HereMaxwellMayaAPISample.zip you you can download a sample project which demonstrates the basic features of the API. To build the C++ project, you will need Visual Studio 2008 on Windows, XCode 4 or above on OS X and scons on Linux. The Visual Studio and XCode projects contain Debug and Release configurations for each supported Maya version (2008-2012). To specify the configuration for the Linux build, set the environment variable BUILD_CONFIG to the string Debug or Release followed by the desired Maya version number before running scons, e.g.:
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