Résumé
MEL (Maya Embedded Language) is the scripting language used by Maya and is the foundation of the Maya User Interface and of many of its tools. Knowing MEL will permit you to customize the Maya UI, automate repetitive tasks, modify existing tools, and even create your own tools. Learning Maya 5 | MEL Fundatmentals is your key to solving production challenges creatively and efficiently. This book is written for the artist, so don't be intimidated if you have no prior programming experience.
Features:
Starting from an introductory level, this book will allow
you to explore advanced concepts in a comfortable format.
Each topic is explored in both theory and practice so that
you'll not only understand the concepts presented, you'll
be able to complete easy-to-follow, step-by-step tutorials
to ensure that you master them. You'll benefit from sample
scripts and examples that will prove invaluable to you as
your Maya skills increase. In addition, you'll take
advantage of valuable chapter-by-chapter overviews provided
in QuickTime® format on CD-ROM. Offered by Glen Chang, and
Alias|Wavefront™ Certified Instructor, these helpful
movies will allow you to gain additional insight as you
work through the book.
With this book you will:
- Explore MEL's role in Maya
- Customize the Maya User Interface with MEL.
- Understand Maya's architecture, Nodes, and Attributes
- Learn MEL commands and syntax.
- Explore variables and expressions.
- Write conditional and looking statements.
- Learn scripting and procedures.
- Get advanced scripting examples.
- Create UI windows, layouts and tools.
And much more...
Contents
- Introduction: MEL Fundamentals
- What Is MEL?
- Customizing with MEL
- Shelf Buttons
- Editing Shelf Buttons
- Hotkeys
- Marking Menus
- Attributes
- Channel Box
- Attribute Editor
- Using Mel To Access Attributes
- Connecting And Disconnecting Attributes
- Adding Attributes
- Using The Added Attributes
- Commands and Syntax
- MEL Command Structure
- MEL Syntax
- Creating Custom UI
- Creating Simple Ui Controls
- Window Management
- Other Ui Elements
- Variables
- Variables
- Conditional Statements
- Looping Statements
- For Statement
- Expressions
- Introduction To Expressions
- Expression Syntax
- Curve Functions
- Particle Expressions
- Animation Expressions
- Modeling Expression
- Procedures
- Procedures
- Arguments In Procedures
- Scripts
- Creating Script Files
- Global And Local Procedures
- Applied Scripts
- Procedures In Scripts
- Modeling Scripts
- Animation Scripts
- User Interface Script
- Dynamic Scripts
- Other Utility Scripts
- Commented Scripts
- ScriptJob & Script Node
- What is A Script Job?
- Script Nodes
- Appendix A: UI Appendix
- Window Management
- Layout Types
- Useful Ui Methods
- Examples Of More Complex Ui
- Appendix B: Expressions Appendix
- More Expressions Examples
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Sybex |
| Auteur(s) | Alias Wavefront |
| Parution | 17/11/2003 |
| Nb. de pages | 266 |
| Format | 18,7 x 22,7 |
| Couverture | Broché |
| Poids | 595g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9781894893442 |
| ISBN13 | 978-1-894893-44-2 |
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