tp-dcc-tools

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DCC agnostic framework that allows to improve the experience when using DCCs.

Easy to setup framework that contains lot of utility functions and classes to streamline the creation of new DCC tools for TDs. Also, the framework features a collection of tools that can be helpful for different departments.

• Reroute DCC agnostic layer
• Generic DCC objects
• Inheritance based configuration files system. Your tools can use different configurations based on which DCC you are working on.
• Generic DCC agnostic TCP client/server implementation. Launch your tool outisde your DCC.
• Huge collection of Python related utils modules: string management, file IO, etc.
• Huge collection of Qt widgets. Your tools will look similar no matter which DCC are your workign on.
• Complete Qt style/theme manager.
• DCC agnostic Python based unit test framework.
• And much more ...

Packages

• tp-dcc-bootstrap: Package that handles the initialization of the tp-dcc framework and all their packages.

• tp-dcc-common: Shared common libraries used by tp-dcc framework. Following libraries are available:

  • python: Collection of Python utilities modules to work with Python and DCCs.
  • qt: Collection of Python utilities modules to work with PySide/PyQt and DCCs
  • resources: Resources used by tpDcc framework. Also contains functionality to load resources for apps.
  • math: Library that contains math related classes and functions for Python.
  • plugin: Library that contains classes to implement plugin architecture in Python.
  • composite: Library that contains classes to implement composite architecture in Python.
  • naming: Library that allows to manage nomenclature using rules and tokens.
  • svg: Library to handle SVG files in Python.
  • psd: Library that contains functions to interact with Photoshop files.
  • nodegraph: Library to create node graphs in a DCC agnostic way.

• tp-dcc-preferences: Package that handles tpDcc package preferences

• tp-dcc-core: Package that contains a collection of Python modules to interact with DCCs Python APIs in a DCC agnostic way.

  • Reroute DCC agnostic layer.
  • Generic DCC object representations.

• tp-dcc-standalone: Standalone interface for tpDcc framework.

• tp-dcc-maya: Maya interface for tpDcc framework. Package that contains a lot of utilities functions and classes to work with Maya Python APIs (cmds and OpenMaya).

• tp-dcc-unreal: Unreal Engine interface for tpDcc framework. Package that contains a lot of utilities functions and classes to work with Unreal Python API (unreal).

• tp-dcc-max: 3ds Max interface for tpDcc framework. Package that contains a lot of utilities functions and classes to work with 3ds Max Python APIs (pymxs and MaxPlus).

• tp-dcc-mobu: MotionBuilder interface for tpDcc framework. Package that contains a lot of utilities functions and classes to work with MotionBuilder Python API (pyfbsdk).

• tp-dcc-houdini: Houdini interface for tpDcc framework. Package that contains a lot of utilities functions and classes to work with Houdini Python API (hou).

Requirements

• Make sure Python 3.X is installed in your machine.

  Note

  Scripts expect to find Python executables in their default locations:

  • Python 3: C:Python3X

  You can edit setup_venv_py.bat if you want to use custom Python installation directory.

• Make sure virtualenv is installed:

  pip install virtualenv
  

• Make sure Git client is installed : https://git-scm.com/

How to use

1. Run setup_venv_py.bat: to create virtual environment for Python 3.
2. Execute tp_dcc_main.py in your favorite Python DCC editor to load tp-dcc framework.