CMakeMaya

This is a CMake module to easily include in your Maya plugin projects to build for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

How to use

Including to your project

From within your plugin's CMakeLists.txt, include the plugin.cmake file from this project:

include(path/to/plugin.cmake)

Next, all you need to do is call the add_plugin function with the name of the target and the list of source files to build:

set(SOURCE_FILES
    "pluginMain.cpp"
    "nodeA.cpp"
    "nodeB.cpp"
    "utils.cpp")

add_plugin(myPluginName ${SOURCE_FILES})

The add_plugin function will create the plugin target and add all the Maya libraries and includes. You can add additional libraries and dependencies to the target if needed.

Setting variables

There are two variables that are needed to be set. The MAYA_VERSION and MAYA_DEVKIT_ROOT.

Set the MAYA_VERSION to the major version of Maya you are building for. Ex: 2026.

Set the MAYA_DEVKIT_ROOT to the full path to the root of the devkit. Which has the lib and include directories under it.

Building

You can pass the above variables in while calling cmake to build your project:

cmake -B ./build -DMAYA_VERSION=2026 -DMAYA_DEVKIT_ROOT="/path/to/devkit/"

Or set them before including the plugin.cmake file.