Quicktip: Installing Gear in network workgroups

[gustavoeb]

Hi guys, here is a quicktip on setting up Gear.

The standard way to do this is storing your gear (python) modules somewhere in your PC and then set up a proper environment variable. If you have to settup gear for use in many computers that can be a drag. So an alternative is this:
1. Instal the gear xsiaddon
2. store your gear modules under workgroup > addons > gear > Application > gear
3. for every python file in the workgroup > addons > gear > Application plugins add this piece of code to the top of the scripts:

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import sys

if __sipath__ not in sys.path:
	sys.path.append( __sipath__ )

Now any SI session that uses this workgroup should be able to access all modules with ease.

Ps 1: Beware that this probably will make this modules unacessible outside of SI
Ps 2: http://download.autodesk.com/global/doc ... inXSI.htm#

[myara]

It sounds like a very nice trick. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong but it isn't working for me.

I get this error in SI 2011 SP2

# File "<Script Block >", line 28, in <module>
# if __sipath__ not in sys.path:
# NameError: name '__sipath__' is not defined

My Folder structure:

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Application
   |-CommandMaps
   |-gear
       |- xsi
           | - jsop
           | - rig
   |-Plugins
       | - gear_synoptic
           | - tabs

[csaez]

__sipath__ is defined on plugin files only, for external scripts/modules python's os.path module should do the trick

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os.path(os.path.dirname(__file__))