When Googling, I see various mentions of a UI overrride, to provide your own UI initialization instead of getting the entire Maya app. But I dont think you can do that from Maya standalone, which does not load any gui stuffs
On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Mathew Schwartz <[email protected]> wrote: > thanks justin, im on windows and could not find how to port the QX11Embed. > However, when running the maya side the result is : <sip.voidptr object at > 0x161881A0> which changes each time maya is loaded, so i guess there would > need to be some autoloaded script that would communicate tcp/ip to my > program to get the window? > > Do you know if it is possible to open a window from maya standalone? I > found this code that is working for me, so it would be nice if i could do > all this from the standalone. > > import os > import sys > > #====================================================================# > #THESE ARE THE MISSING STUFF WHEN RUNNING python.exe compared with > mayapy.exe > #====================================================================# > > os.environ["MAYA_LOCATION"] = "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2013" > os.environ["PYTHONHOME"] = "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2013\Python" > os.environ["PATH"] = "C:\\Program Files\\Autodesk\\Maya2013\\bin;" + > os.environ["PATH"] > > sys.path.append("C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2013\\bin\python26.zip") > sys.path.append("C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2013\Python\DLLs") > sys.path.append("C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2013\Python\lib") > sys.path.append("C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2013\Python\lib\plat-win") > sys.path.append("C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2013\Python\lib\lib-tk") > sys.path.append("C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2013\\bin") > sys.path.append("C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2013\Python") > sys.path.append("C:\Program > Files\Autodesk\Maya2013\Python\lib\site-packages") > > > import maya.standalone > maya.standalone.initialize(name='python') > > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Justin Israel <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Here is something fun to try (this only works on linux as far as I know). >> I am sure there are alternative ways on other platforms. >> >> # From the maya script editor, >> # get the window ID of the persp panel >> import maya.OpenMayaUI as mui >> from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui >> import sip >> >> w = sip.wrapinstance(long(mui.MQtUtil.findControl("modelPanel4")), >> QtGui.QWidget) >> print w.winId() >> # 96470814 >> >> # --------------------------------- >> >> # Then in some standalone script or python terminal, >> # hijack it into your own widget ## >> container = QtGui.QX11EmbedContainer() >> container.show() >> # Use the window ID of the modelPanel4 >> container.embedClient(96470814) >> >> You could probably launch an subprocess instance of maya in a full gui >> session, hidden, and steal the windows :-) >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Mathew Schwartz <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> does that mean maya has to be open and then assign a window to the >>> qwidget or can it just be loaded through a python command? >>> >>> Does anyone know how to to this. I imagine if justin doesnt, it will be >>> hard to find someone who does :) >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Justin Israel >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> I don't know exactly how to go about it, but I know it's possible to >>>> use the window Id of a widget/window in maya and set it on a QWidget. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Mathew Schwartz <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> I remember reading that it is possible to run maya from a command >>>>> line so I am wondering if it is possible to load a maya opengl window in a >>>>> custom qt program just like a widget. If so, can I also import the maya >>>>> namespace and use maya functions? >>>>> >>>>> To be more specific, I have some python program using pyqt and I use >>>>> some graphic widgets with matplotlib. I would like to extend the >>>>> capability and add more functions and was wondering if it is possible with >>>>> maya. >>>>> >>>>> If so, are there any tutorials on how to do this? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. 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