LauExchange

LauExchange is a simple exchange app based on websockets with PySide2 for a full integration in Maya or Nuke. You can exchange your current selection with others people in your studio. You can also extend this tool in other software by creating a new attachment module for your soft and by editing the launcher with the new software.

Server Installation

1. From the server directory, install the virtualenv package:

   $ pip install virtualenv
   Collecting virtualenv
   Installing collected packages: virtualenv
   Successfully installed virtualenv-16.6.0

2. Create a virtual environment named lauexchange:

   $ virtualenv lauexchange
   Running virtualenv with interpreter /usr/bin/python2.7
   Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...
   done.

3. Activate the virtual environment:

   $ source lauexchange/bin/activate
   (lauexhange)
   $

   After activation, you should see (lauexchange) above your command prompt.

4. Use the package manager pip to install requirements.txt.

   $ pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Open shell and create the database.db:

    $ cd server/db
    $ sqlite3 database.db

6. Copy the content of commands.txt in the previous shell with sqlite3.

7. Run the server.py. Set the host and the port (by default: 127.0.0.1:1302)

   $ python server.py --host 127.0.0.1 --port 1302

Usage for Maya

from client import launcher
launcher.run_maya()

Usage for Nuke

from client import launcher
launcher.run_nuke()

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.