Okay so I can see that you're not impressed.well lets do something visual and way more awesome. 'Hello World' is the input string that we'd like the print command to echo in the console. 'print' is a command (aka function) that Maya understands. This will execute your command! Now you should see 'Hello World' logged in the Script Console. Then select the text and press control & enter. Make sure you're in MEL mode, and type in: print 'Hello World' The first thing we are going to do is log or print 'Hello World' to the Script Console. Side note! If you're interested in the rendering of these fractals and their aesthetic check out my instructable on Ambient Occlusion Rendering in Maya You'll need a copy of Maya 2015 or earlier and some courage. In this instructable, you'll be learning how to use MEL (Maya Embedded Language) Script in Maya to create a 3D fractal. Thus, you can easily look up the command for doing something by simply using Maya's visual interface to perform the command and then checking the console. The Script Editor's log echoes every command performed in Maya. Learning how to use Maya's Script Editor is pretty fun and easy. Scripting refers to the activity of using Maya's command line interface or Script Editor to type in commands versus using Maya's visual interface to perform actions and operations. Regardless of what you're doing in Maya, knowing a little bit of scripting will help you be more efficient and creative. This is why you should care about MEL scripting. For example, performing repetitive tasks, such as creating 1000 cubes or importing 100s of curves, takes a lot of time and is very taxing. It allows people to build very complex scenes and animations.īut sometimes, using Maya's visual interface to build complex models / objects / scenes / animations takes a lot of time.

Maya's visual interface is powerful and deep. You can model, texture, light, animate, and render within the same environment. Maya is a very powerful tool for creating 3D animations and motion graphics.

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