Week 1

Question 0

What keys control hardware shading and hardware texturing?

Answer 0

Either ‘5’ or ‘6’

Question 1

What are the combination of keys and mouse buttons that control movement within the Maya environment?

Answer 1

ALT/OPT + RMB will TRACK/ZOOM
ALT/OPT + MMB scroll TRACK/ZOOM
ALT/OPT + MMB will PAN
ALT/OPT + LMB will TUMBLE

Question 2

What key is used to frame an object within the view of the camera?

Answer 2

F

Question 3

What axis do the following handles control: Green, Red, Blue?

Answer 3

Green: y Red: x Blue: z

Question 4

TRANSLATE in the 3D environment is also known as?

Answer 4

The Move tool

Question 5

What is the shortcut to toggle between the CHANNEL BOX and the ATTRIBUTE EDITOR?

Answer 5

CTRL + A

Question 6

What are the keyboard shortcuts for the: MOVE, ROTATE & SCALE tools?

Answer 6

Move: W Rotate: E Scale: R

Question 7

What are the shortcuts for the snapping controls?

Answer 7

Holding down buttons
Grid Snap: X
Curve Snap: C
Point Snap: V

Question 8

What shortcut is used to change the location of a pivot?

Answer 8

D

Question 9

What combination of keys will allow you to snap a pivot to a vertex on an object?

Answer 9

D + V

Question 10

What are four types of snapping?

Answer 10

Snap to grids
Snap to curves
Snap to points
Snap to view planes

Question 11

What is the shortcut for DUPLICATING?

Answer 11

CTRL/CMD + D

Question 12

What is the shortcut for COPY and PASTING?

Answer 12

Copy: CTRL/CMD + C
Paste: CTRL/CMD + V

Question 13

Under which menu is the DUPLICATE SPECIAL located?

Answer 13

Edit

Question 14

Under which menu is the CENTER PIVOT located?

Answer 14

Modify