Maya - Polygons

Question 1

What’s the best way of getting a specific size and resolution polygon

Answer 1

Clicking the checkbox when selecting from the menu or editing in the channel-box

Question 2

What are the benefits of “select by component type”?

Answer 2

This allows a user to select a wider range of components than in the marking menu

Question 3

What method is good for selecting parts of an organic object?

Answer 3

Use “Soft Select”. (Dbl click tool - check soft selection)

Question 4

What would you use to select opposite sides of a symetrical object?

Answer 4

Go to move tool setting and check “Reflection”

Question 5

What keys do you press to show subdivs?

Answer 5

1 = poly object, 2 = subdiv & cage, 3 = subdiv only

Question 6

What is the main problem with subdivs?

Answer 6

They only work with MentalRay

Question 7

How do you smooth out a rough poly object

Answer 7

Make sure Poly menu set is selected. Go to: Mesh –> Smooth

Question 8

What is the process of bringing a reference image into Maya

Answer 8

go to Side View camera –> Create a Nurbs plane (same aspect ratio as image) –> Go to shaded mode (5) –> Add a shading material with the image as its colour –> Turn on hardware texturing

Question 9

How do you create a nurbs plane of the same aspect ratio as an image

Answer 9

Create the plane as a square (1 x 1 width:1 ratio:1) –> Scale it up e.g.4:3) –> size as necessary

Question 10

Where do you switch on hardware texturing?

Answer 10

Go to the viewport –> Shading –> Hardware texturing [ ]