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Communicating between Python and MEL

Lesson 5: Using Python in Maya

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Beyond the lesson

In this lesson, you learned how to access Maya’s functionality through Python scripting commands. You can:

• Type basic Python commands in the Script Editor to access Maya Commands.
• Use named arguments as flags at object creation time to specify the attributes for the objects.
• Use commands that require multiple arguments by packing the arguments in a tuple or list.
• Edit the attributes of objects using a command with the edit flag.
• Execute Python commands from the MEL interpreter and execute MEL commands from the Python interpreter.
• Transfer values between Python and MEL.

The MEL tutorials introduce some other uses for scripting in Maya. You can follow through with the MEL tutorials by using the Python Command Reference to translate MEL commands to their Python equivalents.

Python can also be used to write scripted plug-ins. For more information, see Introduction to Maya Python API.