Tools
Tool builds may be found here : http://www.cgmonks.com/category/tools/builds/
- For bugs – Bug reporting and tool feature requests
To get access to more stuff and provide more feedback we have a Slack Channel. To join, ping us on our facebook page and let us know.
Current requirements are:
- Maya 2010+
- OS:
- Windows – no issues reported
- Mac – no issues reported
- Linux – need more feedback
Current contents include:
- cgmTools
- Josh Burton and David Bokser
- Additional tools from:
- Justin Barrett
- Michael Comet
- John Doublestein
- Scott Englert
- Morgan Loomis
- Hamish McKenzie
- Brendan Ross
- Bohdon Sayre
For testers using stand alone release packs:
Simple tutorial for installation…
- Close Maya
- Unzip the contents of the release pack
- Place them in your maya/scripts folder. Typical paths are:
- Windows – c:\Users\<USERNAME>\My Documents\maya\<version
>\scripts - Mac – /Users/<USERNAM
E>/Library/Pref erences/Autodes k/maya/<version >/scripts
- Windows – c:\Users\<USERNAME>\My Documents\maya\<version
- Load maya and in a MEL comand line type:
cgmToolbox
Common issues
- Please ensure you follow the install instructions, in whatever maya script folder you wanna put stuff, you should see: cgmToolbox.mel, cgmToolbox.py and cgm folder
- Before you start to log a bug, please do the following:
- Turn on Script Editor>History>Show Stack Trace. It’ll help you figure out where to start. Make note of any errors on the offending function
- See if you can replicate the issue to provide the best bug report as possible
- We need to know OS, Maya version and any other pertinent info
- Common Errors:
- typeFactories Error
- More than likely you have an old install of zooToolbox. We share some libraries so if you have a very old library it may be causing a conflict
- typeFactories Error
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