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The MEL Companion: Maya Scripting for 3D Artists (Charles River Media Graphics)

ISBN: 1584502754
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 101

Authors: David Stripinis

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• 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