The config.json file is what triggers the Enterprise Edition. You will receive a unique config.json file during the installation process and should keep it confidential as much as possible. By default the file should exist in the same animBot parent directory. The folder structure in your network could look something like this:
Alternatively, you can set the environment variable ANIMBOT_CONFIGJSONPATH and add the config.json file to a custom location. This is useful when you have multiple animBot versions that point to a single config.json file (v1.1.4 onwards). For example, adding this line to Maya.env:
ANIMBOT_CONFIGJSONPATH = /network/directory/of/your/config_json_file
Variables
This is the current list of variables that you can set. As the tool develops, new variables may be added.
| Variable name | Description |
__companyName | Protected. That’s the name of your company. This name is unique and shouldn’t be edited. |
__companySignature | Protected. That’s the authentication of your config file. It shouldn’t be edited. |
__configVersion | Protected. The version of this config file. If any core changes to this file is necessary in the future, this is a way to check the version you are using. It shouldn’t be edited. |
rlmServerHost | That’s the address of the RLM license server and that’s how animBot will know where to look for licenses. You can specify a port number and host name (or ip address), like so: rlmServerHost:“5053@localhost” |
adminEmail | The email of your choice that your artists will contact if having problems with the license. This email will be displayed to them in Maya in case of a license issue. |
internetAccess | By default, internet access is disabled, but you can set it to true if you would like users to automatically submit bug reports. |
tempDataDirectory | This is the directory where animBot will save temporary data, such as Anim Recovery data. By default this variable is set to null, which will result in the default directory: “user”/maya/scripts/animBot_tmp_data. New in v1.1.6: You can build the temp directory using environment variables between < >. Examples: tempDataDirectory: “/network/userdata/<USERNAME>/temp” tempDataDirectory: “<ANIMBOT_TMPDATADIRECTORY>” |
| disabledTools | (introduced in v1.1.7) If desired, certain tools can be disabled. Examples of use: disabledTools: “animRecovery” disabledTools: [“animRecovery”, “mirrorAllKeys”] |
| mayapyPath | (introduced in v1.3.5) This is the absolute path for the mayapy executable, which is executed when spawning Maya Standalone sessions (more details here). This is only useful in cases where animBot doesn’t find it automatically or if you wish to specify it explicitly. There are 3 ways you can set this variable: 1. A simple string, i.e. mayapyPath: “/Applications/Autodesk/maya2018/Maya.app/Contents/bin/mayapy” 2. A dictionary, where keys represent the Maya version. You can specify the exact version as a float or the main version as a int, i.e.: mayapyPath: {
2018:”/Applications/Autodesk/maya2018/Maya.app/Contents/bin/mayapy”,
2019.1:”/Applications/Autodesk/maya2019.1/Maya.app/Contents/bin/mayapy”,
2019.3:”/Applications/Autodesk/maya2019.3/Maya.app/Contents/bin/mayapy”
}3.A dictionary, where keys represent an env variable name and the value is a dictionary with the env variable expected values and its paths, i.e.: mayapyPath: {
“MY_PROJECT”:{
“mightyeagle”:”/Applications/Autodesk/maya2018/Maya.app/Contents/bin/mayapy”,
“fuzzywig”:”/Applications/Autodesk/maya2019/Maya.app/Contents/bin/mayapy”
}
} |
| enableRoamLicenses | (introduced in v2.0.0) When set to true, licenses checked out will be reserved to the user for 7 days or the amount of days set in maxRoamCount. More information here. |
| maxRoamCount | (introduced in v2.0.0) Sets the number of days to roam, from 0 to 7. Default and maximum is 7. It can also be set to "today". |
Deprecated Variables
| Variable name | Description |
centralInstallation | Protected. That’s the name of your company. This name is unique and shouldn’t be edited. deprecated on 1.1.1, Central Installation is default on Enterprise Edition. |