Introduction

[Dilen Shah]

Hey everyone,

Thank to Chad Vernon, i found this group. Well I am learning Maya API and will be asking help in this group.

Thank you.

[Marcus Ottosson]

Welcome, Dilen!

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[Justin Israel]

Ask away! Glad to have you join. 

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[Ævar Guðmundsson]

The more the merrier here Dilen, happy learning!

[Dilen Shah]

So guys, I need some advice, I am learning Maya API i have little knowledge about it in python but I want to learn it in C++. I am watching Introduction to Maya API by Chad Vernon, also have this book Complete Maya Programming: An Extensive Guide to MEL and C++ API. Is there anything else I should be looking at to gain more knowledge about it?

D.

[Ævar Guðmundsson]

Good question, to try to get a discussion going I'll start with this one.

  Although others here on the forums can point at more practical 1-2-3 follow-along type tutorials, an excellent starting point is this one of course:

http://docs.autodesk.com/MAYAUL/2014/ENU/Maya-API-Documentation/index.html

  Learning the Maya API is usually a 3 step process:

[1] - Know what you want to build.

[2] - Then power up the computer on turn on Maya.

[3] - If you are unsure on how to achieve what you want, keep in mind the most important button in the whole Maya functionality set, is of course F1

  Good luck!  Can verify it gets more and more interesting the further into those documentations you go :)