MAYA Open and Save_As files like a normal program

this script assigns paths for File Open and

File Save As to the directory of the currently open file

or in restart - Last saved file folder

•  copy the files to C:\Users\<Username>\Documents\maya\<20**>\scripts directory
• restart Maya

MAYA version 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

- Also the additional command is available to you:

open_fileDialog_from_path("You directory path", "*.mb");

which immediately opens this folder

- for example:

open_fileDialog_from_path("D:/Art/Animations/Man", "*.mb");

you can put it on the Shelf with different paths

to have quick access to different folders of your project

!!! caution - that "/" is used as a separator , not "\"!!!