Creating a straight line motion path for a camera using Maya C++ Api

[Anonymous]

Hello everyone ! I'm a complete beginner to Maya and the Maya API. I'm working on a project and for it I need to be able to create a straight line motion path and attach a camera to it. Once the camera moves along that path completely, I also need to render it from the camera's view, all with the Maya API

I don't know how to even get started with this process and I'm finding the documentation pretty hard to understand !. Could anyone help me out with this ?

Thank you !

[mspeer]

Hi!

Do you really need to do this with C++ / API?

This should be doable in just a few seconds within Maya UI or a simple MEL script.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for the response !. If it is simpler with MEL, then I will definitely try that. But I'm completely new to MEL too !. Do you have any idea how to go about the process ?

[mspeer]

Hi!

You can do this with the UI and watch the commands used in the Script Editor.

Also the documentation for MEL is very good.

Please read the Maya Online Help / Documentation for more details.

[Anonymous]

Thank you so much ! Will try it. Will comment on this thread again should I run into any more doubts !.