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Using the saved script file

Lesson 4: User interface creation and procedures

Lesson 5: Using Python in Maya

 

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Beyond the lesson

In this lesson, you learned how to create a user interface from an existing MEL procedure. You can:

• Create a window
• Create user interface controls in a window
• Use conditional statements to check the existence of a window
• Use a built-in Maya procedure
• Modify a user interface to add functionality
• Access elements of an array
• Query and edit user interface values
• Save and source a script

You can create fully customized user interfaces with MEL scripting. There are additional user interface elements not covered in this lesson.

For a full list of user interface elements, look in the MEL Command Reference. You can open the MEL command reference by selecting Help > MEL Command Reference from the menu bar. User interface commands are in the Windows category of the MEL Command Reference.