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BonusTools 2012 - now available for download

Posted by STLR, 20 May 2011 7:00 pm

At long last...

BonusTools 2012 is finally here!!   

Sorry for the delay in getting this out and thanks for your patience.  Better late than never right?  So a lot has changed in this version. For starters the menu layout has been completely revamped to be more in line with the standard Maya menu layout.

Ten brand new tools have been added and at least a dozen others have been updated (this includes many bug fixes.)  Additionally many obsolete tools have been retired allowing us to do a bit of much needed house cleaning.  And finally the documentation has been completely rewritten and reformatted.


You can download the new version and get more details on the included updates here…

http://area.autodesk.com/bonus_tools

 

You can also check out the new BonusTools resource page for an overview of some of these changes ->  Bonus Tools Resource Page


Note:  If you have installed Bonus Tools but can not see the menu then you may need to update your userSetup file.  See below...

Copy C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MayaBonusTools2012\scripts\userSetup.mel
Copy C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MayaBonusTools2012\python\userSetup.py

Paste both in C:\users\name\My Documents\maya12-x64\prefs\scripts
 

12 Comments

jsyracopoulos

Posted 20 May 2011 8:58 pm

Thanx Steven,
Just downloaded and installed at work. Working great on win7 x64.

sueds

Posted 20 May 2011 9:44 pm

really nice ! Thanks for your time.

Naqoyqatsi

Posted 21 May 2011 8:59 am

Many thanks. but we need LayoutTools 2012 too.

sueds

Posted 21 May 2011 11:02 am

layoutool is in the bonus tools

sueds

Posted 21 May 2011 5:07 pm

it's called level tools

Imani Gray

Posted 21 May 2011 6:52 pm

Its called Bonus tools because the creators are calling it Bonus tools if thy call its level tools then it is

jubala

Posted 21 May 2011 9:24 pm

I got it to work.To get it to work
Copy C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MayaBonusTools2012\scripts\userSetup.mel
Copy C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MayaBonusTools2012\python\userSetup.py

3. Paste both in C:\users\name\My Documents\maya\2012-x64\prefs\scripts

4. Start maya 2012

pixelbypixel

Posted 21 May 2011 9:28 pm

@fastlearner Thanks! Works a charm

TheClimber

Posted 21 May 2011 10:32 pm

Obviously this is slightly different for maya 2012:


Copy C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MayaBonusTools2012\scripts\userSetup.mel
Copy C:\Program Files\Autodesk\MayaBonusTools2012\python\userSetup.py

3. Paste both in C:\users\name\My Documents\maya12-x64\prefs\scripts

4. Start maya 2012

rachid

Posted 23 May 2011 11:11 am

Thanks, working great

STLR

Posted 23 May 2011 2:57 pm

Hi All - thanks to those of you that helped out with the userSetup files stuff. I've added a note to the blog post about this.

sueds - LayoutTools (formerly LevelTools) is actually a completely separate tool set. It is however recognized by BT if installed and will show up as an option in the Windows menu if so. LayoutTools 2011 should work in 2012 as well, but the 2012 version should be available in the next few weeks or so.

shram

Posted 15 February 2012 12:14 pm

Thanks....

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