automatically load shelf images in other computers

[Rudi Hammad]

Hello,

we are a working in a project where every one is working locally. So before writing any code, I was wondering if there is a way to automatically load all the  images of the shelf that I am sending to the other members of the team.

I load the images locally by setting the path:

C:\Users\rudi\Documents\maya\2018\prefs\icons\someImage.png, so obviously this won't work for other users. They will have to manually set the path which is not ideal.

We share everything in google drive too. Is it possible to load directly from there?

Is there an easy way or should I write code to do a custom install reading each computer environment to get where maya is installed?

Thanks

[Hannes Delbeke]

i recommend to look into maya projects, maya modules, and environment variables.

video on relative path for textures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mYetC5sGSk

modules/plugins can load icons relatively from a icons folder setup in the mod file.

you could also ask people to add a env variable. and set your path to  %MYICONFOLDER%/someImage.png
then if everyone sets their env var correctly it will load the icon

Kind Regards,
Hannes Delbeke

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[Rudi Hammad]

Thanks for the reference, I'll check it out.

Cheers,

R