Getting the qt designer working with pyside maya 2014. In this tutorial we will learn how to utilize qt designer for creating custom uis. You can import design assets from popular authoring tools such as photoshop, autodesk maya and the foundry modo. We will go over the use of qt designer along with using python to. Helping us translate between maya s qt and our own pyqt4 code. An appropriate version of the qt sdk for maya 2011 and older, or autodesks modified qt source for maya 2012 under the heading qt4. Previously in maya if you had several high polygon models and you were trying to manipulate those models, maya sometimes could behave slowly. This lesson demonstrates how to create a simple qt window inside of maya using pyside.
Oct 09, 2014 qt designer create application gui graphical user interface part 01. Hes got a version for maya 2012 for osx, windows 3264 python 2. Similar to the main maya window, here the path for our maya ui control is. The main window template is used to create application windows with. Using qt designer and pyside to create maya 2014 editor windows. We will discover the awesome art of using qt designer along with python, pyqt4 and mel scripting to create custom uis within maya.
Building sip, and pyqt for maya 2014 around the corner. This is an updated version for maya 2014 pyqt build instructions. Maya 2011 highlight qt user interface overview plus gdc the maya blog. Qt pronounced cute is a free and opensource widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces as well as crossplatform applications that run on various software and hardware platforms such as linux, windows, macos, android or embedded systems with little or no change in the underlying codebase while still being a native application with native capabilities and.
Im utilizing maya 2014 and the qt designer package that came along with it im noticing it doesnt work very well with python, can you, perhaps, provide more detail on how to get this working. Contribute to pyqtmaya2014qt4 development by creating an account on github. This wysiwyg editor runs on windows, mac and linux. Transparent qt widgets on top of arbitrary native windows are not supported. Im taking my first steps with qt designer and maya here and so far it looks great. Both pyqt and pyside have the ability to parse and convert the designer file to python objects on the fly. I want to take this opportunity to provide you some additional information on the new viewport 2. Digitaltutors creating custom user interfaces in maya and qt designer.
Download the correct qt source files from autodesk. Mixing maya ui elements into a qt designer interface joe. Unfortunately qt designer is not an option for me, as most of the widgets are dynamic. The following assumes qt has been installed into usersmyhomedirqt4. The past few weeks have gone into the development of a new picker tool for a character rig im finishing up. In this article i take you through the basic steps of using the qt designer to design forms, bring them into maya 2012 using pyqt and look at how we can link them up to create a powerful tool that uses the power of mel and python but with the flexible graphical user interface that qt is known for. Qt designer is a tool for quickly building graphical user interfaces with. It is also possible to add new gui controls written in python to qt designer. You can also take this further by using qt designer to create your own custom ui.
Seems to work well other than 2014 which doesnt have mayamixin. It also contains a pyside distribution, which is designed to connect to the qt inside of maya, making it possible to write apps using python and pyside that run right inside the engine. When for the first time i saw maya 2011 and learned about qt i thought that it must be hard. Although it is a very basic script, it will illustrate some. Digital tutors creating custom user interfaces in maya. Every time i uninstall and install it reapeats the same problem. First convert the maya ui control name to a pyqt object then call. Signalslot mechanism, combined with an event driven system. Customize the interface maya autodesk knowledge network. Developing an interface in qt is simple and fast and it works like charm.
Qt designer can be used to create user interfaces for different purposes, and it provides different kinds of form templates for each user interface. In addition, the loadui command provides a way to use qt s designer tool to create maya ui. Creating main windows in qt designer qt designer manual. Qt widgets and high dpi on 4k monitor windows autodesk. Qt designer can be used to create user interfaces for different purposes, and provides different kinds of form templates for each of these. Qt gui using qt designer for multiple windows duration. In the case of maya 2014, there are more than just a few issues, such as. Creating custom user interfaces in maya and qt designer pluralsight. Pyqt is able to generate python code from qt designer. Learn to create great looking user interfaces for maya using qt designer and pyside2. Qt designer create application gui graphical user interface part 01. If youre like me, you like to always be using the latest version of an autodesk product. Qt pronounced cute is a free and opensource widget toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces as well as crossplatform applications that run on various software and hardware platforms such as linux, windows, macos, android or embedded systems with little or no change in the underlying codebase while still being a native application with native capabilities and speed.
The maya opengl viewport is not drawing to the qt backstore, its drawing to the graphics. The following assumes qt has been installed into usersmyhomedir qt 4. You can still use the traditional mel ui commands to create windows, buttons, sliders, etc. An easy way to get going with pyside in maya or nuke for that matter without the hassle of dealing with the shibokensip layer. Installation includes the autodesk genuine service, which tests for certain types of nongenuine autodesk software. Note that its important to use the maya modified version of the qt source code. Python see examples in pyqt distribution examplesdesignerpluginswidgets. Here are the versions of maya, and their corresponding installers for pyqt. While maya s ui commands should be sufficient to meet the most common of developers ui needs, more demanding interfaces may require lowerlevel access to the underlying toolkit. Access to low level components such as the base qwidget, qobject, qaction, and qpainter.
