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MEL is the Maya Embedded Language used to automate processes in the 3D Computer Animation and Modeling software, "Maya".

MEL stands for Maya Embedded Language, which is a scripting language similar to Perl. It can be used to create automated processes in Autodesks's 3D rendering application Maya.

More information can be found in the Wiki about MEL.

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Maya Custom Push/Relax Script

I'm trying to make a custom script that replicates/imitates the Maya Sculpt Geometry Tool. Basically I have 2 radio buttons, Push and Relax[which imitates the push and relax from the sculpt parameters obviously], a value slider[replicates the max…
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Maya Python command for adding Vray Attribute

I tried to automate the process to add a Vray Attribute (Object ID) to an Object in Maya. I captured the commands in the Script Editor: vray addAttributesFromGroup |Object vray_objectID 1; vrayAddAttr |Object vraySeparator_vray_objectID;…
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Simple function that creates multiple emitters in Maya via Python

I'm trying to create a function that creates emitters (emitting from objects), but I'm having trouble getting it to work with multiple objects at the same time. I want emitter1 to be connected to nParticle1 and emitter2 to nParticle2. def…
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Maya: Having trouble writing a script to cut a mesh into equal pieces

I want to split a mesh into sections based on a number of vertices. Essentially, I want a mesh cut into sections of 300 verts each with a remainder section of whatever is left over. I've done this for the most part (i can get verts/faces, etc) but…
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How can I change one object only when one other object is selected?

I'm browsing MEL and expressions and trying to do something like this: if I select one object I deactivate one property from another. But I'm having problems with the object selection denomination. The following is an example: If (select pCube1-r…
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Maya MEL save listAttr into array

Cheers, I am writing on a tool that should get all attributes with a specific prefix and save them into an array. When I use the listAttr on its own it gives me something like this: // Result: message caching isHistoricallyInteresting…
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PyMel Maya Python - Set Joint location

I am very new to PyMel (Done Python before) and I found the documentation available very complicated, and in times simply being still MEL and not Python. Very frustrating to do anything here. I am looking for a way to set the absolute location of…
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Force date time to time zone when setting variable using Mule expression language

I am using Anypoint Studio 6.1 and Mule 3.8.1 and I want to set a variable with todays date and time e.g. Thu, 2 Mar 2017 22:00:28 GMT but the variable is set it is being set as Thu, 2 Mar 2017 22:00:28 UTC. How can I force it to show in GMT in the…
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Best way to get Shape from a Transform

Using ls -sl returns a transform. The only way I can find to get the shape of a transform is to use getRelatives but this seems wonky compared to other workflows. Is there a better more standard way to get a Shape from a Transform?
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How to use MEL in dataweave to replace characters in a string

I am using Anypoint Studio 6.1 and Mule 3.8.1 and have this MEL expression that replaces any text \n with a new line/carriage return. payload.replace('\\n', System.getProperty('line.separator')) I would like to move this functionality into…
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mel2pyStr fails when selecting group of objects

I am trying to convert a bunch of MEL code into Python in Maya 2015 like this: mel2py.mel2pyStr(melCmd,pymelNamespace='pm', verbosity=4, forceCompatibility=True) where melCmd is a multi-line code. But it fails when converting the following line: …
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Can you use OR in REPLACE in Anypoint Mule

I am using Anypoint Studio 6.1 and Mule 3.8.1 and want to replace \n with new line and then remove \r, \t, \ from the payload text. I can do this like: #[payload.replace('\\n', System.getProperty('line.separator')).replace('\\r',…
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Get field value from JSON array in Mule flowVars

I am using Anypoint 6.1 and Mule 3.8.1 and have a flowVar which holds a JSON object that looks like this: { "stores": [ [ "store1" ], [ "store2" ] ] } While I loop through the payload I want to pull the value from…
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Maya, MEL, Error when execute the whole script

first, happy new year everyone ! First error of the year is the follow : I got an error when I execute the whole mel script, but my script work actually fine when I execute each lines separately. My code link attributes with connectAttr, between…
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Convert phong to mia material

I am trying to convert a phong material to mia material using this script i found proc connectAndSet(string $original,string $target){ $conn=connectionInfo -sfd ($BARK3); if ($conn!=""){ connectAttr -force $conn $target; } else { …
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