Comparing XSI SDK and Maya SDK
This series of articles provide a quick introduction to the XSI SDK for script writers who are familiar with MEL-script and the Maya SDK. Rather than comparing the products in a biased or critical fashion, the focus is on giving an overview of the concepts so that script writers can quickly become effective within XSI. Both products are incredibly sophisticated, with SDKs so large that they rival an operating system, so this document can only hope to give a high-level view.
Maya script-writers will find that there are many similarities between the two products and that they will be able to leverage their existing skills effectively. And, once armed with a high-level view, the reams of details that are stored within the SDK documentation becomes meaningful and can provide the rest of the information necessary to master the XSI SDK.
The following are the main topics in this article series:
