¶Installation

¶Maya

AdonisFX is distributed for Maya as a standard module (.mod). To install the module, follow these steps:

1. Download the AdonisFX package from Inbibo’s website.
2. Extract the contents into any folder of your choice.
3. Add the path to that extracted folder to the MAYA_MODULE_PATH environment variable (details below).
4. Launch Maya and load AdonisFX from Windows > Settings/Preferences > Plug-in Manager.

When Maya starts, it evaluates all directories listed in MAYA_MODULE_PATH to locate module files such as AdonisFX.mod. Therefore, the environment variable must include the folder containing that file.

There are two ways to configure MAYA_MODULE_PATH:

• Method 1: Set the value inside the Maya.env configuration file
• Method 2: Set the value as a system-wide or user-wide environment variable

¶Windows

Method 1: Configure Maya.env

1. The default location of the Maya.env file is drive:/Users/username/Documents/maya/%MAYA_VERSION%.
2. Add MAYA_MODULE_PATH = drive:/path/to/AdonisFX/folder to the file.
3. AdonisFX will be loaded the next time you launch Maya.

Method 2: Configure System Environment

1. Open the System Properties window which can be found by searching for environment variables in the Windows search bar.
2. Click on Environment Variables and a new window will be displayed showing all the environment variables configured at the system level and for the current user.
3. Click on New... button for the level that you prefer (system or user) and configure MAYA_MODULE_PATH with the path containing the AdonisFX.mod file.
4. AdonisFX will be loaded the next time you launch Maya.

¶Linux

Method 1: Configure Maya.env

1. The default location of the Maya.env file is ~/maya/$MAYA_VERSION.
2. Add MAYA_MODULE_PATH = /path/to/AdonisFX/folder to the file.
3. AdonisFX will be loaded the next time you launch Maya.

Method 2: Configure System Environment

1. From the terminal, open your preferred text editor to modify the file ~/.bashrc.

2. Add this command to export the environment variable:

   export MAYA_MODULE_PATH="/path/to/AdonisFX/folder:${MAYA_MODULE_PATH}"

3. AdonisFX will be loaded the next time you launch Maya.

¶Houdini

AdonisFX is distributed for Houdini as a standard package (.json). To install the package, please do the following:

1. Download the AdonisFX package from Inbibo’s website.
2. Extract the contents into any folder of your choice.
3. Add the path to that extracted folder to the HOUDINI_PACKAGE_DIR and ADONISFX_INSTALL_PATH environment variables.
4. Launch Houdini and the AdonisFX package will be automatically loaded.

When Houdini starts up, it evaluates all paths pointed by the HOUDINI_PACKAGE_DIR environment variable to search for packages that are typically defined as JSON files. In order to allow Houdini to find AdonisFX, that environment variable has to include the path where the AdonisFX.json file is located.

The need to set ADONISFX_INSTALL_PATH as well is to allow Houdini to complete the environment configuration using paths relative to the AdonisFX installation folder.

In the following sections we explain how to do this for Windows and Linux.

¶Windows

1. Open the System Properties window which can be found by searching for environment variables in the Windows search bar.
2. Click on Environment Variables and a new window will be displayed showing all the environment variables configured at the system level and for the current user.
3. Click on New... button for the level that you prefer (system or user) and configure HOUDINI_PACKAGE_DIR with the path containing the AdonisFX.json file.
4. Do the same for ADONISFX_INSTALL_PATH.
5. AdonisFX will be loaded the next time you launch Houdini.

¶Linux

1. From the terminal, open your preferred text editor to modify the file ~/.bashrc.

2. Add the command to export HOUDINI_PACKAGE_DIR as follows:

   export HOUDINI_PACKAGE_DIR="/path/to/AdonisFX/folder:${HOUDINI_PACKAGE_DIR}"

3. Add also the command to export ADONISFX_INSTALL_PATH:

   export ADONISFX_INSTALL_PATH="/path/to/AdonisFX/folder"

4. AdonisFX will be loaded the next time you launch Houdini.