本教程是由Digital-Tutors机构出品的Maya脚本效率技术教程，时长：1小时9分，教程使用软件：Maya 2013 ，附工程源文件，作者：Delano Athias，官方发布时间：2012年7月1日，语言：英语。

Maya 是目前世界上最为优秀的三维动画的制作软件之一，主要是为了影视应用而研发的，所以在出世后不久就在《精灵鼠小弟》、《恐龙》等这些大片中一展身手。除了影视方面的应用外Maya在三维动画制作，影视广告设计，多媒体制作甚至游戏制作领域都有很出色的表现。初识Maya 是目前世界上最为优秀的三维动画的制作软件之一，它是Alias|Wavefront公司在1998年才推出的三维制作软件。虽然相对于其他老牌三维制作软件来说Maya还是一个新生儿，但Maya凭借其强大的功能，友好的用户界面和丰富的视觉效果，一经推出就引起了动画和影视界的广泛关注，成为顶级的三维动画制作软件。

Digital-Tutors Scripted Item Swapping in Maya

In this series of Maya tutorials you will learn how to create tools and user interfaces using MEL to help you and other artists work more productively in Maya. We’ll first learn how to create a basic layout that allows us to run various commands. From there we will explore more complicated examples and learn how layouts can be used in tandem to create user-friendly UIs. We’ll learn how to swap geometry and drive textures with custom attributes to access a repository of items more efficiently, and then how to integrate this system into our interface. We’ll learn how to set up window icons to create a visual aid for artists. We’ll discuss how to trouble-shoot code, and rr-sc.com also learn how custom shelves and global procedures can be used to access tools faster. By the end of the tutorials, you will learn how to create your very own interface to help you and other artists on your team work more productively.