The MEL Companion: Maya Scripting for 3D Artists (Charles River Media Graphics)
The MEL Companion: Maya Scripting for 3D Artists (Charles River Media Graphics)
ISBN: 1584502754
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 101
Pages: 101
Authors: David Stripinis
- Table of Contents
- BackCover
- The MEL Companion Maya Scripting for 3D Artists
- Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Maya Embedded Language
- Part I: The Maya Embedded Language
- Chapter 2: A Primer on Mathematics
- Numbers
- Mathematical Functions and the Computer
- Mathematical Disciplines
- Angles and Units of Measurement
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3: MEL Basics
- The MEL Command
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4: An Introduction to Programming Concepts
- Statements
- Loops
- Command Groups
- Procedures
- Flow Control
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5: The Script File
- Script Paths and the maya.env File
- Scripting Style and Practices
- Actions vs. Tools
- The Scripting Process
- Script Formatting
- Debugging, Error Checking, and Naming Conventions
- Conclusion
- Part II: Working with MEL
- Chapter 6: Geometry
- Project 6.1: Creating a New Primitive
- Project 6.2: The Grass Generator
- Project 6.3: The Geodesic Sphere
- Conclusion
- Chapter 7: Animation
- Conclusion
- Chapter 8: Expressions
- Conclusion
- Chapter 9: Lighting and Rendering
- Project 9.2: Rendertime Smoothing
- Conclusion
- Chapter 10: Creating Tools in Maya
- Introduction to Maya Windows Structures
- Project 10.1: A Model of Modality
- Project 10.2: Dynamic UI Creation
- Project 10.3: The addition of a scrollLayout.
- Conclusion
- Chapter 11: Customizing the Maya Interface
- Menus
- Project 11.1: Implementing Popups
- Project 11.2: Marking Menus a Go-Go
- Project 11.3: That s a Real Pane in My Window
- Scripted Panels
- Project 11.4: Scripted Panel Creation
- Heads-Up Displays
- Project 11.5: Heads Up
- Conclusion
- Chapter 12: File Handling in MEL
- File Types and File Handling
- Project 12.1: Scene Summary
- Project 12.2: Skin Weight Info
- Understanding the Maya ASCII File
- Conclusion
- Chapter 13: Your Journey Begins Here: A Final Word on MEL
- Appendix A: About the CD-ROM
- System Requirements
- Appendix B: Web Resources
- Alias Wavefront
- Mathworld
- ACM SIGGRAPH
- Gamagroup
- Highend 3D
- Index
- Index_B
- Index_C
- Index_D
- Index_E
- Index_F
- Index_G
- Index_H
- Index_I
- Index_J
- Index_K
- Index_L
- Index_M
- Index_N
- Index_O
- Index_P
- Index_Q
- Index_R
- Index_S
- Index_T
- Index_U
- Index_V
- Index_W
- Index_Special characters
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- CD Content
The MEL Companion: Maya Scripting for 3D Artists (Charles River Media Graphics)
ISBN: 1584502754
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 101
Pages: 101
Authors: David Stripinis