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Introduction to Maya - Modeling Fundamentals Vol 2

This course will look in the fundamentals of modeling in Maya with an emphasis on creating good topology. It's aimed at people that have some modeling experience in Maya but are having trouble with complex objects.

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move command in an expression?

How can I use the command "move x y z" in an expression? I created an boolean attribute "active" and in the expression editor I roughly wrote this...

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by Markuz

22-10-2002|08:03 PM

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Tree Generator Mel

I downloaded the "Tree Generator Mel". Its a free plugin... link below. http://www.treegenerator.mailru.com/ It Installed Ok, I'm very impressed...

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by Kevin

24-09-2002|03:44 PM

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Expression Editor Q about rotation increase

1. create cylinder, name it "Coin" 2. scale so it's like a coin 3. Choose Window>Animation Editors>Expression Editor Now, in this window, we can...

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by kbrown

10-10-2002|07:01 AM

Replies: 14

Script Install

I got this Create Tube Mel Script, was following the install info, that is it goes into the script folder, problem is, a got a ton of subscript...

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by Darkon

18-09-2002|11:14 PM

Replies: 2

attribCol.mel script anyone?????/

Hi all, I saw the post re sliders and reference to the 'attribCol.mel' script. I tried finding on AW site but could not. Would somone mind...

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by Darkon

28-09-2002|06:26 PM

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no sliders in 'Attribute collect script"???

Hi all, Thanks for the attribute collect script it looks promising. I get this message when I run the script and get the window for the...

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by Jim

29-09-2002|01:06 PM

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API: getting DAG path for input mesh

I'm writing a node where I've got a MFnData::kMesh attribute as input (called inputMesh). My trouble is I can't seem to get a DAG path to this input...

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by playmesumch00ns

05-11-2002|04:49 PM

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Getting info about file texture node

I need a way to get the width and height of an existing file texture node in pixels using MEL. Anyone? ;) This is a part of a bigger script. I'll...

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by undo

10-11-2002|11:08 PM

Replies: 4

Is anyone using MEL? | Page: 1 2 3

Of all the forums up here, this one seems to get very little traffic. Either everyone here is very comfortable with MEL and expressions or no one's...

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by silviapalara

29-01-2003|10:21 PM

Replies: 40

Simple script for you all....

To get this section rolling again, I wrote this SIMPLE script just now... It just performs the initial first steps of starting the process of...

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by ragecgi

24-01-2003|03:34 AM

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EditPlus w/plugin for editing MEL

K-man got me kinda tweaked on finding a good text editor for MEL because Jext doesn't specifically support MEL and I came across EditPlus. They have...

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by dannyngan

24-01-2003|09:00 PM

Replies: 4

Advanced rigging suggestions

I would like to go further into rigging my characters and gain a solid MEL education mostly for animation (so I can build my own animation tools to...

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by mark_wilkins

30-01-2003|05:02 PM

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Debug dilemma

Debugging per particle expressions is pain in the butt when you have lot's of stuff affecting things. I figured if I just could export the data out...

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by kbrown

01-02-2003|12:57 AM

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Moved: Script to randomize a property.

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help with script to create a random shine effect on a shader

Hi there, I'm a big time newbie when it comes to mel scripting, or any scripting for that matter. I have a wall, like in the pic below. The...

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by mark_wilkins

13-02-2003|05:18 PM

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Batch file export

I'm trying to call my own export plugin via the maya -batch -file .... "file -exportAll" at this point I have no idea how to call my own plugin and...

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by mark_wilkins

12-03-2003|08:53 AM

Replies: 1

Radius constraint

Hey guys, I gotta admit that I joined up so I can sove this problem :) but this look slike a good forum to check out anyway. I'm trying to...

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