NOTE: All these tools are still under development (Linux and Windows).

This page demonstrates some of my pipeline tools currently under development around Maya, Unreal Engine, Arnold, Substance Designer, Substance painter for real-time content creation. Most of the tools are data-driven and works in with pipeline to achieve maximum automation in all areas. I am using Maya 2018, PyQt5, Python 2.7(Maya), Python 3.6 (OS).
All existing tools are capable of passing content to another instance of themselves running on another machine by another user.

library

• library for Asset's, Shader's, HDRi's, LightRigs (turntable)
• Every asset option's (import as mesh, import as Arnold Stand-in, import as GPU Cache, 
Reference, Open published asset package in a new Maya file, updated tag / add a new #TAG for 
filtering)
• #TAGS for filtering Asset's, Shader's, Hdri's, Light Rig's across library
• Float keep UI above all windows
• Play latest turn table for the asset from UI in RV.
• Variation shows all available version of each Asset, Shader, Hdri, Light Rig (count as integer)
• Import published model as Mesh, Arnold Stand-in, GPU caches.
• Open published asset package in new Maya scene.
• Drag published asset's as GPU caches straight from the library to viewport
• Shader's #TAG (PBR shader)
• HDRi referencing
• Setup up a turn-table scene for rendering asset's
• Play asset's latest published render in RV. Each render has overlaid template to show (render 
time, memory usage and current status of the asset)
• Each renders template changes based on asset status without affecting the actual render.

Layout_gpu-editor

• I use it to do all my layout work in Maya using GPU caches and then push these caches into unreal as alembic to render in shots. The idea behind the tool it manages all layout work using one single UI using caches with maximum artistic freedom.
• Updates UI automatically upon importing camera's, other layout elements, opening or closing Maya scenes.
• Manage all layout with assets( GPU caches ) from asset's library.
• Use imported assets from the library to continue with the layout. Scale and rotation get randomized every time new assets gets 
dragged from layout UI to the viewport depending on user settings.
• Swap GPU cache LOD level within editor.
• Create bookmarks as an Icon for viewport camera. A click on the icon can activate created bookmarks.
• Drag published asset's as GPU caches straight from the library editor.
• Reload All GPU caches visible in the viewport.
• Group all assets GPU caches into individual asset group.
• Create #TAGS for the GPU caches filtering. (#TAGS are independent on their own, they don't get affected by names or hierarchy ).
• Rename or group EDITOR caches in any way.
• Manage asset of same type from selected UI Icon.
• Isolate similar assets.
• Update position, scale and rotation of multiple assets (together, individually).
• Duplicate selected assets in re position mode (new assets will update their scale and orientation based on settings within the reposition mode).
• Scale and rotate selected assets together or as individuals based on screen size.
• Hardware fog distance & color update ( layout UI viewport and outliner works independently, outliner only displays GPU caches and their 
parents).
• Camera drop-down menu updates automatically in BG, when new cameras are imported or renamed.
• Import polygon model in world space for the selected GPU cache.
• Export layout with nested groups, custom names, and parents. (only exporting caches with custom Pipeline GPU Metadata).
• MATRIX (Layout share / update UI). lets you publish/share layout metadata with other artist working on the same project.
• Each MATRIX LOG shows the assets used in selected Layout and their headcount along with project name, sequence, shot, and data (cPickle) file size.
• Import layout to the scene, it will create the same hierarchy and give each cache same name what they were exported with.
• UI updates automatically with Maya scene open/close.

BATCH_processing

• Batch Manage Assets, Shaders, Inject new assets from multiple vendors to the pipeline to work 
with Maya, Arnold and Unreal Engine.
• Generate custom LOG's for each finished job for visual data network.
• Updates UI automatically upon importing camera's, other layout elements, opening or closing Maya scene's.
• Render Icon for all published assets available on the pipeline. (3500 + assets).
• Custom Render Manager to batch render submitted jobs to update existing/add new content to 
pipeline.
• Submit/create turn table jobs for published assets for batch rendering.
• Submit turn tables jobs for batch rendering.
• Submit/create jobs for generating LOD's, GPU caches and Arnold stand-In for published 
assets.
• Submit/create new assets for injecting speed tree models to the pipeline. (generating LODS, 
GPU caches, Arnold stand-In)
• Submit/create new assets for injecting MegaScan models into the pipeline. (generating 
LODS, GPU caches, Arnold stand-In).
• Render / Batch Jobs Manager for batch processing management(Jobs split into different categories).
• Review jobs's LOG to see all meta data for it.

camera_bookmarks_manager

• Maya camera's and bookmark's manager.
• Add/remove bookmark's, open camera in the new window.
• Add new bookmark's to the selected camera.
• Open selected Camera in new window.
• Keyboard navigation for camera's bookmark's.
• Update frame range for selected.
• Delete selected bookmark's.

Import-export_maya_elements

• Transfer selected Maya elements between different Maya users over the network.

polyGon_reduction

• LOD generator for Unreal engine/ GPU caches. UI takes in the polygon count based on asset's 
global scale and percentage. LOD's gets generated based on selected tab in UI.
• UI locks itself out if the geometry is not selected. The number of faces for each LOD is equal to 
percentage chosen in percentage reduction tab.
• Generate selected LOD (triangulated meshes) types for assets based on face number in UI (for 
use in Unreal and Maya).
• All generated LOD's have same pivot position as the primary.

assBlaster

• Playblast tool to render shots with independent options and customized project-wide settings.
• Project  (pipeline and project-based file name and location),
  
Network(pipeline based path with a user-defined name),
  
Local     (user defined location and file name)
• Access all Maya viewport controls. Playblast only considers camera and other settings from the 
tool, update frame range automatically when camera selection changes, playblast can be done 
with a user defined or project-based settings.
• UI updates when new scene file is saved, playblast only happens when file path and name is 
valid.
• Finished playblasts gets saved into LOG to access later or share with other artists.
• Render playblast with any scale.
• Finished playblasts runs in RV.
• Playblast only considers settings from the tool.  No viewport elements render in playblast unless 
they are selected in the UI.
• Save user-defined settings to work across project without affecting the other artists.
• Finished playblast get saved into LOG to access later or share with other artists. (play, publish, 
transfer finished playblast from Playblast's Log UI)

Substance to Maya 2018

speed_tree_BUILDER (maya_2018)