QtinUse - Using Qt to bring Maya into the 21st Century
summary
Maya migrates its legacy Motif UI to Qt 4.5.3 to enable Mac 64-bit support and reduce platform-specific code; the port reimplements about 100 UI commands, touches roughly 300 dialogs and replaces 2,500 icons, while keeping ~600,000 lines of MEL working. Challenges include reproducing marking menus, the hotbox and custom option-square menus (requiring custom drawing and some Qt source tweaks). Outcomes: Qt Designer support, fewer platform branches, a more stable product on release as Maya 2011 and easier future UI work.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction to Maya
- 1:09Need for a UI overhaul
- 2:45Choosing the QT toolkit
- 4:41Old UI architecture
- 6:15Challenges of the port
- 11:52Development timeline
- 14:22Lessons learned
- 17:38Benefits for users
- 22:12Before and after look
- 23:47Maya QT demo
- 30:29Q&A session
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