Maya - get FramesPerSecond setting by script

Here is small script snippet to get Maya settinsg for Frames Per Second playback settings. This is actually not straightforward.

Here is example how to get this in python:

import maya.cmds as mc

framesRateInSecondStr = mc.currentUnit( q = True, time = True )
    framesRateInSecondOptions = { 'game':15, 'film':24, 'pal':25, 'ntsc':30, 'show':48, 'palf':50, 'ntscf':60 }
    if 'fps' in framesRateInSecondStr:
       
        fpsStr = framesRateInSecondStr.replace( 'fps', '' )
        framesRateInSecond = float( fpsStr )
       
    else:
       
        framesRateInSecond = framesRateInSecondOptions[framesRateInSecondStr]

Windows 10 files sharing

Sometimes this can be a challenge, how to easily share files with Windows 10 between PC computers on a local network.

Recently HOMEGROUP sharing system was removed and here is few tips about current way of sharing files and folders:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4027674/windows-10-share-files-in-file-explorer

global hotkey in Maya

Here is some nice work with Maya UI environment and python scripting. Forward this useful tutorial from bindpose.com here:

https://bindpose.com/custom-global-hotkey-maya/

Latest tip for converting PySide ui Qt user interface code to python

Here is one way recommended for Autodesk Maya 2018 to convert your PyQt ui files to python class code:
http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2018/ENU/?guid=GUID-FAD0F6CC-15D0-4489-9372-028146B70F49

Here is also tips for using PySide in Maya 2017:
http://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/Maya/files/GUID-0617A132-1B57-474F-A656-6E71A002CA28.htm

Face capture in mobile phone

This is great and I hope more mobiles will come with this technology:
http://www.bannaflak.com/face-cap/index.html

You can capture face performance with pretty good quality using iPhoneX and export is supported for applications like Maya, Blender, Cinema4D or Houdini.