Cutter Help
PREPARING MAYA

To enable Maya to receive Mel scripts from Cutter open the script window
and enter this mel command.

    commandPort -n ":2222";

Press the enter key on the numerica keypad. This command tells Maya to
"listen" for connections on port "2222". There is no special significance
to using 2222 - it could be any number so long as it does not clash with
a reserved port number. Stay with 2222 and you will have no problems!
Make a note of the IP addess of the computer on which Maya is running
On the Windows operating system, open a command window and type,

    ipconfig

The IP address will be four numbers separated by periods, for example,

    10.7.101.30

You are now ready to begin a Cutter/Maya session. Either open an existing
mel script or open a new window. Press the button in the top right hand
corner of the window. Some network options will appear below the regular
text controls.

Select "Peer" from the popup menu. Enter the IP address that you previusly
made a note of into the IP text field. The "port" text field should already
dispay number "2222". Click on the selection box that appears immediately
to the right of the port text field. After a very brief pause a small "client
log" window will open. Maya will return messages to this window, though it
has to be said the messages are fairly uninformative!

Cutter will warn you if a network connection cannot be established. To test
the connection type this command and either click the "send" button or press
control+e or alt+e ("e" for execute").

    sphere

A nurbs sphere should appear in Maya's main window.