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While researching how to setup models and connect them to views I came across an interesting issue. Nobody could provide me with a good solution to setup dynamic filters for filtering information in a CSV file. So... I made one myself! What better way to re-intr...

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When writing tools and scripts to Maya it is often useful to store them in an easy to access location that can also be added to with minimal effort, especially if the tools are important to your pipeline or are of regular use by the end user.

This code snippe...

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A handy tool to help make skinning vehicles or any other rigid skinned objects easier. 

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Skinning vehicles or any other rigid skin objects can be tedious and error prone. The following write up will explain how to use Rigid Skin Master, there is also a dem...

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A post about how leveraging externals can be a powerful tool used across multiple projects.

This is quite an in depth post so stick with it but it covers how to use externals in as much depth as possible.

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Over the past few months I have been coming up aga...

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File runner was spawned from needing to run different functions & scripts over the same files.

The need to switch script & re-run quickly became tiresome and thus File Runner was born!

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File Runner is a handy Qt UI class that helps with constant batch proce...

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This piece is an addition to the all inclusive Maya bootstrap post from earlier.

This post will explore how to increase flexibility across projects.

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Since developing the system I found using multiple batch files for multiple projects was not particularly s...

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The documentation that follows is rather heavy and is for the intermediate to experienced user.

We will cover how to set up a batch file that launches Maya from a tools repository location, this is especially useful for project setups and is extremely flexible whe...

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Some very old tools of mine for 3DS Max.

The addition to stat man. On reflection keeping these two tools separate rather than tie this into Stat Man would have been a better road to head down, but you live and learn!

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• Enables user to exporter masse...

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A very old tool written for 3DS Max

Stat Man was a tool written some time ago in late 2013/early 2014.

Stat man was designed to highlight as much information on each object in your scene as possible to help you optimise assets and allow you to cycle through & sel...