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Directly modify the settings files
Advanced customization
Run MEL commands whenever a scene is opened or closed
Run MEL commands whenever
Maya starts up
Maya runs any commands in the userSetup.mel file whenever it starts
up. You can use this file to set up your working environment or
execute commonly used MEL commands like aliasing.
The userSetup.mel script is executed during
the initialization and setup phase of Maya so only commands which
set up your working environment and have no dependencies on Maya
functionality can be successfully run in this script.
To run a certain set of MEL commands
every time Maya starts up
- Create a file named userSetup.mel in the following folder:
- Windows: <drive>:\Documents
and Settings\<username>\My Documents\maya\<Version>\scripts
- Mac OS X: ~/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya/<version>/scripts.
- Linux: ~/maya/<version>/scripts.
(where ~ is your home
folder)
- In the userSetup.mel file,
type the commands you want to Maya to run on start up.