Install the Craft Animations plug-in

Install the Craft Animations plug-in on Windows

1. Navigate to the 3rdParty folder of your Maya installation DVD or downloaded package.
2. Navigate to the CraftAnimations folder and double-click the craftdirectorstudio .exe file.

   This starts the Craft Animations plug-in installation.

Install the Craft Animations plug-in on Mac OS X

1. Do one of the following to launch the installer:
   • If you are installing from a DVD, insert the DVD into your drive, then double-click the Maya DVD icon that appears on your desktop.

     Navigate to the Maya/MacOSX folder on the DVD drive.

   • If you are installing from a download package, double-click the Maya .dmg.
2. In the Finder window that opens, control-click the Install Maya 2012 program, then select Show Package Contents from the pop-up menu.
3. In the Finder window that opens navigate to Contents/Resources/Maya/AdditionalItems.
4. Double-click the Craft Animations .dmg.
5. In the Finder window that opens, double-click Install.

   This launches the Craft Animations plug-in installation.

Install the Craft Animations plug-in on Linux

1. Do one of the following to start the plug-in install:
   • If you are installing from a DVD, insert the DVD into your drive.
   • If you are installing from a download package, extract the Maya packages from the compressed file.
2. Open a shell and navigate to the location of the extracted files.
3. Extract the craftdirectorstudio .tar.gz file.
4. As a super user (using su -), navigate to the craftdirectorstudio_11.1.1_installer_maya2012promo directory.
5. Type ./install.bash.

   This starts the Craft Animations plug-in installation.

Load the Craft Animations plug-in

Before using the Craft Animations plug-in for the first time, you need to load the plug-In using the Plug-in Manager.

To load Craft Animations Director Studio plug-in

1. Start Maya.
2. Select Window > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Manager. The Plug-in Manager opens.
3. Locate craftdirectorstudioadaptor_maya2012.mll and turn on Loaded.

   To load the plug-in automatically every time you start Maya, turn on Auto load.

4. Click Close.

   You can access the Craft Animations plug-in from the shelf by clicking the DirectorStudio tab, then clicking the icon.