Basics Flashcards

1
Q

What are the two general steps in the 3D modeling process?

A
  1. ) Modeling

2. ) Rendering

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2
Q

what two possible extra steps are required for animation?

A

Rigging- surface contortion during animation

Posing- Form contortion during animation

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3
Q

What is sculpting?

A

contortion of a base object

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4
Q

What is texture painting?

A

The option to paint in an unwrapped 2D texture

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5
Q

What is the idea of physical modeling?

A

manipulation of an object based on real-world phenomenon

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6
Q

What is mocap(motion capture)?

A

mimicry of real-world physics

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7
Q

What math is the most closely related to 3D modeling?

A

Analytical geometry

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8
Q

What three operations are linear transformations?

A

rotation, translation, scaling

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9
Q

What is special about the linear transformation, projections?

A

It is non-invertible

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10
Q

What is the orthographic view?

A

Where the edges align with the primary axis

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11
Q

What key toggles between orthographic views?

A

NUM5

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12
Q

What are the hot keys for the individual orthographic views

A

NUM7: (+)z-axis
CTRL-NUM7: (-)z-axis

NUM1: (-)y-axis
CTRL-NUM1: (+)y-axis

NUM3: (+)x-axis
CTRL-NUM3: (-)x-axis

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13
Q

What NUM key numbers correspond to x,y,z

A

1,3,7

(-y),x,z

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14
Q

What does perspective view in blender show?

A

foreshortening

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15
Q

Which perspectives are allowed in blender

A

three & two, not one

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16
Q

In the properties window, what does the camera icon represent?

A

The render context option

17
Q

In the properties window, what does the stacked photos icon represent?

A

The render layers option

18
Q

What is the difference between rendered and rendered layers options?

A

The layers option allows the layers to be edited separately

19
Q

What does the scene icon (objects picture) contain?

A

Background, camera and color settings

20
Q

What does the world icon (earth picture) contain?

A

Information about the lighting and setting

21
Q

What icon represents the “object properties” window?

A

The cube in the properties panel

22
Q

What icon represents the constraints icon and what does that mean?

A

The constraints icon is the linked chain

23
Q

What icon does the “object modifier” represent and what does this option deal with?

A

picture of a wrench, which deals with modification of geometry

24
Q

What icon represents the material context?

A

The colored sphere

25
Q

What icon represents the texture context?

A

The checkered square

26
Q

What icon represents the particles context?

A

The sparkles icon (which deals with emission from objects)

27
Q

What icon represents the physics context?

A

The ball bouncing