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Installation

Script Editor Installation

You can install ZenTools for Maya by copy/pasting the following python snippet into your script editor:

import os;
from subprocess import check_call;
from pathlib import Path;

mayapy: str = str(
    Path(os.environ.get("MAYA_LOCATION")).joinpath("bin", "mayapy")
);
check_call([mayapy, "-m", "pip", "install", "maya-zen-tools"]);
from maya_zen_tools import install, startup;
install.main();
startup.main()

  • In Maya, select the "modeling" menu set. You can do this from the top-left corner of the user interface.

    Modeling Menu Set

  • In the bottom-right corner of the Maya user interface, make sure your script editor is toggled to "python".

    Toggle Script Editor

  • In the bottom-right corner of the Maya user interface, paste the above snippet of python code into your script editor, then press "return".

    Paste Into Script Editor

The ZenTools menu will now be visible whenever you are in the "Modeling" menu set.

ZenTools Menu

Command Line Installation

For most users, script editor installation will be the quickest/easiest way to install ZenTools. For network/system administrators wishing to automate workstation configurations, however, command-line installation will be more expedient.

You can install ZenTools for Maya with the following command, if you have added the mayapy interpreter's parent directory to your system path:

mayapy -m pip install maya-zen-tools && mayapy -m maya_zen_tools.install

The location of mayapy will depend on your Maya version and operating system:

Platform Location
Windows C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya<VersionNumber>\bin\
Linux /usr/autodesk/Maya<VersionNumber>/bin/
macOS /Applications/Autodesk/maya<VersionNumber>/Maya.app/Contents/bin/