TDS - Radial Menu ( Autodesk Maya)

A radial menu that replaces maya's right-click menu to trigger your own tools and commands

Features:

- Inner / outer ring with nested children; hover to reveal children, LMB Single-Click, LMB Double-Click and Release scripts.

- Preset system (scroll wheel to swap presets) with per-preset colours, global size controls.

- Editor UI to add/remove/reorder sectors and edit commands and descriptions.

- Smart Mode auto-detects department/selection and shows the corresponding preset. Department is pulled from the main department drop-down in Maya.

- Section Widgets Widgets inside each sections, that can display and toggle custom commands

Installation:

Works on Maya 2020+ (PySide2). Tested on Windows.

⚡ You use the Python commands (see Quick Start) to activate or toggle the menu.

Step 1 — Copy Core Library (required)

Download and place the folder TDS_library/TDS_radialMenu into your Maya scripts path: Documents/maya/scripts/

### Option 1 — Plug-In Install (recommended)

1. Complete Step 1.

2. Download and copy TDS_RadialMenu_Plugin.py into your Maya plug-ins folder: Documents/maya/[version]/plug-ins/

3. In Maya, open Plug-in Manager (Windows → Settings/Preferences → Plug-in Manager).

4. Find TDS_RadialMenu_Plugin, tick Loaded, and (optional) Auto-Load so it loads automatically on startup.

5. Once loaded, use the Python commands (see Quick Start) to toggle or disable the menu.

✅ This method keeps the menu available every time you launch Maya, but you can still turn it on/off temporarily with Python.

### Option 2 — Python Install

1. Complete Step 1.

2. Each Maya session, run the Activate Radial Menu script from Quick Start.

3. (Optional) Auto-load on startup: add the \"Activate Radial Menu\" commands to your userStartup.py.

⚠️ Startup caution: With this startup method, do not click or interact with Maya during launch. Any UI interaction before startup completes can prevent the menu from loading.

Tip: wrapping the call in cmds.evalDeferred can improve reliability.

Example userStartup.py:

from TDS_library.TDS_radialMenu import radialMenu_main as rm
import maya.cmds as cmds
cmds.evalDeferred(lambda: rm.launch_or_toggle_radial(True), low=True)

## Quick Start

- Activate Radial Menu:

from TDS_library.TDS_radialMenu import radialMenu_main as rm
rm.launch_or_toggle_radial(True)

- Toggle or force the active state:

rm.launch_or_toggle_radial()        # toggle
rm.launch_or_toggle_radial(True)    # force ON
rm.launch_or_toggle_radial(False)   # force OFF

- Uninstall from current Maya:

rm.uninstall_radial_menu()

- Swap presets on the fly:

from TDS_library.TDS_radialMenu.radialMenu_main import select_preset
select_preset("Rigging")

- Toggle Smart Mode:

rm.toggle_smart_preset()

- Editor UI

from TDS_library.TDS_radialMenu import show_window
show_window()

The editor lets you change labels, descriptions, commands, colours and global size (radius, ring gap, outer width, child angle multiplier).