Road Blocks
§Maya’s
Architecture (Two APIs to Learn):
§Mel
scripting – Nice scripting API but very extensive. Maya is built exclusively with Mel so it need a lot of
features.
§Development
API(C/C++) – Necessary for creating new internal
nodes and data types. Very restrictive, data flow non-intuitive, type-less data and data blocks.
§Maya’s
ray tracing/plug-in architecture give access to a single sampling of environment instead of all
environment.