Category: Around The Corner

As we know, starting from Maya 2016, Maya introduces a new evaluation model that enabled better utilization of computer resources by distributing computation over all available cores and taking advantage of GPU compute power. Unlike previous versions of Maya, which was limited to node-level parallelisms, Maya now includes a mechanism for scene-level analysis and parallelization.…

Some of you may already know about this, but I think I still need to emphasize it again here. In the past, we used to have Service Packs and Extensions after the Maya main release. But starting from Maya 2017, we will not provide Service Packs or Extensions any more, instead, will use Maya Updates…

In Maya 2017, there are 4 new API’s are exposed in MPxSelectionContext class namely setAllowPreSelectHilight(), setAllowSoftSelect(), setAllowSymmetry(), setAllowDoubleClickAction(). Please go through the following link for how to use the selection tool. https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/Maya/files/GUID-60FD5F79-AC1D-46DE-B66D-2FBE73E15A30-htm.html In UI method, you can enable/disable and use all the selection methods. However, it is possible to use the same functionalities using MEL…

Starting from Maya 2017, the Maya team introduced a great improvement to the XGen feature, called “Interactive hair and fur grooming with XGen”. The improvement provides a full range of tools, including sculpting brushes, modifiers, and sculpting layers, dedicated to creating all styles of hair and fur. Interactive grooming descriptions and modifiers are Maya-based nodes,…

Well, it’s pretty easy to add a command into Maya, and I also believe most of our plugin developers know how to add a context/tool within Maya (Context is actually presented with the name “tool” in Maya), if you are not familiar with that, please refer the Command plug-ins section of help doc for the…

This is an updated version for Maya 2016.5′ PyQt build instructions. This is an updated version of the Maya 2016 build instructions for PyQt and PySide (here). The very good news is that with Maya 2014 & onward, there is no more need to build PySide as it is coming by default in Maya :)  libxml,…

I’ve written an article about how to build PySide2 earlier. Some partners were asking about how to build QT 5.6.1 This is a guide for building QT 5.6.1 on windows. Prerequisite: Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 or Update 5 QT 5.6.1 Ruby 2.1.7(32 bits) Perl for OpenSSL JOM (recommended)   Build Steps:   1. Download…

There is a restriction for Maya 2016 that doesn't allow Maya to use more than 4k textures. As a result, the size of Viewport 2 MRenderTarget is limited to 4096×4096. We've opened a back door to remove this restriction and allow users to use the maximum texture size supported by their graphics card. This is…