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Workaround for Maya 2018 WPF sample not showing again after closing it

Having trouble with WPF sample in 2018 .net devkit? It is reported that dagexplorer command won't reopen a closed window in Maya 2018. This could be fixed with following modification: Replace MGlobal.executeCommand($@"catch (`showWindow ""{hostTitle}""`);"); with MGlobal.executeCommand($@"catch (`workspaceControl -e -visible true ""{hostTitle}""`);"); To make the window showing again. Read more →

Applying the Maya Dark Color Scheme to WPF

Sorry it's been such a long time since we all wrote a blog...we will get better at updating!!! As you know I was travelling a lot in November/December for business reasons, but I also got asked to work on few important Cloud and mobile projects lately that took me away from the R&D aspect of my job. Anyway, it is back to normal now… till next time ;) Almost 2 years back, almost around this time of the year, I... Read more →

Maya on .NET

For those of you who are already on the Maya Feedback Community forum (beta forum), it is probably not really new. But for all others, this is quite a big change - Maya will get a native .NET API for its Windows platform version. So I am proud to announce the Maya .NET API here. The Maya .NET API is a new technology that allows Maya plug-in developers to harness the full power of Microsoft’s .NET Framework. With the Maya... Read more →

Lost in classes

Both my class and Kevin's one at AU aren't yet full. If you haven't registered yet and going to AU, please give a stop to our classes, I promiss you'll not be disapointed. But for this you also need to register to these classes. There’s more detail on the class timing & description here: Using .NET Programming in Autodesk® Maya® Wednesday, Nov 28, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Kevin Vandecar, for the ADN M&E team will also be presenting in... Read more →

Enabling .Net in a Maya plug-in

Maya API is exposed in C++ or Python only. There is no .Net API, but in case someone needs to use a .Net assembly in his plug-in, here some code and instructions on how to proceed. #include #pragma comment(lib, "mscoree.lib") #include "mscorlib.tlh" //#include //#include //#import // "C:\\WINDOWS\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v1.1.4322\\mscorlib.tlb" // raw_interfaces_only rename( "ReportEvent", "reportEvent" ) ICLRMetaHost *pMetaHost =NULL ; ICLRRuntimeInfo *pRuntimeInfo =NULL ; ICorRuntimeHost *pCorRuntimeHost =NULL ; CComPtr spMyAssembly ; //- Call InitializeCLR() from initializePlugin() bool InitializeCLR (PCWSTR pszVersion... Read more →