Maya Modules are probably the closest thing, at least in terms of code encapsulation. You can also just add one module path into the environment variable and point to a lot of different modules.
It's nowhere near as nice as workgroups but it is the nicest way I have found to handle lots of code/plugins in a distributable way. Shelves are the only caveat in that a maya module doesn't have a shelf path, thus you either have to handle it separately or dynamically load the shelves via a plugin. Mike > On 9 Mar 2014, at 19:42, "Siew Yi Liang" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, for myself I actually use symbolic links in Windows; my Maya scripts > directories and plugins folder are synced to my OneDrive, and then a symlink > links directly to that folder for my Maya installations. Works pretty nicely! > You can use something like: > > https://bitbucket.org/jsumners/winln/wiki/Home > > If you don't want to play with the cmd prompt, too! > > I should do the same thing for my XSI setup but right now I'm too lazy. :P > Yours sincerely, > Siew Yi Liang >> On 3/9/2014 10:19 AM, Tim Crowson wrote: >> That's correct, Stephen. Thanks. >> -Tim >> >>> On 3/9/2014 12:16 PM, Stephen Blair wrote: >>> Yes, you can append paths. I assume you mean MAYA_PLUGIN_PATH and >>> MAYA_MODULE_PATH? >>> >>> about distributing modules: >>> http://around-the-corner.typepad.com/adn/2012/07/distributing-files-on-maya-maya-modules.html >>> >>> >>>> On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Tim Crowson >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> And my follow up question would be.... can we append multiple paths to >>>> those envars, so we can point to multiple locations at once? >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 3/9/2014 12:02 PM, Tim Crowson wrote: >>>>> That's more like the equivalent to rray.de/xsi... ;-) >>>>> >>>>> Looking at the Maya docs, I'm guessing I need to implement environment >>>>> variables to point to a different path for plugins and scripts at >>>>> launch... >>>>> -Tim >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On 3/9/2014 11:52 AM, Emilio Hernandez wrote: >>>>>> creativecrash.com >>>>>> >>>>>> El mar 9, 2014 10:50 AM, "Tim Crowson" <[email protected]> >>>>>> escribió: >>>>>>> Is there anything like XSI's Workgroups in Maya for sharing plugins >>>>>>> across a network? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -Tim >>>>>>> -- >>>> >>>> -- >
