Programming for Animation Devblog

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• TB1 Week 10
  December 05, 2022 by Pomanchocho

  The return keyword in a function allows the function to return and variables assigned to the keyword, this is used when you want to call the function using a variable. E.g. def printName(name): print(... Continue reading
• TB1 Week 9
  December 05, 2022 by Pomanchocho

  The task I had to do this week was to create a Maya window which would allow me to create different objects and animate them in different ways. Which I did with several different functions which would... Continue reading
• TB1 Week 8
  December 05, 2022 by Pomanchocho

  After having created a pyramid function, as well as a more streamlined version, I made a new version which would make a UI version usable in Maya. The major challenge however was making a version of t... Continue reading
• TB1 Week 7
  December 05, 2022 by Pomanchocho

  Began working on scripts which would generate pyramids in Maya automatically at the press of a button. Initial attempt was made by using a function which would repeatedly create a cube at the correct... Continue reading
• TB1 Week 6
  December 05, 2022 by Pomanchocho

  This week, completed a quiz on what I’ve learnt so far about python. https://moodle.port.ac.uk/pluginfile.php/3804620/mod_resource/content/5/MoreQ.pdf Q1: c (Because things like easier to read and m... Continue reading
• TB1 Week 5
  December 05, 2022 by Pomanchocho

  Cmds.move needs to be investigated If you create an object then use the move function it will automatically select it, otherwise you have to manually select it with cmds.select import maya.cmds def Cr... Continue reading
• TB1 Week 4
  December 05, 2022 by Pomanchocho

  number = int(0) number = input("Enter a number:") print("Your number is:" + number) number = int(number) #converts the value input from a string to an integer if number < 12: print("Your number is les... Continue reading
• TB1 Week 3
  December 05, 2022 by Pomanchocho

  Conditions and if statements. An if statement checks whether a condition has been filled before executing its statement. E.g. a = 33 b = 200 if b > a: print("b is greater than a") It is important that... Continue reading
• TB1 Week 2
  December 05, 2022 by Pomanchocho

  print("Hi","there,","how are you?") Will print “Hi, there, how are you?” because all o-f the words are strings Python : An Introduction to Programming by James R. Parker. Is a good idea of a book... Continue reading