Python3 comparison operators

Meditate on this 🙏

'foo' is 'foo'
True

'foo' == 'foo'
True

'foo' is 'foo2'[:-1]
False

'foo' == 'foo2'[:-1]
True

'foo' is 'Foo'.lower()
False

'foo' == 'Foo'.lower()
True

0 == 0.0
True

0 is 0.0
False

0 is False
False

0 == False
True

not 0
True

Thanks to Joe Hornsby for providing these excellent examples.

Free, Opensource Animation Picker - Dreamwall

So, "it ain't 2005 anymore", and quite rightly so. 

Why spend time creating a bespoke tool, if there's something out there already that's free, great, and gets the job done?

Dreamwall Anim Picker is a free and intuitive tool that allows the construction of an animation picker for rigs within Maya. It's really good, and I think it will save you a lot of time, check it out here:

 https://github.com/DreamWall-Animation/dwpicker

Can't undo in Maya

The Issue:

// Error: line 1: The undo queue is turned off.

:(

The Fix:

In script editor, on a python tab, run:

cmds.undoInfo(state=True)

:)

Cool Maya Time Slider Preference!

 I discovered a new time slider preference today that blew my mind slightly;

'Snap to whole frames'.

When you turn this off, as you scrub through the time slider you are able to see how your frames interpolate from one, to the other. Particularly useful if you're trying to debug euler/gimal issues!

Prune weights not working

The Issue:

Hey! My prune weights aren't working! :(

The Fix:

Yeah? Have you tried unlocking your weights?