source repo from https://github.com/volodinroman/CMakeMaya I add pydoit to make all the process easier.

Install Python3 and poetry

1. run git clone [email protected]:FXTD-ODYSSEY/CMakeMaya.git clone repo
2. run git submodule update --init clone all the submodule
3. run pip install poetry install poetry (skip this if you already install)
4. run poetry install install all python dependencies
5. run poetry shell get into the python virtual environment
6. run doit init initialize the build environment

If you run to this error, you will need to :

1. add C:\Python310\Scripts to the Environment Path
2. use administrator rights to open VSCode

ERROR: Could not install packes due to an OSError: [Error 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Python310\\Scropts\\dul-receive-pack' 
Consider using the `--user` option or check the permissions

doit init will install chocolatey then use choco to install VS Build Toolkit & CMake

Be aware that, VS Build Toolkit need to install C++ requirement manually. after choco install finished, it will open the setup.exe program.

run doit sdk -v 2020 could download the SDK toolkit online and extract to the SDK folder with maya<version> name.

run doit list would list all available command.

run doit new to create a template project for C++ into the projects folder.

run doit compile or doit c to compile the C++ plugin. doit help c to get command help

doit c -p weightDriver -v 2020 this command compile the weightDriver plugin for Maya2020 if not specify the project and version, then compile all the projects to 2020 version.

-p flag send the projects relative folder to locate the compile CMakeLists.txt To compile the weightDriver you can use doit c -p IngoClemens/weightDriver. you can use the end folder for short, eg: doit c -p weightDriver

IngoClemens/weightDriver compile to Maya 2020.4 will be fail issue you need to modify the source code for compatibility.

robertjoosten/maya-dem-bones require pybind11. however, pyblind11 drop support for python2 in the new version. if you want the lower version, you can checkout pyblind11 branch to v2.9.

https://blog.l0v0.com/posts/5875a169.html