MEL scripting for Maya animators /

MEL scripting for Maya animators, 2nd edition, includes new features, such as a discussion of global procedures, new chapters on fixing programming bottlenecks, advanced user interface techniques, and optimizing character rigs. New chapters on utility nodes and Maya's Web Panel feature provide...

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Main Authors: Wilkins, Mark R
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Kazmier, Chris; Osterburg, Stephan
Published: Morgan Kaufmann,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam ; Boston :
Publication Dates: 2005.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Second edition.
Series: Morgan Kaufmann series in computer graphics and geometric modeling
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780120887934
Summary: MEL scripting for Maya animators, 2nd edition, includes new features, such as a discussion of global procedures, new chapters on fixing programming bottlenecks, advanced user interface techniques, and optimizing character rigs. New chapters on utility nodes and Maya's Web Panel feature provide new ideas on how to use MEL in applications--Resource description page.
Item Description: Includes index.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xviii, 529 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 9780080470719
0080470718
0120887932
9780120887934
Index Number: TR897
CLC: TP391.41
Contents: Preface; Special Acknowledgment; Chapter 1 Maya Under the Hood; Chapter 2 The Basics of MEL Commands; Chapter 3 Using Expressions; Chapter 4 Controlling Particles with Expressions; Chapter 5 Problem Solving with MEL Scripting; Chapter 6 Variables and Data Types; Chapter 7 Using MEL Commands; Chapter 8 Manipulating Nodes in MEL; Chapter 9 Controlling the Flow of Execution; Chapter 10 Procedures and Functions; Chapter 11 Naming Nodes, Scripts, and Variables; Chapter 12 Designing MEL User Interfaces; Chapter 14 Custom Dialog Boxes; Chapter 15 Making Advanced Dialog Boxes with form Layout; Chapt