Maya自身的功能就已经非常强大了，但是更棒的是它的扩展性非常强，提供API让用户自己来编写插件Plugin。Maya的插件主要是两种，一种是用C++编写的，后缀为".mll"，另一种是用Python编写的，后缀为".py"。在用C++编写插件时，我们可以用下面的这个CMakeLists.txt文件来生成项目工程：
SET(MAYA_DIRECTORY "C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2015") SET(MAYA_HEADERS_DIR "${MAYA_DIRECTORY}/include") SET(MAYA_LIBRARY_DIR "${MAYA_DIRECTORY}/lib") SET(SOURCE_FILES yourPlugin.cpp ) source_group("" FILES ${SOURCE_FILES}) INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${MAYA_HEADERS_DIR}) LINK_DIRECTORIES(${MAYA_LIBRARY_DIR}) SET(LIBRARIES Foundation.lib OpenMaya.lib OpenMayaAnim.lib OpenMayaUI.lib) SET(MAYA_DEFINITIONS _AFXDLL _MBCS NT_PLUGIN REQUIRE_IOSTREAM _BOOL) ADD_LIBRARY(${MAYA_PLUGIN_NAME} SHARED ${SOURCE_FILES}) TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${MAYA_PLUGIN_NAME} ${LIBRARIES}) SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${MAYA_PLUGIN_NAME} PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "${MAYA_DEFINITIONS}") SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${MAYA_PLUGIN_NAME} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "${MAYA_PLUGIN_NAME}") SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${MAYA_PLUGIN_NAME} PROPERTIES SUFFIX ".mll") SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${MAYA_PLUGIN_NAME} PROPERTIES CLEAN_DIRECT_OUTPUT 1) SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${MAYA_PLUGIN_NAME} PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "/export:initializePlugin /export:uninitializePlugin")
本文转自博客园Grandyang的博客，原文链接：编译Maya插件Maya Plugin ，如需转载请自行联系原博主。