Maya 2012 - Where are instructions on how to make it work?

[Jessy]

I've got the "3D Control" menu showing. But the SpaceNavigator doesn't do anything in Maya. What is to be done?

[UtaSH]

Do you have movements in other applications, for example the demo cube?

[Jessy]

Definitely. It works with Blender 2.49. Additionally I have used it with great success in Maya before, but with 2012, no dice.

[Fred]

Hello Jessy -

The 3Dconnexion plug-in in Maya depends on the command MagellanStartup being executed by the usersetup.mel
script.

Can you go to the MEL console in Maya and type “MagellanStartup” ? [without the quotes]

Either the SpaceNavigator navigation will be enabled or there will be an error indicating what the problem is.


If the SpaceNavigator starts at the command prompt but is not auto-starting, that would indicate that another
instance of usersetup.mel is being used. To have the SpaceNavigator auto-start you would need to add the line

magellanstartup;

to the end of the active usersetup.mel .


If you have other add-ins such as Maya's Bonus Tools or GoZ , they add their own usersetup.mel files.
Use 'Finder' to locate any other versions of usersetup.mel .
Open the 'usersetup.mel' in -->Maya-->scripts-->startup and add the line

magellanstartup;

at the end.

Maya only checks for the scripts on startup, so you can restart Maya or type "rehash;"



If the “MagellanStartup” command returns an error: "3DxMaya.bundle", was not found on MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH ,
check that you are using the current 3DxMacware software and if not, download it from from our web
site under Service –Download Driver. [http://www.3dconnexion.com/support/downloads.php].If you are already using
the current version, close Maya and run the 3Dconnexion .dmg again to install the plugin.


Open Maya and go to Window->Settings|Preferences->Plug-In Manager to check that 3DxMaya.bundle is loaded

Thank You,

Fred

[chsang]

L.S,

I am working on a Window 7 64-bit machine x Maya 2013
This is my solution:

One have to edit this script:
GoZBrushToMaya.mel

This is it's address on my machine:
C:\Users\Public\Pixologic\GoZApps\Maya\GoZBrushToMaya.mel

Open it in Notepad.

At the end of thís script I added:
magellanstartup;

The end of this script now looks like this:
-------------------------------
{
printDebug(" Reading object " + $objectPath + " ...");
importGoZObject($objectPath);
}

// Clears the GoZ objects list.
$fileId = `fopen $objectListFile "w"`;
fclose $fileId;
magellanstartup;
-------------------------------

All the best,
Feng