How to create large temp files quickly (for testing purposes)
Quick and dirty way to just create a 10GB temp file for testing e.g. network transfer speeds.
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Modal QMainWindow setup in Maya (or Nuke) without Shiboken/SIP
An easy way to get going with PySide in Maya (or Nuke for that matter) without the hassle of dealing with the shiboken/sip layer.
Set Maya project and create folder structure
After having done a quick Google search, it seems nobody has yet posted a quick Python snippet that does this.
Maya and relativity
A short note on how to work with relative paths in Autodesk’s Maya.
64-bit Python package building with VS2008
This was a real PITA to get working. After having installed Visual C++ 2008 Express, I tried to build both psutil and MySQLdb using setuptools and/or pip. Both resulted in various errors…
Search and replace
A very simple and quite rudimental search and replace script with a UI. It will only search and replace contents of files and not the filenames.
Load latest Maya crash file
This simple python script looks for the latest file with .ma file extension in the path given and prompts the user whether to load it or not. Just verify that the searchDir variable is pointing to your temp dir.
Catching string from stdout with Python
Using a Python “wrapper” script you can catch the output of an executing application, which is very useful when you want to perform certain tasks depending on what is being printed to stdout by the application.
A PySide/PyQt4 boilerplate for Maya, Nuke or standalone
Ever wanted to be able to run the same user interface in Maya, Nuke as well as completely standalone (with or without app-specific modifications) and on any platform, using PySide and/or PyQt?
Send MEL/Python commands from Sublime Text to Maya
This is a step by step to set you up with sending selected MEL/Python code snippets or whole scripts from Sublime Text to Maya using Justin Israel’s MayaSublime package.