Installing the plug-in

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Revision as of 23:37, 7 May 2012

Contents of the build folder

When you download Fracture it will be in a compressed folder. Use winzip, winrar or gzip to extract the content.


fracture.so/fracture.mll

The FractureFX plug-in needs to be installed to your Maya plug-in path. The path varies from OS to OS. Below is a basic reference of the standard paths. Those on a production pipeline may find that their paths are altered and don't reflect the examples below.

Official documentation about plug-in paths can be found here.

A note about the plugin directories. A default Maya installation may not create these folders by default. However if you do create (and name correctly) these directories, Maya will recognize them. Those working in a production pipeline may have to request the installation be handled by IT.

Linux

$MAYA_APP_DIR/maya/2012/plug-ins
$MAYA_APP_DIR/maya/plug-ins
/usr/autodesk/userconfig/maya/2012/plug-ins
/usr/autodesk/userconfig/maya/plug-ins
$MAYA_LOCATION/bin/plug-ins

Mac OS

<user's homefolder>/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/2012
<user's homefolder>/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya
/Users/Shared/Autodesk/maya/2012
/Users/Shared/Autodesk/maya
Inside the Maya package in /Applications/Maya 2012/Maya.app

Windows

<user’s directory>/Documents/maya/2012/plug-ins
<user’s directory>/Documents/maya/plug-ins
<maya_directory>/bin/plug-ins

MEL scripts

The MEL scripts need to be placed into a valid script path.

Linux:

$MAYA_APP_DIR/maya/2012/scripts
$MAYA_APP_DIR/maya/scrips
/usr/autodesk/userconfig/maya/2012/scripts
/usr/autodesk/userconfig/maya/scripts

Mac OS

<user's homefolder>/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/2012
<user's homefolder>/ Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya
/Users/Shared/Autodesk/maya/2012
/Users/Shared/Autodesk/maya
Inside the Maya package in /Applications/Maya 2012/Maya.app

Windows:

<user’s directory>/Documents/maya/projects/default/mel
<user’s directory>/Documents/maya/2012/scripts
<user’s directory>/Documents/maya/scripts

If you are still having issues, the follow MEL commands can be used to print all the paths that Maya is looking in for plug-ins and scripts. When executing these commands, make sure you are using a MEL tab in the script editor, and not a Python tab!

getenv "MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH"
getenv "MAYA_SCRIPT_PATH"

To load Fracture in Maya, locate it in the Plug-in Manager (fracture.mll) and tick the check box on.

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