thanx dann...i bought a book call The MEL Companion: Maya Scripting for 3D Artists on ebay.. i'll see how this book works out and then i'll decide if i will get that one as well.

hello,

i was wondering what book or books you guys would recommmed for learning MEL. if there is one good one for multiple categories such as modeling and animating and rigging and any others...

ok i'll try that out... something else i'd like to know...how do i control what surfaces are affected by a light? i want to specify that a light only affects certain surfaces and nothing else.

i've got a scene..i modeled a basketball arena. i got a total of 20 spotlights. 16 of them are being used for lighting up the arena and 4 are for the scoreboard i have hanging off the ceiling. i...

if i select the 2 faces the arms get selected as well and of course itry to hide the 2 faces the arms get hidden as well.

well never mind now. i followed the steps for the 4th time right now and this time the IK handles are working properly. go figure. i don't know if i did something wrong before or if deleting...

i've got my modeled character. i don't have a clue when this happened but i got two faces by themselves that are apart of an object, the arms, i cant delete them in object mode nor in face mode. i...

i am creating my IK handles exactly as the video from here for the rigging for low poly games. and when i grab the Foot IK handle and move it up the area of the foot where the ball joint is the only...

it never closes on me while i'm working now that i've gotten a lappy with more power to handle my project. it's only if i leave maya idle and anything i didn't save won't be saved next time i open...

anyone experience maya 7 closing out on you while you leave it idlefor a while? it happems to me about half the time.