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Can You Create / Edit Reactions with Visual Studio as the Editor in CATIA/Digital Project? Recently I received these questions: Do you know if it is possible to create / edit reactions with Visual Studio...
Order the YSYT scripting book in the next 2 days (by Jan 31) and get 30% off! The deals keep coming!  Nick Pisca’s book, “YSYT – Maya MEL Basics for Designers” is 30% until Jan 31, 2012. ...
Buy the scripting book YSYT, and get free ground shipping! Looking to learn how to script for the spring semester or supplement your work knowledge?  Then you should look into...
Buy YSYT-Maya MEL Scripting Book for 35% off by December 28! For all of those who want to get a jump start on the spring semester and learn how to script,...
Buy YSYT Maya MEL scripting book for 30% off by December 7!! Great news!  If you act now (before and on December 7) you can get the YSYT Maya MEL Scripting Book...
Only 2 days left! Make a Pledge to the Veggie Oil Road Trip Project! Time is running out! Nick and Glenn’s Veggie Oil Road Trip Project and Documentary only has two days left.  Time...
Nick and Glenn’s Waste Vegetable Oil Car Documentary Kick-Off Big News!  We are kicking off the fund-raising for the next big Waste Veggie Oil (WVO) road trip and documentary. We...
LOLA LASER in LOS ANGELES Tony Castillo has set up a lasercutting service here in Los Angeles.  Time to spread the word! Ages ago while attending...
Tokenizing in MEL to Remember Empty Strings I encountered a strange thing recently.  Turns out when you tokenize a string (the act of splitting up consecutive letters...
Querying ‘Shape,’ ‘Make,’ and Material Nodes in Maya MEL Scripting Once you get familiarized with MEL scripting, you will inevitably want to traverse the complex nodes structure that Maya sets...
Will to Live: A Saga of Survival (Non-Architectural Post) Attention all woodsmen, outdoorsmen, hunters, and anyone intrigued by stories of survival!! I have a book for you. Gary Edinger,...
Renaming objects in MEL scripting To change the name of an object in MEL scripting, you can use the command “rename” followed by two strings. The...
SPECULATIS workshop Hi all.  Sorry for the delay on posts recently, but there have been a lot of changes. But back to the...
Custom Maya MEL Text File Procedures Recently, I’ve been using an outside file to do my Maya MEL rendering process.  There are some benefits to this...
PARAsite USC Blog Launched Big News.  Neil Leach and Roland Ritter et al have established a new blog documenting the new work coming out...
  • Can You Create / Edit Reactions with Visual Studio as the Editor in CATIA/Digital Project?0May 8, 2012

    Can You Create / Edit Reactions with Visual Studio as the Editor in CATIA/Digital Project?

    Recently I received these questions: Do you know if it is possible to create / edit reactions with Visual Studio...
  • Order the YSYT scripting book in the next 2 days (by Jan 31) and get 30% off!0January 30, 2012

    Order the YSYT scripting book in the next 2 days (by Jan 31) and get 30% off!

    The deals keep coming!  Nick Pisca’s book, “YSYT – Maya MEL Basics for Designers” is 30% until Jan 31, 2012. ...
  • Buy the scripting book YSYT, and get free ground shipping!2January 23, 2012

    Buy the scripting book YSYT, and get free ground shipping!

    Looking to learn how to script for the spring semester or supplement your work knowledge?  Then you should look into...
  • Buy YSYT-Maya MEL Scripting Book for 35% off by December 28!0December 27, 2011

    Buy YSYT-Maya MEL Scripting Book for 35% off by December 28!

    For all of those who want to get a jump start on the spring semester and learn how to script,...
  • Buy YSYT Maya MEL scripting book for 30% off by December 7!!0December 6, 2011

    Buy YSYT Maya MEL scripting book for 30% off by December 7!!

    Great news!  If you act now (before and on December 7) you can get the YSYT Maya MEL Scripting Book...
  • Only 2 days left!  Make a Pledge to the Veggie Oil Road Trip Project!1May 14, 2011

    Only 2 days left! Make a Pledge to the Veggie Oil Road Trip Project!

    Time is running out! Nick and Glenn’s Veggie Oil Road Trip Project and Documentary only has two days left.  Time...
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    Can You Create / Edit Reactions with Visual Studio as the Editor in CATIA/Digital Project?

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    Buy the scripting book YSYT, and get free ground shipping!

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    Buy YSYT-Maya MEL Scripting Book for 35% off by December 28!

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    Buy YSYT Maya MEL scripting book for 30% off by December 7!!

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    Only 2 days left! Make a Pledge to the Veggie Oil Road Trip Project!

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    Nick and Glenn’s Waste Vegetable Oil Car Documentary Kick-Off

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    LOLA LASER in LOS ANGELES

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    Tokenizing in MEL to Remember Empty Strings

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    Querying ‘Shape,’ ‘Make,’ and Material Nodes in Maya MEL Scripting

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    Will to Live: A Saga of Survival (Non-Architectural Post)

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    Renaming objects in MEL scripting

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    SPECULATIS workshop

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    Custom Maya MEL Text File Procedures

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    PARAsite USC Blog Launched

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