Maya Scripting Introduction

As you know that each and every thing in computer is basically a computer language. As my assistant Qasim Yad always says about scripts that they are “digital verses”. Of course while reciting computer languages I thought more than thousand times that maybe we are all scripts. Huh. Some time I think that the writer of the great Movie “The Matrix” theft my idea. Anyhow! The scripting some 3d graphics and animation is the same thing which God has done.

Although C++ and Python script are very special types of coding in some 3d application but initially you should start scripting in Maya with MEL, (Maya Embedded Language), because MEL is easy to learn and it is the soul of MAYA indeed. There is no doubt in this quote of mine that “MEL is Maya and Maya is MEL”

Simply type as you speak in your normal life and Maya understands it very well. Just do it now! Say! sphere; and you will have a sphere in the scene. However there are still some basics and we’ll set them before you at all.

• Understanding Script Editor in Maya
• Creating Shelf Icon
• Creating a simple window
• Using command line

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