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I setup Eclipse IDE for editing and debugging Maya scripts. When I try to run the code:

import maya.cmds as cmds cmds.ls()

in Eclipse I get the error:

 import maya.cmds as cmds NameError: Can't find file for module maya (filename C:\Users\shivani\My Documents\maya)

I configured eclipse to use maya and python like the following:

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I don't understand what is the problem or I'm not able to use Eclipse properly?

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Configure Eclipse to use mayapy Python interpreter available in <Maya_INSTALL_DIR>\bin.

Or else you will have to initialize the default Python interpreter with Maya as explained here.

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I have configured Eclipse to use mayapy.exe already. I followed all the installation process step by step and set the environment variables too. I would re do and see what happens. Thanks.
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If you're running this in Eclipse you'll also have to add

import maya.standalone try: maya.standalone.initialize() except: print "standalone already running"

to any code you try to run in the external interpreter.

The maya module is just an empty stub unless running inside a live Maya session or after importing maya.standalone and initializing it as above. The try-catch is good practice because you can only initialize a standalone once.

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OP's error states NameError: Can't find file for module maya meaning maya is not in the path and I think that needs to be taken care of first.
I tried the with the standalonebut it gives the same error. So I guess I have to re check the installation process again. Thanks.

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