https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-animation-and-rigging-forum/installing-popular-animation-plugins-python-today-with-maya-2025/m-p/13703143#M25244 <P>Going down a rabbit hole trying to install animation plugins such as "TweenMachine" and "Guppy Animation Tools."&nbsp; Seems to be more involved than just plopping the files into the [one of three] Maya script folders.&nbsp; &nbsp;There's a "userSetup.py" file that needs to be created and placed in one of these folders (seen conflicting directions)??</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>And...something called "pymel" which used to come with Maya is needed now for these to work?&nbsp; &nbsp;Is there a CURRENT step by step for this new paradigm that Maya users now have to follow in order to use these python add-ons?&nbsp; &nbsp;Thanks.</P> Sun, 29 Jun 2025 18:27:59 GMT twal3 2025-06-29T18:27:59Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-animation-and-rigging-forum/installing-popular-animation-plugins-python-today-with-maya-2025/m-p/13703143#M25244 <P>Going down a rabbit hole trying to install animation plugins such as "TweenMachine" and "Guppy Animation Tools."&nbsp; Seems to be more involved than just plopping the files into the [one of three] Maya script folders.&nbsp; &nbsp;There's a "userSetup.py" file that needs to be created and placed in one of these folders (seen conflicting directions)??</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>And...something called "pymel" which used to come with Maya is needed now for these to work?&nbsp; &nbsp;Is there a CURRENT step by step for this new paradigm that Maya users now have to follow in order to use these python add-ons?&nbsp; &nbsp;Thanks.</P> Sun, 29 Jun 2025 18:27:59 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-animation-and-rigging-forum/installing-popular-animation-plugins-python-today-with-maya-2025/m-p/13703143#M25244 twal3 2025-06-29T18:27:59Z