Coding

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Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
About the Coding category Coding	0	2660	March 28, 2017
Maintaining Maya PySide2/PySide6 Compatibility Coding maya , coding , python	6	401	February 6, 2026
Issue with World Space Tween Calculation Coding codiing	6	107	January 2, 2026
Maya Autosave callback Coding maya , codiing , pipeline , python	2	129	December 9, 2025
Derive default maya shelves Coding rigging , maya	1	87	December 1, 2025
Drag and Drop script - Paste the script contents into the correct tab in Script Editor Coding mel , maya , python	6	110	December 1, 2025
Maya xView Equivalent Coding maya	2	201	November 12, 2025
Sharing a weight tool Coding maya , python	0	159	November 4, 2025
Precomputation in a custom Node/Deformer Coding maya , codiing	5	201	November 3, 2025
Looking for help writing an OpenUSD plugin to fix OpenUSD Plugins Coding usd , maya , houdini , python , codiing	0	130	October 21, 2025
Maya subprocess.Popen doesn't launch batch script Coding maya , codiing , python	2	68	October 15, 2025
UUID management (Maya) Coding maya , pipeline , fbx	4	1701	October 14, 2025
Curve Data Manager Tool Coding rigging , maya , python	0	84	October 13, 2025
Setting up Qt C++ for Maya Coding qt , maya , coding	9	2778	October 3, 2025
Simple decorator patterns to help keep qt code clean Coding python , qt , maya , coding , codiing	3	212	September 27, 2025
Why doesn't MDagMessage.addMatrixModifiedCallback trigger when rotating the pivot in Maya? Coding maya , rigging , python , codiing	2	82	September 18, 2025
Unreal Engine - Attaching a chain to another object. Coding unreal	0	78	August 31, 2025
Why are there various commands whose names are only diffrentiated by their ending numbers? Coding mel , maya , python , codiing	5	156	August 23, 2025
Intro crash-course to C++. How can I get that? Coding shaders , qt	24	6550	August 23, 2025
Finding a Specific translateX AnimCurve Node in Maya API (Even with Intermediate Nodes) Coding maya , perforce , python	0	61	August 15, 2025
Drawing multiple curves with single MRenderItem Coding cplusplus , maya	4	116	August 13, 2025
WASD/FPS Camera? Coding	7	3679	July 22, 2025
Transforming 3D data with python, outside of Maya Coding maya , python , codiing	4	185	July 11, 2025
Skinning Decomposition with Similarity Transformations (SSDS) Coding maya , codiing , python	2	135	June 19, 2025
MfnAnimCurve.setKeys() Rotation values Coding maya	3	104	June 12, 2025
A way that kinda works to add a shelfsets automatically to houdini mad hacks python , houdini	0	67	June 11, 2025
API Code Mnemonics mad hacks maya , python , codiing	1	73	June 4, 2025
Blending poses almost like we blend shapes (New Technique?) Coding python , codiing , math	9	305	May 31, 2025
[Maya][Python] Soft selection weight Coding	3	2690	May 31, 2025
Mayapy not working Coding maya , python , codiing	2	97	May 7, 2025