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Autodesk Memento now available for Mac

My favourite mesh generation and manipulation tool, Autodesk Memento, is now available (in Beta) for the Mac. I’ve been part of the Alpha programme for the OS X version for some time: admittedly not very actively, but I did install a number of builds and report an error or two. I’m very happy to see the Mac version is now joining its Windows sibling in Beta. Both versions can be downloaded and installed from this page. The model shown at... Read more →

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 Profiler

Have you ever wonder why your scene is running so slow? What’s the culprit of the performance degradation? In Maya 2015 extension, we provide a new profiler tool for you to track down performance bottlenecks in your scene by recording the amount of time that each process consumes. We also provide programming interfaces to access this feature. Specifically, in MEL/Python, you can use command “profiler” to start and stop the recording of events, add profiling categories and instrument procedures for... Read more →

Distributing Maya Apps - Porthaton is around the corner

Following this announcement. Here is an post from a colleague of mine Vjaya Prakash who is based in India (Bangalore) and mainly support the Maya API. People who wants to distribute their Apps which is going to be used by Maya users, they have to follow some semantics. You can watch the video of how to install sample apps and how to use those apps inside Maya here. If you are still thinking about where to start please see here.... Read more →

Localization strategies for 3ds Max Plug-ins

With the coming localized Autodesk Exchange stores, it is becoming more important for plug-in developers to localize their software. The exchange store provides a unique opportunity to be in front of customers all over the world. The best experience for a customer is to provide your software in their localized language. This post is meant to provide the resources to help you understand the localization of 3ds Max plug-ins and supporting customization files. C++ based plug-ins 3ds Max is now... Read more →

Debugging Python in Maya with Eclipse/Pydev

This post is a follow-up on the previous post here. Installing Eclipse & Pydev Note: On Windows: depending on whether you are on a 64 or 32 bit machine, make sure you install the correct version of Java and Eclipse. Install Java on your machine if it isn’t yet done http://www.java.com/ http://www.java.com/en/download/ie_manual.jsp?locale=en&host=www.java.com:80 Go to http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ and then click ‘Eclipse Packages' Choose any of the last ‘Packages’ version. It is not really important which one you download, could be the Java,... Read more →

Python debugging in Maya

With the power of the Maya API and the scriptability of MEL, Maya Python hits a sweet spot in Maya's suite of development tools. Being an interpreted language it allows for quick turnaround, making it perfect for rapid prototyping and with thousands or dedicated users around the world contributing modules to Python, Maya inherits a large and growing array of new capabilities. However, debugging Python code in Maya has not made to be easy like it is with C++ and... 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 →