Python says module doesn't exist... I say it does!

[EricMichel]

Hello all!

I am much newer to scripting in Python and my experience is almost exclusively limited to writing tools for use in a Maya production pipeline for which I am the exclusive author. So please excuse the rudimentary nature of the code! I am learning best practices as I go. :)

Here is my issue: I have a "toolsMain" script which I use to call functions from a "userInterfaceElements" script for UI element creation. From there, the commands on the buttons and widgets will call functions from a "modelingTools" script which I import as "MOD". When I run the scripts in Maya, the UI loads correctly, but when I press the "Merge" button on the UI window I get the following error: # Error: NameError: file <maya console> line 1: name 'MOD' is not defined #

But I know it does. I have quadruple checked my spelling and syntax multiple times, and I am beginning to think something is happening that I don't quite understand and haven't seen before. I have successfully imported scripts, passed arguments between scripts and functions in the past, but this seems new and different and I can't quite figure it out. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks in advance!

The code for the 3 scripts is below in its simplest form for cut and paste purposes:

"toolsMain.py"

import maya.cmds as mc
import userInterfaceElements as ELEM
reload (ELEM)

def toolsMain ():
	if (mc.window("toolsWindowMain", exists = True)):
		mc.deleteUI("toolsWindowMain")
	toolsWindow = mc.window(title="Tools Window", iconName= "toolsWindow", widthHeight=(400, 500))
	scrollMain = mc.scrollLayout("ScrollLayoutMain_01", w=390, hst=16, vst=16)
	tabsMain = mc.tabLayout("TabLayoutMain_01", imw=5, imh=5)

##TAB 1 - Main
	tab_1 = ELEM.stdColumnLayout("ColumnLayout_01", "TabLayoutMain_01") 
	
	## Modeling Frame ##
	ELEM.stdFrameLayout("ModelingFrame_01", "ColumnLayout_01", "Modeling")
	ELEM.stdRowColumnLayout("ModelingRowColumn_01", "ModelingFrame_01")
	
	#Modeling Buttons
	ELEM.modelingButton("MergeButton_01", "Merge", "merge", "MOD.doMergeWindow()")
	
	#Organize Tabs
	mc.tabLayout(tabsMain, edit=True, tabLabel=((tab_1, "Main")))
	
	mc.showWindow(toolsWindow)

"userInterfaceElements.py"

import maya.cmds as mc
import modelingTools as MOD
reload (MOD)

def stdColumnLayout(name, daddy): #(name, parent)
	mc.columnLayout(name, parent=daddy, rowSpacing=5, columnWidth=390)
	return name
	
def stdFrameLayout(name, daddy, callIt): #(name, parent, label)
	mc.frameLayout(name, parent=daddy, label=callIt, borderVisible=True, collapsable=True, width=390)
	
def stdRowColumnLayout(name, daddy): #(name, parent)
	mc.rowColumnLayout(name, parent=daddy, numberOfColumns=3, rowSpacing=[10, 5])
	
def modelingButton(name, callIt, tip, runIt): #(name, label, annotation, command)
	toolTip = "DEFAULT"
	mc.button(name, parent="ModelingRowColumn_01", label=callIt, annotation=toolTip, command=runIt, enableBackground=True, backgroundColor=[0.68, 0.76, 0.66], width=125, height=30)

"modelingTools.py"

def doMergeWindow ():
	print "POPPING UP A MERGE WINDOW NOW..."

[woooee]

No enough info, so to start read up on the Python search path https://leemendelowitz.github.io/blog/ho...kages.html

Error: NameError: file <maya console> line 1: name 'MOD' is not defined #

Post the entire traceback for help, but this partial error message seems to say that in the file <maya console>, and you did not post the "maya console" program.

[EricMichel]

Great. Thank you. I will read up!