Complete Maya Programming

Glossary

action

An action is a MEL command that doesn't alter or change Maya's state. An action often queries the scene without changing it.

affine transformation

A transformation that involves a linear transformation followed by a translation.

animation controller

Many 3D packages have specific functionality for animating objects. In 3dsmax they are referred to as controllers. In Softimage, they are fcurves. In Maya, the standard animation controls are the animCurve nodes. They allow you to create and edit a curve that then controls a parameter over the range of the animation.

ANSI

This an abbreviation of the American National Standards Institute. The institute is involved in defining standards for many computer languages, including C and C++.

API

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