Noise() and other functions?

[sumo-kun]

I am a maya scripter looking at XSI for a possible switch. I frequently use the mel noise() gauss() and rand() functions in my scripts. I know there is a rand function in Jscript - but do you have to implement your own noise functions? Is there an add on? What about vector math? Are there functions like dot products and vector matrix multiplication in the language?

-MD

[nicom]

Hi,
there are two methods of scripting - you can mix both.
One is using comands (mostly there are loged when you do something in XSI) - this is a fast method but you don't have acess to every thing. The other method is using the Object Modell - where you have vector math etc..
There is a short tutorial explaining this two methods:
http://www.isner.com/tutorials/commands\_vs\_object\_model2.htm

nico