MAYA Programming with Python Cookbook 1

import maya.cmds as cmds
props = dir(cmds. polyCube)
for prop in props:
    print(prop)

import maya.cmds as cmds
print(cmds.help('polyCube'))

import maya.cmds as cmds
cmds.help('polyCube',doc = True, language = 'python')

import maya.cmds as cmds
myCube = cmds.polyCube()
cmds.polyCube(myCube,edit = True, subdivisionsX = 5)
numberDivisions = cmds.polyCube(myCube,query = True,subdivisionsX = True)
print(numberDivisions)

import maya.cmds as cmds
print("imported the script!")
def makeObject():
    cmds.polyCube()
    print('Made a cube!')

import sys
sys.path.append('E:\mayaPythonCookBook')

import myScript
myScript.makeObject()

import maya.cmds as cmds
print("imported the script!")
def makeObject():
    cmds.polySphere()
    print('Made a sphere!')

import myScript
reload(myScript)
myScript.makeObject()

import maya.cmds as cmds
print("imported the script!")
def makeObject():
    cmds.polySphere()
    print('Made a sphere!')

makeObject()

import myScript
reload(myScript)
myScript.myCommand()

global proc myMELScript()

{

polyCube;

print('Hello from MEL!');

}

import maya.cmds as cmds
import maya.mel as mel

def runMEL():
    print("Running MEL from Python")
    mel.eval("source myMELScript;")
    mel.eval("myMELScript;")
runMEL()

import runMEL
runMEL.runMEL()

source myMELScript;

myMELScript;

import maya.cmds as cmds
def showUI():
    if(cmds.window("ahExampleWindow",exists = True)):
        cmds.deleteUI("ahExampleWindow")
    myWin = cmds.window("ahExampleWindow",title = "Simple Window",widthHeight = (300,200))
    cmds.columnLayout()
    cmds.text(label = "Hellow,Maya!")
    cmds.showWindow(myWin)
    
showUI()    

import maya.cmds as cmds

def buttonFunction(*args):
    cmds.polyCube()
    
def showUI():
    if(cmds.window("ahExampleWindow",exists = True)):
        cmds.deleteUI("ahExampleWindow")
    myWin = cmds.window("ahExampleWindow",title = "Simple Window",widthHeight = (300,200))
    cmds.columnLayout()
    cmds.button(label = "Make Cube",command = buttonFunction)
    cmds.showWindow(myWin)
    
showUI()    

import maya.cmds as cmds
global sphereCountField
global sphereRadiusField

def showUI():
    global sphereCountField
    global sphereRadiusField
    
    if(cmds.window("ahExampleWindow",exists = True)):
       cmds.deleteUI("ahExampleWindow")
    myWin = cmds.window("ahExampleWindow",title = "Make Sphere",widthHeight = (300,200))
    cmds.columnLayout()
    sphereCountField = cmds.intField(minValue = 1)
    sphereRadiusField = cmds.floatField(minValue = 0.5)
    cmds.button(label = "Make Sphere",command = makeSheres)
    cmds.showWindow(myWin)
def makeSheres(*args):
    global sphereCountField
    global sphereRadiusField
    
    numSpheres = cmds.intField(sphereCountField,query = True,value = True)
    myRadius = cmds.floatField(sphereRadiusField,query = True,value = True)
    
    for i in range(numSpheres):
        cmds.polySphere(radius = myRadius)
        cmds.move(i*myRadius*2.2,0,0)

    
showUI()    

Using classes to organize UI logic

import maya.cmds as cmds

class SpheresClass:
    
    def __init__(self):
        self.win = cmds.window(title = "Make Sphere",widthHeight = (300,200))
        cmds.columnLayout()
        self.numSpheres = cmds.intField(minValue = 1)#类自己的球的个数
        cmds.button(label = "Make Spheres",command = self.makeSpheres)
        cmds.showWindow(self.win)
    def makeSpheres(self,*args):
        number = cmds.intField(self.numSpheres,query = True,value =True)
        for i in range(0,number):
            cmds.polySphere()
            cmds.move(i*2.2,0,0)
SpheresClass()

Using nested layouts