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What is the first step of 3d modelling

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to find reference

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why do you need to set project

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it keeps all of the files associated with the project in a single folder to simplify file management

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how do you set your project

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File>Set Project then select the folder that is your project

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How do you edit the file paths for the project

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File>Project Window

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How does Maya save?

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As scenes within a given project

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What is the modelling process

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Primary shapes then secondary shapes then tertiary detail

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What are NURBS surfaces for

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They are not for modelling, instead they are used as tools for constraints and armatures

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how do you change the primitive input

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in the input section of the channel box

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how do you slide a value

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click on it and drag

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where are distances for the object calculated from

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the origin of the object

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how can you duplicate an object

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CMD + D

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how do you turn on viewport antialiasing

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in the viewport options above the viewport

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Why should you avoid duplicating simple objects

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duplicated objects will have a diffrent history that objects added from the shelf tools

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what does viewport antialising do

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it smooths out jagged lines in the viewport

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what does viewport ambient occlusion do

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adds basic shadows to make the shapes in the viewport more readable

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what is hard surface modeling for

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human made objects such as machinary, buildings and furniture

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what is organic modeling for

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naturlay occoring items, such as characters, plants, rocks, cloth and other items with no predictable patterns.

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how are hard surface models animated

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by moving whole objects in relation to others, like machinary

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how are soft bodies animated

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they can bend and deform like a character

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how do you solo the selected object

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by using the isolated selected option in the viewport menu

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how can you switch between vertex, edge, face and object selection mod

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right click on the mesh, and select the desired option from the pie menu

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how can you move the pivot point

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to move the pivot point press d and you can move and rotate it using the resulting gismo

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how can you change the size of the pivot point

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by using pluss and minus on the number pad

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how can you snap the pivot point

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to snap the pivot point hold down v while moving the pivot point to snap it too faces, edges and vertices.

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how can you only change the pivot position
while holding down D right click and uncheck snap pivot orientation
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how can you reset the pivot orientation and position
Modify>Center Pivot or hold down D right click and Reset pivot orientation and position
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how can you make complex refrence easier to model
Break it down into its basic components
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Where is the edge loop tool located
Mesh Tools > Insert Edge Loop
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How can you add a tool to your custom shelf
Ctrl shift click
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how can you remove tools from your custom shelf
right click delete
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How can you access your last used tools
At the bottom of the tool box, or with the shortcut G
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How can you access tool settings
By clicking on the box next to the tool in the drop down menus, or using the tool settings button in the top right corner of the UI
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How can you select edge loops
double click on an edge in edge select mode
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What is the right way to delete edges
Shift right click and select delete edge from the pi menu
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Are selections part of the Undo history
Yes
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Where is the Extrude tool found
In Edit Mesh>Extrude
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What is the shortcut for Extrude
Control E
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How can you change the sensitivity of tools and boxes
Using the pi chart button at the top of most menus
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What is the shortcut for wireframe view
4
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what is the shortcut for shaded view
5
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Where can i find wireframe, solid and textured view buttons
in the viewport shading menu above the viewport
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where is the append tool found
Mesh Tools>Append to Polygon
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What is the append tool used for
To fill faces within selected border edges
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When using the append tool what do the purple arrows represent
Edge flow Direction
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How can you open tool options from the shelf
double click on the icon
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What is a common pitfall when working with the extrude tool
Not moving the extruded geometry, causing edgest to be stack up on top of each other
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where is the fill hole tool located
in Mesh>Fill Hole
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What is the Limit of the Edgeloop Tool
It only works on Quads
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What is the shortcut to delete edges
Shift-Delete
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What happens if you Delete edges with Delete
It leaves behind the vertices where the edge used to intersect other edges, forming N-Gons
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What is the Quickway to swap views with Spacebar
Using the hotbox menu, click on maya and then select the view from the pi menu
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Whats the shortcut for Snap to grid
X
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How do you individualy extrude faces along their normal
Set keep faces together off
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Where is the bevel tool found
Edit Mesh > Bevel
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What is the shortcut for Bevel
Control B
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How can tool menues be shown
By selecting the operation in the inputs box of the channel box menu and pressing T
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How do you remove Bits from a selection
Hold controll while selecting to deselct
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What defines The fraction in the bevel tool
The distence to the nearest verticie from the edge being bevled
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What do normals represent
The direction a Face is Facing
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Where is the multicut tool found
Mesh Tools > Multicut
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Where are diffrent ways of shading the mesh found
Mesh display
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What option works out where hard and soft edges are needed
Mesh display > Harden soften edges
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How can i jump back and forward to recent views
[ and ]
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How can selection be saved
by creating a quick select set in Create>Set>Quick select set
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how do you make a group of objects
select all the objects and then use control G to group them
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how can you hide objects from the viewport
Control H
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how can you unhide objects
Shift H
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Where are the Boolean tools found
Mesh > Boolean
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What order to the meshes need to be selected to perform a boolean operation
Main Mesh, then Operator
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how can you remove history from an object
Edit, Delete by type > History
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how can you isolate an axis from a manipulator tool
Drag that axis while holding controll
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if bevels have been applied to an object how should it be re-sized instead of scaling
by moving the verticies to avoid chaning the bevel shape
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how do you move items in the outliner
middle mouse drag
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how do you display a subdivided mesh in the viewport
by pressing 3
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how do you show the base mesh in the viewport
by pressing 1
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how can you convert edges to a curve
Modify > Convert > Polygon Edges to Curve
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how do you constrain an object to a curve
Contrain within the hotbox menu > Motion Path > Attach to Motion Path
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how can you make an object the child of another
Drag it inside the other object within the outliner
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Whats the shortcut for parenting an object
P
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whats the shortcut for unparenting an object
Shift P
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How can you open the Graph Editor
Windows>Animation Editor>Graph Editor
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how can you set a keyframe to use liniar interpolation in the Graph Editor
Select the keyframe and then use the linear interpolation button above the graph
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how can you create an instance of an object for each frame
Visualise in the hotbox menu > Create Animation Snapshot
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how can you scale on a single axis when the manipulator is not visible
Select the axis, then middle mouse drag anywhere in the viewport
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How can default for tools change
Windows>Settings/Pererfrences the select Modeling
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Where is merge vertices found
Edit Mesh > Merge
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how can you expand your selection
Control Shift
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how can you shrink your selection
Contol shift >
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What does the offset do in the extrude tool
scales the extruded face
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does mesh display normal settings affect the render view
no
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how can you add curves
Curve/surface shelf or Create>Curve Tools
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What are the 3 curve modes
Liniar, Cubic and Bezier
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What is a Liniar curve
Streight lines from point to point
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What is a cubic curve
a smoothed curve, interpolating between 3 or more points
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What is a Besier curve
A curve with handels on each controll vertex to better control the curve shape
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how can you smooth out a curve
Curves > Rebuild and increase the number of spans
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What is softselection
selects a radius around the verticies selected to do organic shape modling
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What is the shortcut for soft selection
B
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how do you change the size of the soft selection
Middle mouse drag in the viewport
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how do you snap to curves
C
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how do you convert a nurb surface to a polygon
Modify>Convert>Nurbs to Polygon
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how do you extrude a shape along a curve
Select the faces that you want to be extruded, then select the curve, then use the extrude tool
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how do you change the direction of a curve
Curves>Reverse Direction
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how can you taper an extruded shape
using the taper section in the extrude tool settings
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how can you make a ring of edges into a perfect circle
Edit Mesh > Circularise

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