i cant remember the name of those great tools?

[giantrobot]

damn. i think i found it. connect poly shape...but it is for maya 4.0 and i only have 3.5 for the mac.

[bigfatMELon]

I have taken the liberty of editing the latest version of ConnectPolyShape so that it is compatible with Maya 3.5.1 on OSX. You can get this, complete with special installation instructions from my site: http://homepage.mac.com/julianlove/FileSharing3.html

Dirk is aware of the OSX compatibility issues (they are all minor GUI problems) and informed me that they would be built into the next version that is due for the 4.5 release.

-jl

[giantrobot]

COOL!

thanks. i am downloading your version now.

i actually tried the osx version on his site...found it late last night.

most things seemed to work, except for the whole TOOLS menu :(

hope this works....

[giantrobot]

ok, that didnt work. for some reason it was telling me that i was missing a bunch of stuff.

i put the old cps stuff back and now i have that same limited functionality.

is there a way to access the TOOLBOX functions without using that panel (which isnt working). i cant find the tools anywhere else.

thanks

[bigfatMELon]

If you install it all according to the manual, you won't get any messages about missing files or errors. The proper procedure being to install the LATEST version of CPS from Dirk's site and then into install the OSX files. With this there are still some parts that cannot function in the OSX version, like the HUD. But all the important tools and switches should be good to go.

-jl

[giantrobot]

i think that the big issue that i am having is that the path that you list in your readme does not exist on my Titanium. all of the maya files are in this obscure hidden path (which i can only see by using Tinkertool to show hidden folders.

i have no path that is users/giantrobot/...

did i somehow install wrong?

also, even if i only get the originals working in the longrun, do you know how i can access the tools in a way other than the shelf Tools button. when i click that, i get an empty panel.

thanks again

[bigfatMELon]

If you are running OSX. you must have a /Users/userName/ folder.

There are two directories where Maya stores it's parts: the "package" directory where the app, the docs and built-in scripts reside and the user's Library directory where the prefs, icons, marking menus, scripts, etc... are stored.

The package directory isn't hidden. It's actually the Maya app. This is a special kind of folder that appears like an app that you can 2click and launch but is, in fact, a folder. This allows applications that require many complex parts that are largely of no concern to most users to appear a one simple icon. Right clicking the Maya app will yield a Show Package option. Choosing that will open the Maya package folder. But this isn't where your scripts should be going anyway.

Your own Library folder is where this stuff belongs and it's those folders to which I refer. Your user folder is also the location that you go to when you click on the Home icon in the Finder and is also contains your Desktop folder. In fact, TinkerTool is itself located within your Users folder. So it must exist. :)

-jl

[giantrobot]

so, i was about to send you a "when you are right, you re right" letter...because your new directory info helped. there was in fact a folder there that seemed right.

the weird thing is that i have multiple maya /scripts folders in different places on my machine. one where you said, and others in hidden places.

anyway, i installed exactly as you said, and i got a big window after the last step that said things like:

the following mel scripts are missing:
cpsSetFaceLimit.mel
cpsLib.mel
cpsInstallMenu.mel

please make sure to to copy files to this location:

MEL:
/private/var/root/library/preferences/aliaswavefront/maya/3.5/scripts/

etc...

i dont get it? what could be wrong?

[giantrobot]

in addition to my last email...

there are even the 3 original shelf icons for cps there...but it says in the red error line that it can not find cpslib.met for source statement.

now i cant get either the new or old version to work.:thumbsdow



ugh.

any ideas?

[bigfatMELon]

Reinstall it. Follow the instructions in my docs from the start. Skip no steps. If you've installed any of this stuff in Maya's package scripts folder, remove those scripts.

-jl

[giantrobot]

ok...i am sure you hate me but...

i cleared everything out.
reinstalled the original version
tried it.
worked great...except...still cant use the toolbox. i get "too many children in layout: cpst_ui
anyway, the CTRL tools worked.

closed maya
copied your files over the older ones
tried it
didnt work anymore. i got the errors stated above.

copied the originals back
tried it
back to the beginning. works ok except for the toolbox.

?

[giantrobot]

also-

when i use all of the old files, but your Toolbox file, i still cant use the toolbox, but i can edit it and see allof the tools that are supposed to be there (ext. face, convert selection , etc)

can i move these somewhere, or access them elsewhere?

[bigfatMELon]

The toolbox window doesn't work on the Mac version. This is normal for now. But there isn't anything in the toolbox that doesn't exist in Maya's Edit Polygon menu anyway.

-jl

[bigfatMELon]

Oops! I spoke too soon. A new version of the OSX port of CPS is now available at my site with what should be a properly working Toolbox window!:D

http://homepage.mac.com/julianlove/FileSharing3.html

-jl

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