Getting Maya Python API 2.0 to work correctly in PyCharm 2017

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Anyone been able to get PyCharm 2017 to recognize Maya Python API 2.0 with proper introspection? Importing to the protected member works:

import maya.api._OpenMaya_py2 as apiOM

but

import maya.api.OpenMaya as apiOM

doesn’t - it’ll throw unexpected argument warnings on parsed values for things like MMatrix.

I’m doing the standard setup using the devkit for code completion.

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this link shows you how:

Abbreviated version:

  1. Get the devkit.
  2. Link pymel completions to your interpreter in PyCharm.
  3. Remove the \Maya201X\Python\Lib\site-packages path from the interpreter in the same window.

I just did these steps from scratch and they worked fine!

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Yep - exactly what I’ve got here. Most things complete correctly cmds, mel etc… just no go with the api 2.0.

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FWIW this is my setup and I’ve got full completion… Maybe try invalidating your caches and restarting?

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I get similar argument warnings. It’s not something I like getting used to, but I’ve dealt with. If anyone knows a fix, I’d also like to know.

@leocov - this appears to be less about auto-complete, as that does work when importing the API module. Introspection seems to be the annoyance after it’s imported.

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\devkit\other\pymel\extras\completion\py\maya\api\OpenMaya.py file content must be:
from _OpenMaya_py2 import *

Then you can use:
import maya.api.OpenMaya as om

Follow the same way for the other files.

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Importing everything isn’t the best idea as well as protected members (not valid PEP8).

Also isn’t _OpenMaya_py2 just the stubs?