Maya introduction Flashcards
What 2 ways are there of adding primitive meshes?
Create>Polygon Primitives or From the poly Modeling shelf
How can a menu be separated into a new window
Click and drag on the black bar ontop
how can you dock a floating window
Drag window to the edge of another, when you see a light-blue line, then drop it to dock it in that location
What is the hotkey for the select tool
Q
What is the hotkey for the move tool
W
Where are the icons for the select move scale and rotate tools found
in the toolbox on the upper lefthand side of the viewport
how can you move on one axis
either drag on the axis line on the move gismo, or select an axis by clicking on it, and then drag anywhere
how can you tell which axis is selected
it is yellow
how do you move an object freely
click and drag on the square in the center of the move gismo
how do you isolate the move tool to a plane
click on one of the small planes on the gismo to select it, or click and drag to move on that plane
how is the grid hidden and revealed
by using the grid button in the menu above the viewport
what is the hotkey for rotate
E
How can you hide a show the toolbox
Windows > UI elements > Tool Box
How do you rotate on one axis
either select the axis and drag anywhere, or click and drag on that axis
What coridnate space does the rotate tool default to
Object
What cordinate space does the move tool default to
World
What cordinate space does the Scale tool Default to
World
How do you change the cordinate system used by the move scale and rotate tools
Hold the tools hotkey and left click and then select the desired coordinate system from the pie menu
how can you edit the values in multiple boxes at once
click and drag over the boxes to select, then type in them
how do you dolly in and out
Alt Rightclick
How do you pan in the viewport
Alt Middle Click
How do you tumble in the viewport
Alt Left Click
how can you view what you have selected
F to frame selected
how can you view all objects in your seen
A to frame all
how can you reset the focus point of the scene
View > look at selected
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
how else can you set the focus point of the scene
F to selected or A to all objects
