/froTools

Toolset for Autodesk Maya

froTools

Current version : 3.2.5

The froTools is a toolset for Autodesk Maya to speed up your modeling workflow. This game content oriented script allow you a quicker access to the common tools that you use in Maya when you do polygonal modeling. It also provide a lot of new tools to make some task more easy to perform.

This script also provide :

  • A quick exporter for the FBX and OBJ format
  • Custom hotkeys dedicated to the functions inside the froTools
  • New UV window with custom tools

How to Install ?

Put the content of the folder "froTools" inside your "My Documents/Maya" folder. Example : "My Documents\maya\2011-x64"

This script has been tested and works properly with :

  • Maya 2011
  • Maya 2012
  • Maya 2013
  • Maya 2014

How to Launch ?

Call the command below in the mel command line for the first time. You can use the “Make Shelf Button” to make a shelf button in your current shelf.

source froTools3.mel; froTools3();

You can also add the froTools to launch when Maya start, to do so, open the userSetup.mel file (create it if it doesn’t exist) inside your script folder (where froTools3.mel is located) and put the following line inside it :

eval("froTools3");

Documentation

Documentation can be found on the following page :

http://www.froyok.fr/blog/2012-12-frotools-3-2-new-enhanced-ui-and-tools