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minimalefforttech / pause_maya_pipeline.py

Created November 18, 2024 09:05

using Qt to pause a running pipeline for visual debugging

	from PySide2 import QtWidgets, QtCore # or PySide6 for Maya 2025+
	import maya.cmds as mc
	import maya.mel as mm

	def my_super_long_function():
	print("Running a long function here")
	# Do some initial prep
	cube, _ = mc.polyCube()
	sphere, _ = mc.polySphere()
	cone, _ = mc.polyCone()

minimalefforttech / async_callable.py

Last active March 28, 2024 21:46

A simple example of running code on separate threads

	# Copyright (C) 2024 Alex Telford
	# http://minimaleffort.tech
	# This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
	# To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons,
	# PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
	# Distributed without any warranty or liability, use at your own risk

	# This is an example of deffering code using Qt event loops
	try:
	from PySide6 import QtCore, QtWidgets

minimalefforttech / qt_inspect_under_cursor.py

Created January 18, 2024 10:19

A simple example of using the Qt metaobject data to find more info out about a Qt component

	# Copyright (C) 2024 Alex Telford
	# http://minimaleffort.tech
	# This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
	# To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons,
	# PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
	# Distributed without any warranty or liability, use at your own risk

	# This script allows you to click a widget to get information about it's internals in Qt.
	# There is so much more you can do with the metaobject system in Qt, but hopefully this gets you started