For mac os x users, you can find qt designer directly at the qt development tools website. The shotgun engine for maya establishes a bridge between the shotgun pipeline toolkit apps and maya. For starters, most of the menus have a dotted line running alongside them. This tutorial explains the basics steps of creating a ui in qt designer, bring the. Download a free trial of the qt framework, tools for desktop and embedded development, plus other enterprise addons. If you encounter any problems, please just send us an email. Oct 25, 20 one of the nice things in maya is being able to make interfaces for tool using qt and qt designer. Where applicable, you can see countryspecific product information, offers, and pricing. Petersburg, russia on may 22 nd, 2012 and may 23 rd, 2012 this unique opportunity allows you to dive into the inner workings of our software, and come out with a strong fundamental knowledge of the architecture. Gui made with pyqt to help the creation of a particle system in maya. I want to download qt5designer so that it shows up in my windows start menu. Here are small, standalone installers of qt designer for windows and mac. Transparent qt widgets arent drawn on top of onscreen windows, they are drawn on top of qt s backstore stack.
It expects to be compiled against the same qt version as maya, which is also a modified version by autodesk. We have redirected you to an equivalent page on your local site where you can see local pricing and promotions and purchase online. Most of the time companies wont integrate other things in their programs sufficiantly. Contribute to cyrillefmayapyqtscripts development by creating an account on github. D also, a huge big thanks to justin israel for mentoring me through making this interface. A short overview on how to get a custom ui made with qt designer working in maya 2014 using pyside instead of having to use pyqt. This was an article written for, and has been hosted on here as well as on their site. We will go over the use of qt designer along with using python to connect everything together. In this small tutorial, i will guide you through the steps of making a small plugin for maya 2012 which utilise a qt form created using the qt designer, and how we can add call backs and event triggers to make a user friendly interface for our python scripts.
If you need the qtdesigner plugin, please modify pyqt script file and remove this flag. Qt designer tabwidget and python maya highend3d artists. Many people want to use qt designer without having to download gigabytes of other software. Modal qmainwindow setup in maya or nuke without shibokensip. Look for info on these invisible widgets in the maya api docs for mscriptutil, it shows how to query the internal qt structure for the maya widgets. One of the most important and the biggest changes of the last release maya 2012 was viewport 2. The autodesk developer network adn will be hosting a free 2 day maya api and 2 day 3ds max sdk training sessions in st. But, after a week of working with qt, i must say that god bless all those people in autodesk. Theyre there for a reason and should you be doing anything else with qt on your system, if mayas binary directory is on your path you will have issues. One most glaring omissions is that a qt float spinbox doesnt get mapped to a maya float field. I tried to replace the loadui function of pyqt but somehow i cannot get the ui window up maya does not complain about anything when i execute the code, just no result. Qt also includes qt designer, a graphical user interface designer. I have tried to delete appp data but the problem persist. The very good news is that with maya 2014, there is no more need to build pyside as it is coming by default in maya.
The qt company provides businesses with commercially viable development projects, a free 10day qt evaluation including all our commercial packages and components, plus. Maya 2014 is shipping with pyside, therefore there is no more need to build pyside. For windows and linux users, qt designer is installed with maya. How maya handles transparent qt widget maya 2017 autodesk. Maya 2011 highlight qt user interface overview plus gdc. Creating custom user interfaces in maya and qt designer. The main window template is used to create application windows with menu bars, toolbars, and dock widgets. Contribute to cyrillefmayapyqtscripts development by creating an account. Building and installing pyqt maya python for games and film. Qt ui tools consists of qt design studio which makes it easy for designers and developers to collaborate.
Making a picker gui for maya with pyside and qtdesigner. Get a quick look at whats new in this latest version. Using qt designer for mel interfaces page 1 mel scripting. A series designed for anyone familiar with the maya python api and would. The 2014 series has just been released and it is always quite a bit of work to convert youre existing toolset up to the latest build. This is an updated version of the maya 20 build instructions for pyqt and pyside here. Cant open qt designer in maya 2018 autodesk community. You can find the scripts used for building qt, pyqt, here. In this article i take you through the basic steps of using the qt designer to design forms, bring them into maya 2012 using pyqt and look at how we can link them up to create a powerful tool that uses the power of mel and python but with the flexible graphical user interface that qt. Unfortunately not everything in qt has a corresponding ui element in maya, even for some things that you think there would be. Qt designer s signals and slots editing mode creating main windows in qt designer. Ive used pyqt4 in maya quite a bit, and generally ive found it quite easy to switch to pyside, but im having trouble getting the pointer to the main window. Using qt designer and pyside to create maya 2014 editor windows posted november 26, 2014 by brechtos as it turns out trying to implement a custom gui made with an external editor and using python to interact with them can be quite a pain in maya 2014.
The ui was designed in the amazing qtdesigner and all the maya integration was done using pyside pyside 1 that is. Working with the qt designer application, to build a ui visually. Mar 07, 2015 if you want to write maya plugins which also make use of qt you will have to build qt from the modified source files provided in this directory and link your plugins against those libraries. The whole design is a qmainwindow widget, and the tabs. Apr 22, 20 this is an updated version for maya 2014 pyqt build instructions.
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