MagicBook

Tutorial

English

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/915469397

https://youtu.be/_ABUKFHq3Kg

Chinese

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1ja4y127Fm/

This is a useful tool which helps you create a full function book rig.

It is necessary to inform you that a numpy and scipy module is required!

The plug-in is written in Python3 so please use Maya2020-py3 / Maya2022+.

I code and test it in Maya2023.

After you download the .zip file from the release page, you can install the plug-in by following the steps below:

How to install MagicBook

1. Decompression the files to your MAYA_APP_DIR\modules, for me (on Windows) it is:

C:\Users\Otaku\Documents\maya\modules

If you didn't find such a folder, create it by yourself! Things should be like:

maya\modules\MagicBook
maya\modules\MagicBook.mod

If you are using Maya on Macintosh or Linux, it should be:

Mac: ~<userName>/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/Maya/modules

Linux: ~<userName>/Maya/modules

2. Reopen Maya, then drag and drop the file dropToInstall.mel to Maya's viewport, you should see a yuumi on your shelf, installation is done.

How to install numpy and scipy

The MagicBook plugin is developed with numpy1.26.3 and scipy1.11.4, but higher/latest version should work fine as well.

For Windows user, press Win + R, type in cmd, press Enter.

cd to your Maya installation directory. If Maya is installed in D:\..., type in D: first, then cd to where Maya locates.

Then cd bin

Generally, it is:

D:

cd Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2023\bin

Then execute:

mayapy -m pip install numpy

mayapy -m pip install scipy