So maya has a convenient command for selecting the currently selected edge’s loop (select > convert selection > to edge loop) but there is not the equivalent for faces.

So maya has a convenient command for selecting the currently selected edge’s loop (select > convert selection > to edge loop) but there is not the equivalent for faces.

Lately I have been dealing with a situation where, I will try to call a function, whose definition only exists in a shelf item, via a hotkey or the script editor or in other places, etc etc. And I will end up getting an error:

By active I mean highlight the attributes field blue, so that a middle mouse button drag will change that attributes value.

I am trying to write a simple Mel script, that toggles smooth mesh preview for the selected object.
The default maya way of doing this is using keyboard key 1 and 3, I think. I would like to combine them to one key.

I have been learning Mel, just finished MEL Scripting for Maya Animator and also read through the official Mel guide.
Apparently in Maya there is no native way, at least through the UI, to combine two curves into a single object. After some searching I eventually figured out how to do it through the UI.

I have a simple scene consisting of curve1 and curve2, I have both of them selected.