QT bind issue fixed for Katana when Renderman plugin loaded.

docs/source/installation/katana.rst

@@ -5,25 +5,27 @@ Katana Integration
 
 .. tip::
 
-    In Windows, it usually is ``%userprofile%/.katana``
+    In Windows, it is under ``%userprofile%/.katana``
 
 2. If it is not already exists, create `init.py` in startup folder and add the following lines:
 
 ::
 
     # Tik Manager 4 [Start]
     import sys
+    import os
     tik_path = "PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/OF/TIKMANAGER4/"
     if not tik_path in sys.path:
         sys.path.append(tik_path)
+    os.environ["QT_PREFERRED_BINDING_JSON"] = '{"tik_manager4.ui.Qt": ["PyQt5"], "default":["PyQt5"]}'
     # Tik Manager 4 [End]
 
 3. Replace ``PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/OF/TIKMANAGER4/`` with the path of where the PARENT of tik_manager folder is. Use forward slashes between folder names.
 
 .. attention::
     The Path MUST be the parent of the tik_manager4 folder. If you extracted the contents directly from the zip file it will be something like ``tik_manager4-4.0.1-alpha``.
 
-4. In the same startup directory, locate the `shelves` folder and copy the entire `/tik_manager4/dcc/katana/setup/shelves` folder to the `shelves` folder.
+4. In the same startup directory, locate the `shelves` folder and copy the entire `/tik_manager4/dcc/katana/setup/tik4` folder to the `shelves` folder.
 
 5. (Optional) To get the icons to show up in the shelf, you can edit the all shelf files (`main_ui.py`, `new_version.py`, `publish.py`) and replace the icon paths with the correct paths. Simply replace `PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/OF/TIKMANAGER4` parts with the physical path of the parent folder of tik_manager4.
 

tik_manager4/dcc/dcc_install.py

@@ -468,9 +468,11 @@ def katana_setup(self, prompt=True):
         init_content = [
         "# Tik Manager 4 [Start]\n",
         "import sys\n",
+        "import os\n",
         f"tik_path = '{self.tik_root.parent.as_posix()}'\n",
         "if not tik_path in sys.path:\n",
         "    sys.path.append(tik_path)\n",
+        """os.environ["QT_PREFERRED_BINDING_JSON"] = '{"tik_manager4.ui.Qt": ["PyQt5"], "default":["PyQt5"]}'\n"""
         "# Tik Manager 4 [End]\n"
         ]
 

tik_manager4/dcc/katana/main.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import logging
 
-# from PyQt5 import QtWidgets, QtGui, QtCore
 from tik_manager4.ui.Qt import QtWidgets, QtGui, QtCore
 import Katana
 from Katana import KatanaFile  # pylint: disable=import-error

tik_manager4/dcc/katana/setup/how-to-install.txt

@@ -5,25 +5,27 @@ Katana Integration
 
 .. tip::
 
-    In Windows, it usually is ``%userprofile%/.katana``
+    In Windows, it is under ``%userprofile%/.katana``
 
 2. If it is not already exists, create `init.py` in startup folder and add the following lines:
 
 ::
 
     # Tik Manager 4 [Start]
     import sys
+    import os
     tik_path = "PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/OF/TIKMANAGER4/"
     if not tik_path in sys.path:
         sys.path.append(tik_path)
+    os.environ["QT_PREFERRED_BINDING_JSON"] = '{"tik_manager4.ui.Qt": ["PyQt5"], "default":["PyQt5"]}'
     # Tik Manager 4 [End]
 
 3. Replace ``PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/OF/TIKMANAGER4/`` with the path of where the PARENT of tik_manager folder is. Use forward slashes between folder names.
 
 .. attention::
     The Path MUST be the parent of the tik_manager4 folder. If you extracted the contents directly from the zip file it will be something like ``tik_manager4-4.0.1-alpha``.
 
-4. In the same startup directory, locate the `shelves` folder and copy the entire `/tik_manager4/dcc/katana/setup/tik4` folder into the `shelves` folder.
+4. In the same startup directory, locate the `shelves` folder and copy the entire `/tik_manager4/dcc/katana/setup/tik4` folder to the `shelves` folder.
 
 5. (Optional) To get the icons to show up in the shelf, you can edit the all shelf files (`main_ui.py`, `new_version.py`, `publish.py`) and replace the icon paths with the correct paths. Simply replace `PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/OF/TIKMANAGER4` parts with the physical path of the parent folder of tik_manager4.