Maya_Module_Pipeline.md

Maya Module Pipeline

See details Autodesk Maya Document

Module Folder Structure

• ./bin : dynamic libraries or execute file.
• ./devkit : The sources that provide API to user.
• ./docs : Documents.
• ./icons : Images for Maya plug-ins or UI (user interface).
• ./include : All header file that provide interface to user.
• ./lib : The libraries files.
• ./plug-ins : *.mll (Maya Plug-in).
• ./presets : Maya presets.
• ./resources: Resources, Localization.
  • ./resources/I10n/ja_JP
  • ./resources/I10n/zh_CN
  • ./resources/I10m/en_US
• ./scripts : mel, python script, AETemplate scripts.
• ./shaders : shaders.

mod file

The *.mod file could be tell Maya where are module's elements

In the first, start by + to specifies the

• Maya Version
• Operating System
  • PLATFORM:win64
  • PLATFORM:mac
  • PLATFORM:linux
• Locale
  • LOCALE:en_UI
  • LOCALE:ja_JP
  • LOCALE:zh_CH

For example :

+ MAYAVERSION:2017 PLATFORM:win64 LOCALE:en_US mytool 1.0 C:\mytool

In this example, the "mytool" plug-in would only be loaded for Maya 2017,
Windows x64, locale set to English.

The root directory is "C:\mytool"

Add Subfolders

+ MAYAVERSION:2017 PLATFORM:win64 LOCALE:en_US mytool 1.0 C:\mytool
PATH+:= bin
[r] scripts: scripts
presets: presets
icons: icon

[r] Prefix is represent recursive subfolders.
But if the folder is starting with ".", it will be ignored.

Add Environment Variables

For example, if you want to set PYTHONPATH to C:\mytool\python

PYTHONPATH:=python

":=" will add prefix by plug-in path,
For this instance, PYTHONPATH is C:\mytool\python

"=" will just add a environment variable without plug-in path.