Maya Qt for Visual Studio
- Navyata Bawa
- Jul 20, 2017
- 2 min read
We will be requiring MS Visual Studio 2017 and Maya 2017 for this setup.
Step 1:
Install Autodesk Maya 2017
Step 2:
Get the Maya developer kit
Step 3:
Copy the \devkit, \include, and \mkspecs folders into C:\Program Files\Autodesk\maya2017
Step 4:
Point MAYA_LOCATION environment variable to your Maya installation (C:\Program Files\Autodesk\maya2017)
Step 5:
Install QT Tools for Visual studio. http://download.qt.io/development_releases/vsaddin/
This will add a Qt VS Tools icon on Visual Studio.
Under this icon, go to Qt options and select the Qt version you are using and set it to default.
Step 6:
Settings to change for Visual Studio:
Go to your project settings (Alt+F7)
Go to General under configuration properties. Set the Target Extension to .mll and Configuration Type to Dynamic Library(.dll) as shown below:
Go to General under C/C++. Add the additional include libraries (if any).
Go to Precompiled Headers under C/C++ and set the precompiled Header to Not using precompiled headers and set Enable Run-time information to YES. Add these preprocessor definitions: NT_PLUGIN;REQUIRE_IOSTREAM
Go to Linker settings. Under the General settings, add the MAYA_LOCATION to Additional Library Directories as shown below. This allows Visual Studio to find the correct libraries at the time of linking. Also, under command line additional options, add /export:initializePlugin /export:uninitializePlugin.
Under Input settings, add the required libraries under Additional Dependencies. This is what it looks like:
Build the Qt project using Build option. It will save the .mll file in the debug/release folder. Use this .mll file to load it onto Maya and run it.
Step 7:
Open Maya 2017. Go to Windows and then plug-in as shown.
Load your plug-in by browsing it from the file path. Type the MEL command corresponding to it. You will see the output. This helix example is from the Maya Help docs as an example.
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