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Autodesk Maya is a 3D modeling, animation and rendering tool used in film, TV and advertising. Only programming questions are on-topic.

Autodesk Maya is a cross-platform 3D modeling, animation and rendering tool used by many entertainment companies in film, TV and advertising.

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Documentation

To access all the documentation for the different Maya versions: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/getting-started/caas/simplecontent/content/maya-documentation.html

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Convert pyQt UI to python

Is there a way to convert a ui formed with qtDesigner to a python version to use without having an extra file? I'm using Maya for this UI, and converting this UI file to a readable python version to implement would be really great!
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How can I install Python modules programmatically / through a Python script?

Can I download and install Python modules from PyPi strictly inside a script, without using a shell at all? I use a non-standard Python environment, Autodesk Maya's Python interpreter. This does not come with "easy_install," and there is no "shell,"…
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Can I generate Point Cloud from mesh?

I'm trying to generate point cloud data from mesh such as (.obj) file of Maya. But, I could find out only the opposite case, point cloud to mesh on the internet. Is there any way to create "point cloud data from mesh" using 3D tools like MeshLab or…
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How to create a .usdz animation?

You can now convert 3D models to .usdz files (uncompressed zip archive) using Apple's command line tool bundled with Xcode 10 beta. Example code to convert an .obj file to .usdz: xcrun usdz_converter magnifying_glass.obj -g frame…
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How to convert object to json file for three.js model loader

I am building a browser game with three.js and I want to load a model from Maya 2013 into my scene. I have exported the model as an obj file. Now I need to know how to convert it into an JS file for the three.js-loader. This is my loader so far: …
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Segmentation Fault Catch

I have a python script and it will loop through bunch of maya files and do some stuff. But some time maya get seg fault and my script will stop there. I tried with signal and multiprocess. But both failed. import os, optparse, glob, json,…
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Way to iterate two items at a time in a list?

I am wondering if there is a better way to iterate two items at a time in a list. I work with Maya a lot, and one of its commands (listConnections) returns a list of alternating values. The list will look like [connectionDestination,…
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Best process to show an OpenGL Animation in iPhone

I'm having issues being able to import a bone and skeletal animation from Maya to Blender to iPhone. Here's what I've done: install the ColladaMaya plugin to export a DAE for Blender to export used Jeff LeMarche's script to be able to export a…
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Iterating through THREE lists at once in Python?

This might be a rather complex question since it's possible a lot of you don't know the software that I'm writing it for: Autodesk Maya 2011. I am trying to speed up a tedious slow process (rigging: giving 3d characters the ability to move) by…
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ARKit – Replicating robot character in Motion Capture RealityKit

I'm trying to make a 3d model like robot provided by Apple in Motion Capture example (shown at WWDC 2019) which can mimic me in motion capture ARKit 3.0 by replacing robot character given by Apple. Desired Solution: Is there any special software…
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Checking if a Variable Exists in Python - Doesn't work with self

Before you down rep this post, it hasn't been asked anywhere that I can find. I'm checking for the existence of a list by using if 'self.locList' in locals(): print 'it exists' But it doesn't work. It never thinks it exists. This must be…
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How do I calculate a 3D centroid?

Is there even such a thing as a 3D centroid? Let me be perfectly clear—I've been reading and reading about centroids for the last 2 days both on this site and across the web, so I'm perfectly aware at the existing posts on the topic, including…
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SceneKit -– How to get animations for a .dae model?

Ok, I am working with ARKit and SceneKit here and I am having trouble looking at the other questions dealing with just SceneKit trying to have a model in .dae format and load in various animations to have that model run - now that we're in iOS11…
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Using external GUI libraries to make user interfaces in Autodesk Maya

I develop tools in Autodesk Maya. Many of the tools I build have simple windowed GUIs for the animators and modellers to use. These GUIs often contain what you'd normally expect to see in any basic window; labels, lists, menus, buttons,…
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Using MAYA 3D Model in a .Net application

If I want to render a 3D model created by Maya and do some animation with it in a .net application what should be my choice of platform - plain WPF or XNA?
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