Readme

This is the readme for the Callback Node Example Maya plugin.

About

This is an example of how to create a custom node that handles installation of a callback onto a rig without having explicit connections in the dependency graph.

You can view the full tutorial that goes over creating this node step-by-step here.

Building

Requirements

• Maya 2016 (and above) needs to be installed in order to link to the libraries.
• You will also need the devkit headers, which are available from the official Autodesk Github repository.
• CMake 2.8.11 and higher is required for building.

Instructions for building with CMake

• Create a build directory and navigate to it.
• Run cmake ../ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release and then cmake --build . --config Release --target install. The binaries should be installed in the bin folder.

Sample code

In MEL:

file -f -newFile;
unloadPlugin "callbackNodeExample";
loadPlugin "c:/Users/sonictk/Git/experiments/maya_node_callback_example/build/Debug/callbackNodeExample.mll";

createNode "transform";
applyCallback -n "transform1";

Credits

Siew Yi Liang (a.k.a sonictk)