The MEL Companion: Maya Scripting for 3D Artists (Charles River Media Graphics)

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Echo All commands, 32-33

Edit mode of commands, 36-38

Editing Maya menus

adding to Main menu, 350-351

adding to Modeling menu, 352

additions to Marking menu for joints, 364-367

Animation menu global variables , 351

checkboxes, 347

dividers , 347

Dynamics menu global variables, 351

enabled/disabled items, 348-349

guidelines, 350

Help menu, 350

introduction, 347

Marking Menu Editor, 363

menu items and commands, 348

menu modes, 351

Modeling menu global variables, 351

modifying appearance of Maya menu, 352-353

option box, 347-348

popup menus on controls, 354

radio buttons , 347

Rendering menu global variables, 351

submenus, 348

userSetup.mel, 353, 396

Element of array, 45, 50

Enabled/disabled menu items, 348-349

End of file command, 418-419

End User License Agreement (EULA), 79

Enter key, 33

Enumerated attributes, 42-43

Envelope settings, 111

Equal to (==) operator, 55

Equations, solving algebraic, 12

Error checking with If statement, 52, 80-81

Errors

adding dynamic attributes, 257, 258

assigning data, 49

from not having object selected, 37

improper script call, 63

in loops , 57, 59

naming objects, 97-98

passing arguments, 120

re-declaring variables, 46-47

in script jobs, 179

variable visibility, 64

Escape characters , using, 44

Exclamation mark (!) logical operator, 55

Executing MEL code, 33

Executing scripts, 118

Expression Editor, 221-222, 264