Installation.md

Installation Instructions

Dependencies

• Autodesk Maya 2022+ with Arnold

  ☝ Arnold requires license to render simulated data without watermarks.

• Qualoth, versiton 4.7.7+ (with Maya 2022 support)

Python Environment (both in Maya Python Environment, and for usual development)

Installation instructions for python packages for Maya

• numpy
• scipy
• svglib
• svgwrite
• psutil
• pyyaml
• wmi
  • May require pypiwin32
  • Troubleshooting 'DLL load failed while importing win32api' error on Win

NOTE: Lib versions used in development

python==3.8.5 numpy==1.19.2 scipy==1.6.2 svglib==1.0.1 svgwrite==1.4 psutil==5.7.2 wmi=1.5.1

Setting up

Environmental variables

• Add ./packages to PYTHONPATH on your system for correct importing of our custom modules.

Local paths setup

Create system.json file in the root of this directory with your machine's file paths using system.template.json as a template. system.json should include the following:

• Path for creating logs at (including generated data from dataset generation routined & NN predictions) ('output')

• Path to the folder with (generated) garment datasets ('datasets_path')

• Data generation & Simulation resources (default to subdirectories of ./data_generation)

  • path to pattern templates folder ('templates_path')
  • path to folder containing body files ('bodies_path')
  • path to folder containing render scenes ('scenes_path')
  • path to folder with simulation\rendering configurations ('sim_configs_path')