The Developer Kit
The Maya Developer Kit has been extended to support the Maya Python API. There are a number of items in the Developer Kit that are required for using the Maya Python API.
Module files
There are several Python module files which contain the Maya Python API’s interfaces. These are located in the Python/site-packages directory of the installation. The Python directory in a Maya installation varies depending on the platform. For example, on Linux, this directory is at $MAYA_LOCATION/lib/python2.4/site-packages.
The modules we currently ship are:
- OpenMaya.py
- OpenMayaAnim.py
- OpenMayaRender.py
- OpenMayaFX.py
- OpenMayaUI.py
- OpenMayaMPx.py
- OpenMayaCloth.py
Examples
Our Maya Python API examples are located in the plug-ins/scripted and the applications/scripted directory of the Developer Kit.
Documentation
The Maya API and the Maya Python API share the same documentation. The documentation has been augmented to include information on Python, such as:
- Methods not available in script
- Methods that should be substituted in place of another
- Where classes are located in the Maya Python API, for example, "(OpenMaya) (OpenMayaMPx.py)". In this example, the second item indicates that the class is located in the OpenMayaMPx module.
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