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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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Can I report more detailed results when invoking a MEL script from PyMel?

Consider the following trivial PyMEL script. It basically calls an existing MEL function. from pymel import * message = "Are you sure you want to clean the scene? (Nodes will be removed.)" do_clean = core.windows.confirmBox("Scene clean",…
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Maya API behaviour different if executed via button or timechange

I have a Maya plugin in c++. In this plugin, a timeChange function is fired whenever the time changes in Maya. I want to create a specific Mesh Shape when a given time is reached. The shape is properly created, but when wanting to assign a shader to…
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switch boolean based on increments

I am making a MEL expression, however I believe the language is somewhat irrelevant. This question is more of a coding logic question. Normally I would do something like this in javascript (which I am more familiar with) and then translate it but I…
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Setting values from DB table to output HTTP headers

I am new to mule ESB. I have a requirement to set HTTP headers where the values should be fetched from MySQLDB. I am able to fetch values from DB. DB returned multiple column values with one row. I can able to set one column value in flow…
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Trying to duplicate a joint chain in Maya and then change the names

I made a joint chain for a leg and named each joint, "thigh", "knee", "ankle", "ball", and "toe." I want this code to duplicate the chain and then add "_FK" to the end of each name. Right now it will only change the first name correctly, and then…
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How to change the weights of a deformer from a script in Maya?

How to change the weights of a deformer from a script in Maya? This question is ideally for Pymel in Maya 2013, but if it is not possible I would still be interested to know the answer in Python, MEL, or using the C++ Maya-API.
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Maya Python command for get selected anim layers

I'm trying to query what animation layers are selected using Python. MEL works fine: treeView -query -selectItem ("AnimLayerTabanimLayerEditor") However a similar Python command returns an error: cmds.treeView(q=True, selectItem=[True,…
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Mule MEL Date Time Format

I am trying to output data in DD-MON-YY(22-OCT-15) format to insert into an Oracle DB. I used the MEL expression server.dateTime.format("dd-MMM-yy"). This outputs data as 22-Oct-15. See fragment below.
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MEL code:Create a cube that high is 1, weight is 2 and d is 2

I have to run MEL script, but I am not sure. This is my code: polyCube -w 2 -h 1 -d 2; setAttr "pCube1.rotateY" 45; setAttr "pCube1.translateY" 5; I am trying to create a cube that high is 1, weight is 2 and d is 2 that will stay at y = 45. Am I…
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Connect Transparency to keyframe animation Maya MelPython

I have a workaround to connect the transparency of a Metrial to the keyframe bar in Maya. I create a new Material press "s" for a keyframe got to the keyframe 10, set the transparency to 0 and press again "s". So you are able to fade the…
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How to format a MEL expression string for the expression command in Python?

I am having a problem when creating a Maya MEL expression with a python script. I need to be able to format the expression based on the values entered into certain GUI components but when I try format the expression that contains an "if statement"…
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Pymel TypeError: file

I'm trying to select an object and display the line edit from PySide import * from pymel import * import pymel.core as pm import maya.cmds as cmds import maya.mel as mel import maya.OpenMaya as OpenMaya def select_obj(obj): …
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Mule variable in MEL as String

i have an expression bellow to read a file from resources : #[Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream('abc.txt')] it worked fine, but i want to use a variable like this…
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Maya MEL variables declaration and initialization

Is it obligatory in MEL to initialize variables and especially strings when you declare them? I know that it is not necessary to initialize string arrays: string $buffer[]; $buffer[0] = "abc"; But what about strings and other variable types? Is it…
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Change icon on mel script on shelf using mel or python

I have used the addNewShelfTab and scriptToShelf command in MEL to create an icon for my mini mel script. I want to be able to change the icon for this button from the default like you can from the Shelf Editor by using either MEL or Python. How can…
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