Step 1: Install Visual Studio Code

• VS Code

Step 2: Install VSCode Plugins

• Python Extensions: ms-python.python
• MayaPy: fxtd-odyssey.mayapy

Step 3: Prepare Maya

From the Installation Guide from SendToMaya:

To enable ports at startup create a file named userSetup.mel in the following folder:

• Windows: \Documents and Settings\My Documents\maya\scripts
• Mac OS X: ~/Library/Preferences/Autodesk/maya//scripts.
• Linux: ~/maya//scripts. (where ~ is your home folder)

In the userSetup.mel file add the following

commandPort -n "localhost:7001" -stp "mel" -echoOutput;

Step 4: Test Setup

1. Open Maya and VSCode
2. In VSCode create a file test.py
3. Write following lines:

import pymel.core as pm
pm.sphere()

4. Right click anywhere “Debug in Maya” or ctrl+alt+d
5. Check in Maya if a Sphere was created.