Emails for questions

Rob - "drumrc03@gmail.com" Chris- "chris.roder@gmail.com"

Day 1:

PowerPoint Presentation with examples.

Introduction to Maya and related hot keys.

Screwdriver Tutorial http://www.highend3d.com/maya/tutorials/modeling/polygon/How-to-model-a-screwdriver-and-render-it-with-mental-ray-239.html

Chess Piece Tutorial http://maya3dtutorial.com/blog/maya-tutorials/modeling-chess-pawn-knight/

Hydrant Tutorial http://maya3dtutorial.com/blog/maya-tutorials/modeling-hydrant/

Hotkeys

Q-Selection Tool W-Translate(Move) E-Rotate R-Scale G-Use Last Tool

F8-Select Object F9-Select Vertice F10-Select Edge F11-Select Face F12-Select UV

4-Wire Frame 5-Show Mesh 6-Show Mesh/Texture

Suggested Settings Changes

Window>Settings/Preferences>Preferences

Selection>Polygon Selection change to Whole Face

Undo>Change the Queue size to something a bit higher

References from Chad Kilgore's Class last year:

Mirror Cut

1. Polygons -> Mirror Cut -> []
2. Select the following: * Cut Along: YZ * Combine Meshes: Off/False

Image Planes

1. From "Front", View -> Image Plane -> Import Image
2. Select and open your front image.
3. To remove the image plane from your "Perspective" view, from your "Front", View -> Image Plane -> Image Plane Attributes -> imagePlane1
4. In Image Plane Attributes, set Display: looking through camera.
5. Repeat steps, 1-4 from "Side" for side image.

Export Maya Object as .OBJ

1. Window -> Setting/Preferences -> Plug-in Manager
2. Select objExport.mll loaded and auto load
3. File -> Export All -> []
4. Select File Type as OBJexport
5. Click Export All
6. Select export location (such as your Desktop) and name the file

Import .OBJ in Cinema4D

1. Edit -> Preferences
2. Open Import/Export and Wavefront Import
3. Set Scale as 100 and close dialog
4. File -> Open and open your .obj

Making a QuickTime VR

1. Render -> Render Settings
2. Select Save.
3. Select save location (such as your Desktop)
4. Set Format to be QuickTime ? VR Object
5. Select QuickTime ? VR
6. Set the following for Horizontal Settings: * Steps 36 * Start Angle 0 * End Angle 360
7. Set the following for Vertical Settings: * Steps 6 * Start Angle 15 * End Angle -45
8. Render -> Render to Picture Viewer