Maya shelves mixed up

[Raayaar]

I have a problem with Maya shelves since I installed 3dconnexion plugin for Maya.

Navigation shelf with two buttons is added, one for space navigator configuration and one for help. Since both these buttons are also available in the top right corner of UI, there is no need to have extra shelf cluttering the interface. The problem is this shelf is invisible in shelf editor and thus cannot be removed. Is there a workaround for this problem?

Even bigger annoyance is that every time I start Maya, the shelves are rearranged in alphabetical order instead of my custom saved order. Since I use dropdown shelf menu (instead of shelf tabs), this particular shelf order saves me a lot of time. I have to manually arrange shelves every time Maya is restarted.

My coworker has exactly the same problem. We both use SpaceNavigator PE, Maya 8.5 and have the latest 3dconnexion drivers installed.

Thank you for your help!
AR

[Raayaar]

I have the same problem in Maya 8.0. It's kind of annoying and it must be really simple to fix.
I don't see why navigation shelf must be some kind of non-deletable, non-standard part of UI...? And why does it have to override user's shelves settings?

[rstadie]

Hi Raayaar,

If you want to remove the "Navigation"-tab you can do the following:

A) Open MagellanStartup.mel in an editor (located under C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya8.5\scripts\startup)
B) Search for the line

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C3DxShelfTab();

C) Change it to

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// C3DxShelfTab();

Note that you do that on your own risk and it is not recommended/supported. You will have to do that every time you install our software.

[Raayaar]

The "navigation" shelf is now gone, but the shelves are still rearranged in alphabetical order every time I restart Maya. I (kind of) fixed this by renaming my important shelves...
Thanks for your help

[sixBlade]

I am also experiencing this problem. The fix stated does not fix the problem - something in the 3dconnexions code is causing the shelves to be rearranged into alphabetical order - removing the magellanstartup file fixes the problem but then I cannot use my spacenavigator!

I am using Maya 2008 unlimited

[rstadie]

Hi sixBlade,

The above mentioned method is for removing the Navigation-tab, not about the rearrangement. The rearrangement seems to be a bug in our Plug-in - we track this bug with the number 4675.

This will hopefully be fixed in our next release.

*UPDATE*
It will be fixed in the next release

[sixBlade]

Thanks for your help

[eyeJ]

I tried to do this myself cause this problem was annoying me to.
But now I can't get the driver for Maya working. I tried repairing the software with the update command in the driver and uninstalling / reinstalling it in add/remove programs, still doesn't work.

I get this message:

// Error: Cannot find procedure "_3DxOnDeviceChanged". //
// Error: Cannot find procedure "_3DxOnDriverFunctionsChanged". //

When I source the MagellanStartup.mel it works but the settings are all messed up (inverted axes...) and the control panel will not show.


I guess a preferences file or something got corrupted since reinstalling it doesn't fix the problem.

Any idea what went wrong?

[rstadie]

Hi eyeJ,

To restore normal functionality you should copy a working version of MagellanStartup.mel to

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C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya8.5\scripts\startup\

You find a working version in

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C:\Program Files\3Dconnexion\3Dconnexion 3DxSoftware\Maya 85\

.
Which program did you use to make your changes?

[eyeJ]

I installed some other Mel script that needed the userSetup.mel to be located in "Your Documents"\maya\2008\scripts.
Seems that this userSetup.mel overrides the one in ...Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2008\scripts\startup and because of that it didn't work

So if you experience the same problem just add the following line in the userSetup.mel located in "Your Documents"\maya\2008\scripts:

MagellanStartup;


Now all is good

[eyeJ]

Hi eyeJ,

To restore normal functionality you should copy a working version of MagellanStartup.mel to

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C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya8.5\scripts\startup\

You find a working version in

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C:\Program Files\3Dconnexion\3Dconnexion 3DxSoftware\3DxMaya 8.5

.
Which program did you use to make your changes?

U are fast to respond
Sorry for bothering you
Found the solution