Here are some key bits of information that have made development a bit easier as I've moved forward learning:
- CTRL+SHIFT+4 will bring up the SDK Explorer which will give you all sorts of information about the objects you select in the scene.
- When using the script editor inside Softimage, you can highlight a term and press "F1" which will open up the SDK documentation on that particular method/command/object.
- To use an external script editor, go to "File / Preferences" inside the Softimage script editor, and at the very bottom of the "Scripting" tab in the preferences window, you will see an input field for an External Editor. I am using Komodo so my path, for example, is "D:\ActiveState Komodo IDE 4\ko.exe".
- At least once so far, I've been stuck trying to debug a phantom bug (for a day and a half!) that was ultimately caused by a script not being refreshed in the plugin manager. Be sure to open this up after you make changes in your external editor by going to "File / Plugin Manager..." and right clicking your plugin and doing "Refresh" in the context menu.
Python
- When searching the Autodesk Softimage SDK, I am not finding many examples in Python. I will attempt to post any examples I find missing as I develop.
