Plug-ins

The API supports several different types of plug-ins:

• Command plug-ins—commands that extend the MEL scripting language.
• Tool commands—plug-ins that take mouse input.
• “Dependency graph plug-ins”—plug-ins that add new operations, such as dependency graph nodes. For more information see Overview of dependency graph plug-ins.
• Device plug-ins—plug-ins that allow new devices to interact with Maya.

Command plug-ins

This chapter describes the following command plug-in topics:

• MFnPlugin
• initializePlugin()
• uninitializePlugin()
• MPxCommand
• MPxContext
• MPxContextCommand
• MPxToolCommand