols (typically all functions, static and global variables) A list of object files that are responsible for sections of code in the executable Frame pointer optimization information (FPO) Name and type information for local variables and data structures Source file... Read more →

New Maya C++/C#/Python plug-in Wizards

This topic was suggested by one of our ADN members who had problems to setup his Mac OSX environment for building a Maya plug-in on the Mac. I quickly replied by a post here to mention what compiler / environment to use on the Mac since the Maya 2014 documentation is wrong (it actually still reference the Maya 2013 compiler / environment whereas it changed for Maya 2014). More important, you should better not upgrade to Mountain Lion if you... Read more →

Maya compiler versions (update)

This is an update on a previous post for older versions which can be found here. OS Compiler Maya 2014 Windows 64bit Win7x64 Visual Studio 2010 SP1, Intel Composer XE 2011 Update 11 Linux 64bit RHEL 6.0, FC14 gcc 4.1.2, Intel Composer XE 2011 Update 11 Mac 64bit Lion 10.7.4 Xcode 4.3.3 with SDK 10.6 (SnowLeopard), gcc 4.2.1, Intel Composer XE 2011 Update 11 Embedded Python 2.7.3 - Internal to Maya Embedded PySide 1.1.2 Qt 4.8.2 Boost 1.47 TBB 4.1... Read more →

Include or precompiled

Usage of precompiled headers may significantly reduce compilation time, especially when applied to big header files or header files that include many other header files or header files that are included in many translation units. And when you consider template files, that will save you even more time. The beauty of precompiled headers is that even if most of the time they are made per project, they do not have to. You could create a precompiled header (pch for Windows,... Read more →

Building Qt, PyQt, PySide for Maya 2013 - Part 2

This is a continuation of the previous post and this time we will focus on building PySide. PySide [http://www.pyside.org/ or http://qt-project.org/wiki/PySide/] is a python binding to the Qt library. Because Maya uses Qt internally, you can use the PySide modules in Maya python scripts to create custom UI. PySide does not have the same licensing as Maya, Qt, or Python. Please consult the PySide website for information about licensing for PySide. Download Shiboken & PySide: http://qt-project.org/wiki/PySideDownloads Download Cmake: http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html Maya... Read more →

Building Qt, PyQt, PySide for Maya 2013 - Part 1

To complete the article written by Kristine last month, I could not resist to go through the process of building these libraries myself on the 3 platforms Windows x64, Linux and MacOS (I tend not to work on win32 anymore). Unfortunately, the documentation provided by Autodesk isn't always very clear. Not I mean it is wrong or incorrect, but sometimes assumes you either know these Qt underneath requirements and/or Autodesk internal build procedures. Building Qt Whatever you decide to do,... Read more →

Maya API thread safe?

In general it is not safe to assume any Maya API is threadsafe if it is not documented as being so. There can be internal caching or state being set, meaning functions that may seem threadsafe are in fact not. An example is MFnMesh::getVertexNormal(). These normals are evaluated lazily, meaning the first call to this function may trigger a full recompute of all normals, so two calls simultaneously may have bad consequences. One clunky way around this is to do... Read more →

Mudbox compiler versions

Lots of talk about Maya recently, but to reflect my post on compiler versions for Maya, here is a list of the various OS and compiler you would need to build plug-ins on Mudbox. Note that Mudbox plug-ins are C++ only compared to Maya. But Mudbox uses CG and Qt a lot, so most of the time you would need to support those too. OpenGL is also an option. Visual Studio Express compiler is not officially supported, but less the... Read more →

Expose your code to Python - get Boost 'ed!

Some house cleaning first... "Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries". http://www.boost.org/ The Boost C++/Python binding library is just one member of the boost C++ library collection at http://www.boost.org It is quick and easy to export C++ to Python using Boost. Boost is also designed to be minimally intrusive on your C++ design. In most cases, you should not have to alter your C++ classes in any way in order to use them with Boost Python. The system should... Read more →

Maya compiler versions

Like promised the other day, here is a complete map of compiler and libraries used by Maya OS Compiler Maya 2013 Windows 32bit Win7 Visual Studio 2010 SP1, Intel 12.0.4.196 64bit Win7x64 Visual Studio 2010 SP1, Intel 12.0.4.196 Linux 64bit RHEL 6.0, FC14 gcc 4.1.2, Intel 11.1.073 Mac 64bit SnowLeopard 10.6.8 Xcode3.2.1 gcc 4.2.1, Intel 11.1.089 Embedded Python - Internal to Maya 2.6.4 Qt 4.7.1 TBB 3.0u7 DirectX SDK June 2010 MR 3.10 Linux base build is RHEL 6.0/CentOS 6.0... Read more →

Compatibility of Maya plug-ins between releases

This is a huge topic, so I'm not going to be able to do it justice in this one post. Plug-ins developed using Maya's APIs need to be ported and tested on each major releases to make sure they work with a new release of the Maya platform. For several generations of Maya we have consistently broken binary plug-in compatibility every major releases. To make plug-ins work on interim hotfix, service pack, they might need minor porting work to migrate... Read more →