Index_S

S

Scalar product of vectors, 23-24

Scalars and vector mathematics, 20-21, 156

Scene report

creating file for, 422-423

design, 419-420

File dialog command, 424-425

File dialog, 424

flowchart, 420

formatting to HTML, 425-433

introduction, 419

objects information, 420-421

texture files, 420

Script Editor, 32-34, 420, 422

Script jobs

used in cycling tool, 174, 178-180, 183, 193-196

used in rendertime smoothing, 253

Script nodes, 263-265

Scripted panels

compared to window UI, 383-384

described, 382

design process, 382

resizing considerations, 382-383

tear off behavior, 396, 397

Scripts

action vs. tools, 67-68

adding UI to, 322-344

Blend shape animation script review, 379-382

command grouping, 46, 60-61, 64

comments in, 77-78

creating icosahedrons, 86-106

cubic reflection maps script review, 248-251

cycling tool script review, 203-216

debugging, 32, 33, 79-82

defining purpose, in design phase, 69-71

described, 68

design and implementation, 72-75

Echo All commands, 32-33

executing, 118

geodsphere script review, 163-170

grass generator script review, 146-151

grass generator UI script review, 337-344

harvesting , 32

header information, 78-79

icosahedron script review, 101-106

loops , 56-60

Maya menus , 352-353

multiple procedures, 73-75

naming conventions, 81

paths, 67

post-design research and development, 71-72

Pre Render Mel and Post Render Mel, 261-263

procedures, 61-63, 66-67

process of creating, 68-75

readability and whitespace, 76-77, 95

rendertime smoothing script review, 265-267

Script Editor, 32-34

Show Line Numbers, 32, 33

Show Stack Trace, 32, 33

skin data tool script review, 445-448

sourcing, 118, 120

statements, 48-56

styles and practices, 67

UIs. See UI (User Interface)

utility, 75

variables , 42-48

Scroll controls, 292-294

Scroll Field control, 292

Scroll layout, 283-284

Sectors and HUDs, 399-402

Selection list, parsing, 237-238, 255-256

Semicolon (;) used in commands, 38

Separators

controls for, in windows , 297, 299-302

dividers , in menus, 347

Shelf buttons , 38, 89, 114

Shelf layout, 284-287

Shelf Tab layout, 284

Show Line Numbers, 32, 33

Show Stack Trace, 32, 33

Show Window command, 272

Sine function, 13-14, 222

Sine rule, 15

Size command and end of files, 418

Skin data tool

design, 434-437

file layout, 435-436

finding section headers, 443

flowcharts, 435, 436

introduction, 434

parsing data into arrays, 443-444

reading data back from file, 442-443

script review, 445-448

skin cluster data, 437-439

workaround to floating-point precision problem, 440-442

writing to file, 441-442

Slider controls, 292-294, 326-327

Smoothing, 251-267. See also Rendertime smoothing

Softening edges, 162

Software release stages, 134

Sourcing scripts, 118, 120

Spheres, 86, 152-170

Square brackets ([ ]) and arrays, 45

Stack tracing, 32, 33

Statements

arithmetic, 49-52

assignment, 48-49

conditional, 52-56

return, 63, 127

types of, 48

String arrays, removing duplicates, 187

String variables

addition of, 50

comparing, 56

using, 44

Subdividing edges of polygon, 157

Subdivision surfaces, 251

Submenus, 348

Subtracting

matrices, 26

variables, 50

vectors, 18-19, 21

Switch statement, 54, 120-123

Symbol button controls, 296

System command, 243-244

System command string, 246