About the project

Starting a new venture into Maya's C++ API to create new C++ based plugins.

Prerequisite

Have C++ Build Tools Setup

Guide for getting started : Windows

1) Download Maya's SDK. https://aps.autodesk.com/developer/overview/maya

2) Unpack your Maya SDK

1. Unzip folder into C:\Users\<username>\devkitBase
2. Create subfolders ./plug-ins, ./plugins/plug-ins, ./plug-ins/scripts, ./plug-ins/icons
3. Create Environment variables
   Name: DEVKIT_LOCATION Value: C:\Users\<Username>\devkitBase\
   Name: MAYA_LOCATION Value: "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\<maya_version>"
4. Create Path
   Value: <MayaLocation>\bin

3) Edit Maya .env file C:\Users\<Username>\Documents\maya\<version_number>\Maya.env

 MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH=C:\Users\<Username>\devkitBase\plug-ins\plug-ins
 MAYA_SCRIPT_PATH=C:\Users\<Username>\devkitBase\plug-ins\scripts
 XBMLANGPATH=C:\Users\<Username>\devkitBase\plug-ins\icons

Setting up Windows Dev for VS Code / Normal Powershell

Auto setup temporary environment for Windows specific build --The windows SDK of Maya uses many cl specific commands. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat Potential Location of your VCVARSALL file

Instead of using Developer Powershell you can also setup a default function by changing your $PROFILE for powershell
simply typing notepad $PROFILE to edit the config in notepad or nvim $PROFILE if you have neovim installed.

function set-msvc {
	& "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x64
}

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\MSBuild\Current\Bin\amd64 MSBuild (Build System Optional)

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.41.34120\include Microsoft MSBuild header files C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.22621.0\ucrt Microsoft windows ucrt header files C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.22621.0\shared Micorosft windows shared header files

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.41.34120\lib\x64 Micorosoft MSbuild lib files C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Lib\10.0.22621.0\ucrt\x64 Microsoft windows ucr:t 64bit lib files C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Lib\10.0.22621.0\um\x64 Micorosft windows um 64bit lib files