Documentation

MARUI-Plugin

Documentation

1. Getting Started

• • Installation, Activation, and Starting MARUI
  • Basic controller usage: Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Windows MR
  • Navigating in VR

2. Basic Menus

• Using the Marking Menus
• The “Display” Menu
• The “Tool” Menu
• The “Selection” Menu
• The “Object” Menu
• Using the Maya “HotBox” (“Spacebar Menu”) in VR
• The “MARUI” Menu
• The UI Layout Menu

3. Using Maya Windows, Editors, and UI Elements in VR

• Using Maya Windows (eg. Hypershade), Editors (eg. Attribute Editor), or UI Elements (eg. Shelf, Channelbox) in VR
• Using the Arnold Render View in VR
• Saving and loading your windows
• Using the Maya Shelf in VR
• Using Your Own Custom Scripts and Plug-Ins in MARUI

3.1: Window-based Features of MARUI:

• Navigation Savepoints – Saving and loading your point-of-view in VR
• Constraints : Connecting VR Devices and Maya Objects
• Desktop: Accessing the Windows Desktop inside VR
• Reference Pictures and Image Planes
• HotKeys

4. The Polygon Modeling User Interface

– The “Component Mode” Menu: switching to vertex, edge, or face editing
– The “Polygon” Menu:
     – “Create New”: Sub-menu to create new polygon items.
     – “Polygon Tools”: Sub-menu for polygon editing tools:     
     – “Polygon Operations”: Sub-menu for polygon operations (bevel, bridge, poke, collapse, …).
     – “Transform” Sub-menu for applying object-level transformations (align, rotate, mirror/flip, …)
     – “Mesh Operations”: Sub-menu for mesh-editing operations (delete history, booleans, smooth/reduce, …).
     – “Normals”: Sub-menu for editing normals (hard/soft edge, flip normals, conform normals, …)

5: The NURBS Modeling User Interface

– The NURBS Menu– The Pencil Curve Tool– The EP Curve Tool– The Curve Groom Brush Tool

6. The Animation User Interface

– The Timeslider
– The Animation Menu
    – Playback
    – Next / previous keyframe
    – Set / delete keyframe
    – Auto-Keyframe
    – Ghosting (“onion-skin”)
    – Create Joints Tool
– The Animation Editor
– The Playback Options Window

7. The Lighting/Rendering User Interface

• Assigning Materials
• POV Camera Tool – create cameras from your point-of-view in VR
• CamView – see a camera’s point-of-view in VR

8. Settings and Customization

• MARUI Settings
  • VR Settings
  • Display Settings
  • User Interface Settings

•  Customizing MARUI
  – The UI Layout Editor
      – Mapping functions to controller buttons
      – Creating your own menus
      – Creating your own command widgets
      – Creating your own gesture widgets
      – Saving & Loading your user interface layouts
  – Scripting in MARUI
  – MARUI command reference

9. Advanced Features

• Gesture Recognition
• AR with Ovrvision
• VR / MR Video Capturing
• Speech Commands

10. Troubleshooting, FAQ, and Support

• Troubleshooting common technical problems
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Support