MEL Lab 2
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- (1) Write a MEL script that draws 20 evenly-spaced
spheres along the x-axis. Use a "while" loop to do
it.
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- (2) Write a MEL script that draws 20 evenly-spaced
objects along the x-axis, where each object is randomly chosen
to be either a sphere or a cone. Use a "while" loop.
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- (3) Using the "ls" command and
results of number 2:
- (a) List only the spheres.
- (b) List only the cones.
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- (c) Print out the name of every fifth object
you find in your scene.
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- (d) Switch all the cones in the line to be
spheres and the spheres to be cones. Animate them as we did last
week.
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- (4) Using the GUI, create a skeleton with
12 joints.
- (a) Create an expression that makes the skeleton
wiggle in a jittery fashion.
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- (5) TEXT SET:
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- (a) Do the exercise in the Gould textbook
on pages 57 through 60 to get familiar with "textCurves".
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- (b) Modify the script to write your name
in a different position of the screen each time it is called.
Call it 20 times as a MEL shelf button.
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- (c) Rewrite the script to display your name
in a different size and different position each time it is called.
Add a "while" loop to it to do it 20 times. Call it
once as a MEL shelf button.
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- (d) Change it to use different fonts as well
and repeat #c with four different fonts.
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- (6) Create a spiral of objects moving upward
and outward. The spiral is formed by randomly placed cones and
spheres.