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Editing Objects

Lesson 1: Commands in MEL

Lesson 2: Saving scripts to the Shelf

 

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Beyond the lesson

In this lesson, you learned how basic MEL scripting commands work in Maya. You can:

• Write basic MEL creation commands to bypass the Maya user interface.
• Use flags at object creation time to specify the attributes for the objects.
• Edit the attributes of objects using a command in conjuction with the edit flag.
• Observe the history created in the Script Editor and then copy and paste it into the Script Editor to create your own scripts.

Before proceeding with the next lesson you may want to review the material presented in this lesson so you are familiar with the concepts and skills. Some suggested tasks you can try on your own include:

• Practice using creation commands through the user interface and observing the resulting Script Editor history.
• Look through the MEL Command Reference to see more common commands.
• Practice copying and pasting commands from the Script Editor history section to the Script Editor input section.