No worries, I'll be here, and good luck. :)
On 10 July 2014 16:29, md <accou...@mdonovan.com> wrote: > Thanks Marcus!, > > I figured this was going to be the case. It sounds similar to Softimage > command model/object model. > > Anyway ... i guess starting with the commands would be fine for now. > > Thanks again ... I am sure I will be bothering you again shortly ;-) > > > On Thursday, July 10, 2014 10:29:25 AM UTC-4, Marcus Ottosson wrote: > >> Hi md, >> >> Vague descriptions get vague answers. "Best" is subjective and a number >> of things in Maya can't be directly compared to Softimage. >> >> For anyone getting started with Python in Maya, I'd point you to >> maya.cmds and tell you to stick to your guns until you find reason to do >> otherwise. The important point to take away also is that the Maya Python >> API is not the equivalent to the Softimage Object Model and starting there >> will most likely be the source of much frustration. maya.cmds represents >> anything you can do with the buttons in the UI, which includes getting and >> altering render settings. >> >> But again, it very much depends on the specifics of your problem and soon >> you'll hear reasons as to why you should not use it as an alternative was >> just recently discussed here: >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/python_inside_maya/jb0lD8SXk_M >> >> Here are the main references for maya.cmds and nodes in general (render >> settings are nodes too) >> http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/maya2013/en_us/ >> CommandsPython/index.html >> http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/maya2013/en_us/Nodes/index.html >> >> Best, >> Marcus >> >> >> On 10 July 2014 14:53, md <acco...@mdonovan.com> wrote: >> >>> Hey Guys, >>> >>> I am just starting (yesterday actually) to convert our Softimage >>> Rendering Pipeline to Maya. >>> >>> The first thing I need to be able to do is access and change the various >>> Render Settings per Render Layer. >>> >>> Since there is Python 1 API,Python 2 API, PyMel etc. I'm a bit confused >>> at where I should be concentrating my time learning the maya API. >>> >>> I am not looking for someone to tell me the exact way to do this, but >>> rather where to learn the best approach for this and how to get to the >>> parts of the API documentation that I need to without getting bogged down >>> in methods that are obsolete etc. >>> >>> DOes this make sense ? >>> >>> I miss Softimage's API Documenation ... it was simple ... There was an >>> object model, you looked up what you needed to address (file name prefix >>> for example) and it gave you the various ways to access those classes and >>> functions. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> M >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ >>> msgid/python_inside_maya/c7bbb0da-bf98-41c7-8601- >>> 568cff7fde44%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/c7bbb0da-bf98-41c7-8601-568cff7fde44%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *Marcus Ottosson* >> konstr...@gmail.com >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/a366e3fa-9a86-4c55-a258-cdcb24f0b751%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/a366e3fa-9a86-4c55-a258-cdcb24f0b751%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- *Marcus Ottosson* konstrukt...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/CAFRtmOCV_OwaGYXg78B-JObfyYs4w%2BRFg0VxnCfbrs-awQos%2Bw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
