How do I install pre-built compounds and graphs?

[JocelynM]

As we anticipate this will be a frequently asked question we have provided both the question and answer in this thread.

[ihooper]

On Windows the directory for me appears here:

C:\Users\hooperi\Autodesk\Bifrost\Compounds

I believe that the folder only gets created once you publish something the first time. You can also manually create the folder in that location and Bifrost will find whatever compounds exist within it.

[thomas_kutschera]

Me neither can`t see any custom compound in Maya. I added an extra folder coumpounds/thk with compounds. I then modified maya.env:
BIFROST_LIB_CONFIG_FILES = C:/thomas/tk_bifrost;
That worked. Within maya I get the path added after the default path:
getenv "BIFROST_LIB_CONFIG_FILES";
// Result: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Bifrost/Maya2020/2.3.0.0/bifrost/resources/plugin_config.json;C:/thomas/tk_bifrost; //
Within the tk_bifrost folder I put bifrost_lib_config.json, which is pointing to the relative path of my compounds.
But wheatever combination I use no compound is found in maya.
Unloading and reloading the bifrost plug made no difference.

[Grahame_Fuller]

Hi Thomas,

The environment variable should point to the file, not the folder it's in.

Hope that helps,

gray

[thomas_kutschera]

Thank you, Grahame! It's working now.
Also I wrongly changed the "AminoConfigurations" line in my json config file. After repairing that all worked out, compounds get found now!
So that's the correct version of my bifrost_lib_config.json

[Anonymous]

bifrost file already has a maya2022 file. Do I need to delet this?
I'm not very good at English and I use online translators a lot, so I'm sorry if my sentences sound weird.

[alfosici]

Not sure if relevant to anyone, but I've setup mine this way on windows with Maya 2023, and it seem to work .

Inside this folder (if you don't have a \modules folder, create one): 

C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\maya\modules

i have created a file :

custom_maya_setup.mod

inside this file I saved these paths to the .json file for each of the extra compounds modules I wanted to try: 

BIFROST_LIB_CONFIG_FILES += D:/FOLDER/ANOTHER_FOLDER/bifrost_compounds/MJCG_compounds_2_1_0/bifrost_lib_config.json
BIFROST_LIB_CONFIG_FILES += D:/FOLDER/ANOTHER_FOLDER/bifrost_compounds/rebel_pack_0_4_1/bifrost_lib_config.json

Restart and running Maya now, it picks up the .mod file, and it seems to load the custom bifrost compounds paths as well.

This way, if I want to add another compound or get rid of an old one, I can do that by modifying 1 .mod file and I can keep all the custom compounds in separated folders with a nice recognizable name.

[wes_denham]

I don't have the Bifrost or compounds folders in the Autodesk directory. Am I supposed to just create this or was it supposed to be there already? I do have Bifrost installed on Maya and it works and all but I'm just starting to get into Bifrost and I have no idea where to start. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks!

[ihooper]

The directory doesn't exist until you first publish a compound of your own which will them cause the system to automatically create the folder. However, it is fine to just manually create the directory first here:

1. On Windows: C:\Users\<your_user_name>\Autodesk\Bifrost\Compounds
2. On Mac OSX: /Users/<your_user_name>/Autodesk/Bifrost/Compounds
3. On Linux: $HOME/Autodesk/Bifrost/Compounds

Bifrost will then look in that folder for any new compounds (.JSON files) that you add.

[wes_denham]

Thank you!

[ayushbakshi98]

The geniuses at Autodesk can't make it any more difficult.. it should be drag drop and nothing more -_-

[sepu6]

You can also drag and drop networks to share, grab all the nodes from the graph CTRL + C paste them in a text editor share them with your team, or open a new Maya scene + graph and paste in a new graph CTRL + V 

Obviously, custom nodes not shared across won't come correctly if they are not editable. 

So there you go