Marking (Radial) Menu

This section covers installation of Marking Menu. At the moment, we have marking menus for:

  • Interactive Curve Tool

  • Hair Tube Builder

  • Hair Card Builder

In V15.02 - V15.07, the "menu_XGTC_interactiveCurve.mel" is now inside the xgtc folder.

As of V15.08, the "menu_XGTC_interactiveCurve.mel" is now inside the marking_menus folder.

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Installation

Check your Maya's Marking Menu Folder

In Maya, open a Python Tab in the script editor and run this first

import os
upd = cmds.internalVar(upd=True)
print("Marking Menu Dir:", os.path.join(upd, "markingMenus"))

You should see the "Marking Men Dir:" with a path. That's the path for marking menus your Maya uses at the moment. See highlighted row below.

import os
upd = cmds.internalVar(upd=True)
print("Marking Menus Dir:", os.path.join(upd, "markingMenus"))
MarkingMenus Dir: C:/Users/blues/OneDrive/Documents/maya/2025/prefs/markingMenus

  • Place the marking menu you wish to install in that same folder

  • Restart your Maya, and go to Windows -> Settings/Preferences -> Marking Menu Editor

  • If you get a prompt to load XGTC_interactiveCurve menu, please click "Yes"

  • In the Marking Menus Editor, highlight the XGTC_interactiveCurve, and set "Use marking menu in: " to 'Hotkey Editor'

  • Click on Apply Settings and close this window

  • Now go to Windows -> Settings/Preferences -> Hotkey Editor

  • In the Search by field, enter "XGTC"

  • Assign a hotkey for the menu

  • Click on Save and Close

  • You now will have a marking menu using your assigned "Hot Key + Left Mouse Click" in the viewport.

In order to use the Marking Menu, you will need to have the associated UI open

Re-Install

If you are getting any errors, easist way is to re-install them. Let's start fresh by making sure we have a clean start on both the Hotkey Editor and the Marking Menu Editor

Cleaning The Hotkey Editor

Open Hotkey Editor (Windows -> Hot Key Editor)

  1. Type in XGTC at the bottom

  2. Select all the User Marking Menus

  3. Choose Runtime Command Editor tab

  4. Delete (Then, repeat these steps for all the marking menu items on the list)

  5. If you dont see these items, you can skip this step

Cleaning The Marking Menus Editor

Then, open the Marking Menus (Windows -> Marking Menus Editor)

Maya sometimes stores previously installed menus and they are still glued in the Hotkey editor. Let's remove them completely.

  1. Click on the XGTC_ menu item

  2. Set "Use marking menu in" to "(not set) "

  3. Hit Apply Settings

  4. Then, Delete Marking Menu (Repeat these steps for all the marking menu on the list)

Once the HotKey Editor and the Marking Menus Editor are cleaned, try reinstalling them following the guide on top.

Errors

If you see errors:

Error: .../.../ No module named 'xgtc'

  • Please launch Groomer's Tool first.

If you see errors on your marking menu install

// Error: Line 3.35: Cannot find file "menu_XGTC_HairCardBuilder" for source statement

  • Restart Maya

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