1 AUTODESK® MAYA® API WHITE PAPER Autodesk Maya API | White Paper This white paper introduces Autodesk® Maya® software and its architecture to programmers who may be unfamiliar with its APIs (application programming interfaces). Contents CONTENTS .................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................. 3 AN OVERVIEW OF THE MAYA ARCHITECTURE........................................ 3 MAYA API AND MAYA PYTHON API............................................................ 4 PLUG-INS ....................................................................................................... 5 Loading and Unloading ........................................................................................................................ 5 The simplest Maya Plug-in .................................................................................................................. 6 A more complex example .................................................................................................................... 8 PLUG-IN INTEGRATION WITH MAYA ........................................................ 11 Types of Plug-ins ................................................................................................................................ 11 Plug-in access to Maya scene data ................................................................................................. 12 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MAYA API ..................................................... 12 Objects
- revolve command
- source code changes
- maya api
- openmaya
- plug-ins
- contents contents
- plug
- curve
- attribute
- objects