Maya Python Scripting with Eclipse and PyMel

Submitted by Benoit on Sat, 04/24/2010 - 17:34

Eclipse with the PyDev plug-in is a very powerful IDE for python scripting. To use Eclipse for python scripting in Maya:

1) Install Eclipse and PyDev:
http://www.eclipse.org/
http://pydev.org/download.html

2) Install Eclipse Maya Editor:
http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/applications/syntax-scriptin...

3) Install PyMel:
http://www.luma-pictures.com/tools/pymel/docs/0.9/install.html

4) Configure auto-completion for PyMel:
http://www.luma-pictures.com/tools/pymel/docs/0.9/install.html
http://www.luma-pictures.com/tools/pymel/docs/0.9/eclipse.html

After that, you should be able to write python in Eclipse with auto-completion for PyMel and send python commands to Maya.

Best regards,
Benoît