Programming - Page 16 - Simply Maya User Community

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.

Watch

String manipulation

every control for a character has this naming format: "chr:_" + character's name + ":" + the control's name basically my plan is to do an "ls"...

Thread by: nnng2001 Subscribe

by Alan

01-02-2006|05:38 PM

Replies: 1

Variable names and variable names!!!

Ok,, MEL doesn't allow arrays/matirces of more than two dimensions.... I need a 'matrix' with 3 dimensions.....which I can't have....that...

Thread by: Forlax Subscribe

by MattTheMan

30-01-2006|02:11 AM

Replies: 1

Can MEL do this?

Just wondering if it was possible (with mel) to design this interface: http://www.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~hbizira/dkp/charInterface_v2_body_v4.jpg

Thread by: nnng2001 Subscribe

by nnng2001

27-01-2006|08:49 PM

Replies: 6

Dev c++ 5 bug?

Hey, I know c++ and stuff, but in dev c++, whenever i use any thing, the window dissapears really quick: script (basic example, it does this with...

Thread by: MattTheMan Subscribe

by keef

25-01-2006|07:43 AM

Replies: 3

loop movie texture

hi, I have a 46frame movie texture in maya 6.5 I would like to loop. I already created a massive movie file by pasting and adding the file to itself...

Thread by: farbtopf Subscribe

by farbtopf

16-01-2006|05:46 PM

Replies: 0

Game exporting

Wow, this place sure is quiet... Anyway, i wanted to ask if anyone knows of some good books or any information source on writing a game export script...

Thread by: cris007 Subscribe

by cris007

12-01-2006|03:41 PM

Replies: 0

showing the uv number

Hi there all, I wanted to know if there is a way to create a script that will display what number each uv cooresponds to? The reason why I ask...

Thread by: junkyBob Subscribe

by vladimirjp

12-12-2005|08:44 PM

Replies: 1

Camera setup script finished..enjoy

here's a script I've been working on. It'll make camera animation alot easier. Some people have helped me create it when I got stuck on the coding,...

Thread by: Grayth Subscribe

by Grayth

25-10-2005|07:41 PM

Replies: 0

Rename Objects using MEL Scripts

Hi, I am quite new to MEL scripting but not new to programming. I would like to make a MEL script that works on both a single selected object as well...

Thread by: oneshotflinch Subscribe

by oneshotflinch

21-10-2005|08:40 AM

Replies: 0

Camera set up script

Hey everyone, Ok I decided to make my camera setup that I use alot into a script and would like it to do a few things but can't figure out how to add...

Thread by: Grayth Subscribe

by Grayth

18-10-2005|05:23 PM

Replies: 0

interactive

hi guys it me Bilal i have created a complete 3D model of my university where i study in maya 5.0 and now i want to control my camera from arrow keys...

Thread by: billydarling Subscribe

by aleksandra

21-09-2005|09:19 AM

Replies: 2

Query an objects attribute

Lets say you created an float variable float $testvar; then say you create a polygon cube in your scene. polyCube; //Result: pCube1 then...

Thread by: mayakid14 Subscribe

by mayakid14

20-09-2005|12:52 PM

Replies: 2

particle texture expression

Hi all I'm trying to make an animation of photographs falling. I've built a simple NURBS plane and instanced the geometry to a particle system...

Thread by: budgent Subscribe

by budgent

18-08-2005|09:14 AM

Replies: 0

get channel name?

Can anyone think of a way to select a channel in the channel box and return the name of that channel?

Thread by: Dann Subscribe

by dannyngan

30-07-2005|08:48 AM

Replies: 5

melscripts and shelves

if u guys have any useful shelves or melscripts paste them here :). i posted my shelve

Thread by: c3e Subscribe

by c3e

20-07-2005|03:55 PM

Replies: 0

Greeble

Guys This may have been asked before but is there a Greeble plugin for Maya or something similar? I have been gagging for this plugin for years...

Thread by: Jay Subscribe

by ckyuk

10-07-2005|02:26 PM

Replies: 5

plug-ins

So I've grabbed all the plugins that sound good and useful (mostly weeks ago), but there's one main problem: They're all for earlier versions of...

Thread by: Xander-0 Subscribe

by Xander-0

09-07-2005|08:43 AM

Replies: 0

DoEvents in MEL?

Hi All, There is a command in Visual Basic called "DoEvents" this allows the system to process normally while you are waiting in a loop. I need...

Thread by: Enivob Subscribe

by kbrown

25-06-2005|02:25 PM

Replies: 1

menu help?

OK, I'm going to keep trying, and maybe I'll get this figured out. In this script, all I want to do is print which camera is selected from the...

Thread by: Dann Subscribe

by Dann

14-06-2005|09:33 PM

Replies: 0

Oh my aching head

This is going to tax all but the best of you, so beware. Since mayabatch does not support the vector renderer and running the vectorize command...

Thread by: Dann Subscribe

by vladimirjp

13-06-2005|10:50 PM

Replies: 3

xray script

I am working on the dragon head tutorial and I have noticed that a few times Kurt uses a shelf button for xray. I am new to maya and honestly I just...

Thread by: Der Kaiser Subscribe

by uberstonks

13-06-2005|07:08 PM

Replies: 10

A dumbed down version

OK, for some reason, I can't seem to post another reply to my thread right now, so I had to start a new one. Poor etiquette I know. Sorry. Why...

Thread by: Dann Subscribe

by Dann

13-06-2005|05:59 PM

Replies: 0

creating a MEL interface

although I don't consider myself a good programmer, I understand most syntax and similar issues. But I'm trying to create an interface for a script,...

Thread by: Xander-0 Subscribe

by Xander-0

02-06-2005|11:18 PM

Replies: 4

Infinite Rotation of Propeller

I'm trying to create an expression for a propeller of an airplane. I want it to have an infinite rotatation but I also want to control the speed of...

Thread by: djknucklez Subscribe

by Alan

03-05-2005|12:14 PM

Replies: 5

Reading keystrokes with MEL

ive seen people making MEL scripts that read game controllors. How do you read keystrokes with MEL?

Thread by: Immortal1490 Subscribe

by Immortal1490

26-04-2005|04:52 PM