maya-tools

Maya scripts I made in order to speed up my workflow

How to install the shelf

I made a custom installer for those tools. One click and you're done!

How to load scripts on Maya

• Open Maya (whatever version is fine)
• Click on the small button with a semicolumn on the lower-right edge of the screen
• On the new window that has been opened and click on File > Load script
• Click on the ExecuteAll button (the icon that looks like a fast-forward button)

How to use the scripts

boolean_utilities.py

Does a boolean intersection and preserves the two intersectated meshes

• Run the script
• Press the button difference + intersection or
• Press the button intersection (preserve meshes)

chain_maker.mel (deprecated, needs to be rewritten in Python)

clean_export_routine.py

Merges all the meshes, sets pivot in the bottom center, freezes transforms and deletes history

• Run the script
• Export the model

even_selection.py

Given a selection, it deselects the odd elements

• Select any number of faces, vertices or edges
• Run the script
• You should have only the even elements selected

quick_references_setup.py

Loads and positions reference images on the scene automatically

• Run the script
• Add references images manually
• Alternatively, you can select a folder containing them by pressing load from folder button
• Press the generate button
• When you're done, press the button remove references

quick_texture_material.py

Quickly creates a new material from an image

• Run the script
• Select the image that you want to put on the material
• You should have a material with the image you have chosen

randomizer.mel (deprecated, needs to be rewritten in Python)