Maya introduction Flashcards

1
Q

What 2 ways are there of adding primitive meshes?

A

Create>Polygon Primitives or From the poly Modeling shelf

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2
Q

How can a menu be separated into a new window

A

Click and drag on the black bar ontop

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3
Q

how can you dock a floating window

A

Drag window to the edge of another, when you see a light-blue line, then drop it to dock it in that location

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4
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What is the hotkey for the select tool

A

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5
Q

What is the hotkey for the move tool

A

W

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6
Q

Where are the icons for the select move scale and rotate tools found

A

in the toolbox on the upper lefthand side of the viewport

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7
Q

how can you move on one axis

A

either drag on the axis line on the move gismo, or select an axis by clicking on it, and then drag anywhere

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8
Q

how can you tell which axis is selected

A

it is yellow

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9
Q

how do you move an object freely

A

click and drag on the square in the center of the move gismo

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10
Q

how do you isolate the move tool to a plane

A

click on one of the small planes on the gismo to select it, or click and drag to move on that plane

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11
Q

how is the grid hidden and revealed

A

by using the grid button in the menu above the viewport

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12
Q

what is the hotkey for rotate

A

E

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13
Q

How can you hide a show the toolbox

A

Windows > UI elements > Tool Box

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14
Q

How do you rotate on one axis

A

either select the axis and drag anywhere, or click and drag on that axis

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15
Q

What coridnate space does the rotate tool default to

A

Object

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16
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What cordinate space does the move tool default to

17
Q

What cordinate space does the Scale tool Default to

18
Q

How do you change the cordinate system used by the move scale and rotate tools

A

Hold the tools hotkey and left click and then select the desired coordinate system from the pie menu

19
Q

how can you edit the values in multiple boxes at once

A

click and drag over the boxes to select, then type in them

20
Q

how do you dolly in and out

A

Alt Rightclick

21
Q

How do you pan in the viewport

A

Alt Middle Click

22
Q

How do you tumble in the viewport

A

Alt Left Click

23
Q

how can you view what you have selected

A

F to frame selected

24
Q

how can you view all objects in your seen

A

A to frame all

25
how can you reset the focus point of the scene
View > look at selected
26
How can you precisly move the views
Select the camera object with either the button top left above the viewport, or select it in the outlines. then edit its values in the channel box
27
how else can you set the focus point of the scene
F to selected or A to all objects