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Chapter 1: Learning the Maya Interface
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Accessing the Animation Preferences
Beneath the Go to End button is a button, shown in Figure 1-30, that will open the Preferences dialog box, as
shown in Figure 1-31. This dialog box includes all of the preferences for Maya, but when it is opened using this
button the Timeline category is selected, allowing you to change the animation preferences.
FIGURE 1-30
Animation Preferences button
FIGURE 1-31
Preferences dialog box
Using the Command Line
In the Command Line, you can enter textual commands to be executed. All commands should end with a
semicolon. The results of these commands are displayed in the dark-colored Results line to the right of the
Command Line. To the right of the Results line is the Show Script Editor button, shown in Figure 1-32, that
opens the Script Editor, where you can enter more detailed scripts. More on the Script Editor is covered in
Chapter 15, “Using MEL Scripting.”