Maya and PySide2: Custom Picker

 

This is a custom picker tool that I built over the last week using PySide2 in Maya. I've implemented this on a Mixamo Rig.

Current features of this tool:

• Select any joint using the relevant button
• Select all the finger joints together with a single button
• Select multiple fingers

 These were my learning outcomes:

• Understanding how the grid layout works in PySide2
• Understanding how to integrate a Qt interface with the Maya main window, and how to parent it
• Buttons: Signals and Slots
• Using custom functions with buttons, and more specifically, tuning these functions to work well in the context of a slot
• Creating stylesheets for layouts and widgets

Next steps:

• Implement the picker on a full rig with controllers
• Integrate facial controls
• Integrate a functionality that allows assigning buttons
• Integrate a functionality to create a picker interface for any rig