On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 4:37 PM, PixelMuncher <[email protected]> wrote:
> Chad: > I'd like to have a single install of Pymel so that it can be updated > in a central location. > However, I noticed that 2011 doesn't have PYTHONPATH in Maya.env, you have to add that line yourself, if you decide to go that route. AFAIK maya will not auto-add anything to your Maya.env > and > it didn't add a Python path in my system env, so I assume that the > path is hardwired and I want to avoid screwing that up. If I install > using the System Env method, will 2011 use that? yes. i'm curious what would make you think that it would not since that's what the System Env installation instructions say to do? > Can you recommend a solid strategy for using a single pymel install > for both 2010 and 2011? if you carefully follow the manual installation instructions for both 2010 and 2011, and point both versions to the same pymel directory on your system, you should not have any problems. the only caveat i am aware of is this issue posted about Vista: http://code.google.com/p/pymel/issues/detail?id=180 > I downloaded 1.0.2 - before installing it, do I need to download and > install Python itself? no, the python included with maya is all you need. once again, the instructions would tell you if you needed to install python. i'm sorry to be a little bit rude, but please RTFM. i spent a lot of time writing it. it's not perfect and things are always changing --- new OS's, versions of maya, etc -- but barring anything unforeseen it should get you all the way to a working pymel. if there are parts of it that you feel should be improved, please make a ticket like the one i posted above and we'll fix it up ASAP. if you run into problems once you've given it your best shot, post your problems here and we'll get you sorted out. thanks, -chad > Sorry for so many questions, but I'm already into this for an > afternoon (one of the reasons I was waiting for 2011 b4 switching)... > > Thanks much. > > On May 5, 6:05 pm, Chad Dombrova <[email protected]> wrote: > > if you use easy install, pymel must be installed for each version of maya > > and will not conflict with other versions of maya. so easy installing for > > 2010 won't affect 2011 at all. when using the manual install method it > is > > actually possible to setup every version of maya to look at a single > pymel > > install, but that is entirely up to you. > > > > -chad > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 3:58 PM, PixelMuncher <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Josh: > > > Hide zero columns doesn't work in the CE. > > > The RMB Marking Menu for the Paint Weights Tool no longer has an > > > option for selecting the joint under the mouse. > > > > > Chad: > > > If I use the easy install, do I need to modify anything in my 2011 > > > setup? Or should I use manual install for 2010? > > > Thanks. > > > > > On May 5, 5:20 pm, Josh Carey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Just curious, what are the weight painting bugs that you've found? > > > > > -- > > >http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > > > > --http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > > -- > http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > -- http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya
