mayatk 0.11.51

A comprehensive toolkit for Autodesk Maya providing utilities for modeling, animation, rigging, and UI management.

MAYATK (Maya Toolkit)

mayatk is a collection of utility functions and helper classes for Autodesk Maya, providing convenience wrappers and common workflow patterns for Maya scripting.

Overview

mayatk provides a comprehensive set of production-ready utilities for Maya automation, organized into specialized modules for different aspects of 3D workflow development.

Installation

pip install mayatk

Requirements:

• Python 3.11+
• Autodesk Maya 2025+

mayatk ships mayapy-package-manager.bat — an interactive Windows menu for installing, updating, and backing up packages in Maya's bundled Python interpreter.

Package Structure

Core Modules

Module	Description
core_utils	Core Maya operations, decorators, scene management
edit_utils	Mesh editing, modeling, geometry operations
node_utils	Node operations, dependency graph, connections
xform_utils	Transform utilities, positioning, coordinates
env_utils	Environment management, scene hierarchy

Specialized Modules

Module	Description
uv_utils	UV mapping and texture coordinate tools
rig_utils	Rigging, constraints, character setup
anim_utils	Animation, keyframe management
mat_utils	Materials, shaders, texture management
cam_utils	Camera utilities and viewport management
display_utils	Display layers, visibility, viewport settings
light_utils	Lighting utilities and rendering tools
nurbs_utils	NURBS surfaces and curve operations
ui_utils	User interface components and utilities

Bundled UITK Editors

MayaUiHandler ships with a one-line entry point for launching the uitk editor windows from a Maya shelf button or script:

from mayatk.ui_utils.maya_ui_handler import MayaUiHandler
MayaUiHandler.instance().editors.show("browser")

Editor key	Description
browser	Searchable launcher for every UI registered with the switchboard — supports tagging, filtering by name/tag, hide lists, launch options, and JSON-portable presets.
style	Theme + QSS variable editor for live restyling of the dark/light themes.
hotkey	Keyboard-shortcut editor for slots registered with the switchboard.

MayaUiHandler.instance() is reentrant:

• If tentacle (or any other tool) already created the handler, the call returns the existing singleton — opening the editor on top of the same switchboard the rest of the application is using.
• If nothing has set up a handler yet, the call bootstraps one with a fresh Switchboard, so the shelf button is the only line of code needed.

The editor is cached per-handler — clicking the shelf button twice focuses the existing window rather than spawning a duplicate; closing it via the OS close button + reopening rebuilds transparently.

License

MIT License - See LICENSE file for details

Links

• PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/mayatk/
• Documentation: Full Documentation
• Issues: https://github.com/m3trik/mayatk/issues