About this document
Installing InstaLOD for Autodesk Maya is a quick and easy process that can be completed in less than five minutes. For more information on InstaLOD for Autodesk Maya please navigate to the full Getting Started guide.
Installing InstaLOD for Autodesk Maya
Download the latest version of InstaLOD for Autodesk Maya from your InstaLOD Cloud account and follow the steps below:
Windows Installation
Copy the InstaLOD_MayaIntegration.mel
file to your Maya script folder, normally found at \Users\your-username\Documents\maya\scripts
.
MacOS Installation
Copy the InstaLOD_MayaIntegration.mel
file to your Maya script folder, normally found at ~/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/scripts
.
InstaLOD Pipeline
InstaLOD for Autodesk Maya uses InstaLOD Pipeline as its processing backbone. Please note that InstaLOD Pipeline does not require installation. Simply download the latest version of InstaLOD Pipeline from your InstaLOD Cloud account and store it in a safe location (e.g. in your documents). When booting InstaLOD for Autodesk Maya for the first time, you will be required to specify the location of the InstaLOD Pipeline folder.
ATTENTION: Please note that no additional license entitlements are required for InstaLOD for Autodesk Maya to successfully utilize InstaLOD Pipeline. You will simply not be able to use InstaLOD Pipeline seperately for batch processing via e.g. the command line.
Getting started with InstaLOD for Autodesk Maya
To open the InstaLOD Plugin window inside of Autodesk Maya, type the following MEL commands in the Autodesk Maya Command-Line (located on the bottom-left side of the Applications footer).
InstaLOD_MayaIntegration; InstaLOD;
To automatically initialize InstaLOD whenever Autodesk Maya starts, create a file called userSetup.mel
in your Autodesk Maya script folder. Enter the following MEL command in the newly created file and save it:
InstaLOD_MayaIntegration;
More information on how to run MEL commands whenever Autodesk Maya starts up is available on the Autodesk website.
If the InstaLOD window has been closed, it can be spawned again by selecting InstaLOD->Open Window...
from Autodesk Maya’s main menu.
On the first start of InstaLOD, it is necessary to point InstaLOD for Autodesk Maya to the installation directory of InstaLOD Pipeline.
Click the Browse...
-button and browse to the InstaLOD Pipeline installation directory on your workstation.
Activate InstaLOD License
If your machine has already been authorized for InstaLOD you can start using InstaLOD for Autodesk Maya without further actions.
If your machine has not yet been authorized, you will be required to enter your license information in the dialog box to authorize your workstation.
Please refer to the InstaLOD Pipeline documentation for an overview of all features.
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