Unfortunately within Maya Python isnt a one stop solution. Python is much easier than other languages like C++ and does have more control than mel however due to Maya being built upon MEL you still need to learn mel.
In particular running Maya commands require you to invoke the Maya commands and require you to prefix all your maya's commands with the maya command library. As such:
import maya.cmds as mc
import maya.mel as mel
import maya.OpenMaya as om
need to be initialised at the beginning of your python script.
so in mel to create a polyshere the command is:
Code:
polySphere -r 1 -sx 20 -sy 20 -ax 0 1 0 -cuv 2 -ch 1;
however in Python you would need to do this:
[code]
import maya.cms as mc
mc.polyshere(r=True, sx=20, sy=20, ax=(0,1,0), cuv=2, ch=1)
in python commands that require the maya.cmds library need the mc. prefixed then the variables for the command
to be inside the ( ). also mel commands such as -r mean relative. However the relative flag is a boolean (either yes or no) so the flag needs to be True with a capital T.
Seems like alot of hassle to include python inside of maya if it needs all of these extra steps. However python has alot of advantages over Python. For one python can now be used for plugins rather than just C/C++. Also python is alot more flexible than mel. Its listing ability alone allows for a greater amount of control.
i suggest learning python as its a very flexible language. Easiest way to learn mel is to open the scipt editor and do some stuff inside of maya to see what the commands are. The built in help also is greatful for showing how the commands require their flags to be presented etc. Good Luck
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