Scripting
=========

Commands in MEL
---------------
The primary commands for interacting with Ziva VFX are exposed through mel.

.. alphabetical, but with ziva at the top

.. toctree::

  mel_commands/ziva

  mel_commands/zMeshCheck
  mel_commands/zCache
  mel_commands/zDelaunayTetMesh
  mel_commands/zFindIntersections
  mel_commands/zFindSelfIntersections  
  mel_commands/zIsoMesh
  mel_commands/zLineOfActionUtil
  mel_commands/zPaintAttachmentsByProximity
  mel_commands/zPolyCombine
  mel_commands/zQuery
  mel_commands/zSelectVerticesByProximity

Commands in Python
------------------

The *Ziva VFX Utilities* are a set of open-source python tools for manipulating Ziva VFX scenes.
The primary *zBuilder* project can save, load, recreate, and manipulate a creature rig.
These utilities are included with Ziva VFX, in the *scripts* directory of the Maya Module,
and the documentation is separately available `locally <../zbuilder/index.html>`_ 
or `online <http://docs.zivadynamics.com/zbuilder/index.html>`_.
The `latest version of the project is available online <https://bitbucket.org/zivadynamics/ziva-vfx-utils>`_,
where contributions are welcome.

The Ziva MEL commands do not have python analogs, but they can be easily accessed by importing MEL.
For example::

  import maya.mel
  maya.mel.eval("ziva -s")