Red9 Studios shares a freeware pack of scripts for Autodesk Maya that center in improving workflow for animators and riggers. All in Python, the Red9 Studio Pack includes a Snap Plugin used to snap two nodes together regardless of pivots, as well as a node searcher and lock channels tool. great stuff! Check out the Red9 Studio Pack for Maya here.

The Studio Pack is designed to improve workflow for animators and riggers based on years of professional experience. The pack is all Python and validated on Maya 2008 upwards. It includes a Python Snap plugin used throughout the Animation toolset to snap nodes together regardless of pivots (this is not a simple delete(parentConstraint))

The Node Searcher and LockChannels are aimed at the Technical Animtors amongst you. A full PDF help doc is included and video tutorials are on the way.

This is a complex pack and I’ve tried to make the UI as simple yet powerful as possible. Most of the Anim Functions work on either selected nodes or full filtered hierarchies. The filtering is what gives the codebase it’s power and is worth looking into if you’re a Python programmer.

A Powerful new pack aimed at speeding up workflow for animators and riggers
Red9 Studio Pack for Maya Animation & Rigging Workflow