Introduction to Python for Maya: 05 Creating a UI

This series of tutorials introduces the fundamentals of using Python in Maya.

********************** empty window script ***********************

class MR_Window(object):

#constructor
def __init__(self):


# close old window is open

#create new window

#display new window


myWindow = MR_Window()

[TheGreatArlei]

I want you to know that you are an amazing tutor! You are so charismatic, explain everything so well and you really make it fun to code in python. I am a 3D artist but want to grow and learn more than just that. I really hope you keep making these videos, they are great! Have a good one and take care.

[Exia]

Excellent tutorial; please do not stop producing educational materials of this caliber.

[dvfxanimator]

What a great explanation is going on here! Hats off man. Really nice video. you earned a sub!!

[AnsonSavage]

Excellent work! I appreciate how you took the time to explain things that might seem straightforward.

[SundayLunch]

So many years trying to learn this shit Danm THANK YOU!! now I can crawl out for the primordial soup.

[BrianHoard]

Thank you for this great tutorial! I have a stack of GUI books for Python and Maya, but it appears things have changed a lot over the years, so thank you for creating a modern lesson for how to do it. Please make more Maya/Python GUI tutorials! They are very hard to find good ones that work.

[sofiashanovska]

This is incredibly helpful I'm so glad I stumbled upon this, really helps with my uni work haha!

[flioink]

That was pretty cool, thanks. Thinking about creating a rope along a given curve.
I guess I'll have to figure a way to attach a cylinder to a spline through Python.

[danlane]

Thanks for the tutorial, how would you pass an argument into the createCube def from the button?
for example I want a variable called 'myValue' to be passed into createCube every time I press the button:

self.cubeCreateBtn = cmds.button(label='Create cube', command=self.createCube( myValue ) )

Something like the above example but works?

[FiorellaFio-sbuc]

# Error: NameError: file <maya console> line 20: name 'MR_Window' is not defined #

[robinandblom]

It keeps telling me self is not defined....I use the exact same code??

[arundanimator]

too much advertising poping in the middle of script

[RyanMandseth]

Why do you start with a class right off the bat? Why is a class a necessary step for creating a UI? As far as I can tell, you made a class here, but then just filled that class with 2 functions and didn't actually use the class for anything.

Why couldn't you just do this with functions?