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Animation Picker for Autodesk Maya 2018.

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Free trial restrictions:

• No Save/Open option.
• Maximum of 10 buttons.

Key features:

• Drag and Drop interface that works when you drag from Outliner, Hypershade, etc.
• Embed Mel script commands to any button expands a lot of powerful possibilities.
• Expand your icon library, just copy and paste it to the /icons folder.
• Save/Open to share your picker with your coworkers, or to include it with your rigs.
• Customize the color of each button, to the extend of changing the border color, border radius, hover color, pressed color, etc.
• Grid option to enhance precision.
• Powerful search widget included, which enables you to search by keyword in your whole Maya scene, filtering by polygons, curves, cameras, locators, or constraints.

To install:

1. Copy this whole folder (SearchNPick) to your maya/scripts/ folder.
2. Launch a new Maya session (Or type rehash; command in a mel tab)
3. Run this command in a python tab:

import SearchNPick

SearchNPick.run()

Usage:

• (Control + Middle Mouse) will scale the buttons.
• (Middle Click) to move the button around.
• (Right Click) to edit button.
• (Left Click) to execute embedded Mel and/or select the content in the viewport.
• Drag and Drop with middle button from the Outliner to create a new button (Maya 2018 only)

Roadmap:

• Include other widgets like SpinBox, LineEdits, RadioButtons and CheckBox for the user to add into the workspace.
• Grouping buttons together.
• Layers to hide/show.
• Embedded python commands.
• Change namespaces.
• Zoom in/out.