Any interest in open sourcing the node GUI aspects? I wrote this a while ago and have been meaning to rework it.
http://mdag.fie.us/ It might be interesting to see if there is any use in sharing some burden. On Apr 17, 2012, at 4:27 PM, Tim Withers <clay.with...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well hello. So I just completed this interface to be used in conjunction > with my Masters' Thesis and figured I'd post it here to show a little bit > more of what PyQt can do? The goal of the interface was to bring a > node-based, Houdini/Nuke/Fusion/Naiad, type interface to Maya. When I > started I didn't know Python or PyQt, and really didn't even know if what I > wanted to achieve was possible with PyQt. So I started learning! I watched > both of Justin Israel's videos on CMIVFX (link to these videos are in my > vimeo link) to get me started, then Justin mentored me through the > development process. > > I wasn't sure of how flexible PyQt was or how customizable it could be. Like > I said, I didn't even know if making a node-based interface was possible > before I started, but YEP, it is! Obviously the underlying algorithms are > not as sophisticated as Houdini or Naiad, but it does what I set out for it > to do. The interface alleviates a lot of the frustrating interface aspects > of Maya. For me, some of the more frustrating aspects are the collision > events, instancing, poor menu design, lack of organization, and the > SHIFT+CLICK garbage to create relationships between objects (WHICH ORDER DO I > CLICK? I DON'T EVER REMEMBER and 9 times out of 10 I get it wrong). > > The link to the video is here: https://vimeo.com/40380911 > > It doesn't show everything the interface can do; I just started recording my > screen and played around with it. Enjoy! > -- > view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya > change your subscription settings: > http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe -- view archives: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya change your subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe
