Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of text styles that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "We can include other contexts through the use of the include directive."

A block of code is set as follows:

import maya.cmds as cmds

print("Imported the script!")
def makeObject():
    cmds.polyCube()
    print("Made a cube!")

New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, for example, in menus or dialog boxes, appear in the text like this: "Open the script editor by going to Windows | General Editors | Script Editor."

Note

Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this.

Tip

Tips and tricks appear like this.