seithRename

November 25th, 2013 Leave a comment Go to comments

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Updated on 18 September 2010: v1.0

– First release.

(Maya 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011)

INFO:

I know there are already several renaming scripts for Maya out there, but each time I tried one out I found its interface (or overall method) to be unintuitive at best. I just hated having to stop and think twice about how to get what I needed, so I made this tool. It’s written in Python and it’s so simple it can be used by idiots. See, I use it all the time! 😛

Features:

  • Rename anything by anything.
  • Add a prefix or suffix.
  • Act on just the selection or anything within the hierarchy.
  • Precise feedback on what happened during the process.

Installation:

First, close Maya. Then put seithRename.py within your “My Documents\maya\20xx\scripts” folder (or “C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya20xx\Python\lib\site-packages“). Finally, start Maya and make a MEL button with the following command:

python(“import seithRename as seithRename”);
python(“seithRename.seithRename()”);

This will launch the interface and then you’re on.

  1. John
    November 11th, 2012 at 17:45 | #1

    Hi, Seith! Great job! I am using maya 2013 now and some problem with executing this script tool. Maya told me that syntax error :# Error: invalid syntax #
    import seithRename as seithRename! Please reply if you c this. THanks!!

  2. Seith
    November 11th, 2012 at 17:58 | #2

    Mmh. Are you sure you’re in a Python tab and not a MEL tab when you type this?

  3. Anonymous
    November 12th, 2012 at 05:10 | #3

    Definitely! Thanks for replying. I copied the two lines to Python window, and it told me that. I tried twice by copying the .py file to both documents path and program path.@Seith

  4. John
    November 12th, 2012 at 05:11 | #4

    Definitely! Thanks for replying. I copied the two lines to Python window, and it told me that. I tried twice by copying the .py file to both documents path and program path.@Seith

  5. John
    November 12th, 2012 at 05:42 | #5

    Hi, Seith! I uploaded the error picture here. http://postimage.org/image/6qe8efowr/

  6. John
    November 12th, 2012 at 07:45 | #6

    Hi, Seith! a friend helped me, problem solved!
    she checked the usage inside the py file and found this:
    python(“import seithRename as seithRename”);
    python(“reload(seithRename)”);
    python(“seithRename.seithRename()”);
    it seemed you missed 1 line above.

  7. John
    December 3rd, 2012 at 07:45 | #7

    FYI,
    nothing wrong with Seith’s tool and his instruction, mind when click download, if you r using chrome, make sure to right click then select save as.

  8. John
    December 3rd, 2012 at 07:45 | #8

    Great tool!

  9. Jason
    June 22nd, 2013 at 20:45 | #9

    I cant download the pyscript :(
    i like the idea anyhoo!

  10. Seith
    June 23rd, 2013 at 08:29 | #10

    Hey Jason, you need to click on the download icon to download the script… :)

  11. Santiago
    November 22nd, 2013 at 08:53 | #11

    Hi Seith:

    The link doesn´t work, can you fix it please?

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