Tested with Maya 2012 and 2013.

This plugin depends on zync-python, the ZYNC Python API.

Before trying to install zync-maya, make sure to download zync-python and follow the setup instructions there.

Log in to the ZYNC Web Console, and go to the My Account page.

In the "Scripts" section, you'll be able to register a new script. Call it "maya_plugin".

This will generate an API Key, which you'll see listed next to the registered script. Save this key for the next step.

Contained in this folder you'll find a file called config_maya.py.example. Make a copy of this file in the same directory, and rename it config_maya.py.

Edit config_maya.py. It defines two config variables:

API_DIR - the full path to your zync-python directory.

API_KEY - the API Key of the registered script, from the previous step.

Set these variables, save the file, and close it.

Now you'll need to point Maya to this folder to load it on startup.

The easiest way to do this is to create a Maya.env file and point it to this folder. See included Maya.env.example for an example of how to do this.

Your Maya.env will need to set the following two variables:

PYTHONPATH = Z:/path/to/plugins/zync-maya
XBMLANGPATH = Z:/path/to/plugins/zync-maya

Be careful; if Maya.env already exists it may be setting these variables already. If you see them elsewhere in the file, you'll need to append your path to the existing setting. For example:

PYTHONPATH = C:/my/scripts/folder;Z:/path/to/plugins/zync-maya

To separate paths, use a semicolon (;) on Windows and a colon (:) on Linux and Mac OS X.

For more information on setting up a Maya.env file, see the page "Setting environment variables using Maya.env" in the Maya Help Docs.