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Maya 3D Computer Modeling

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Gesture thumb to right - index up - and middle towards you. Represents the axis: positive X is your thumb - positive Y is index finger - and middle finger is positive Z.






2. Picking one arrow and scaling one direction at a time.






3. The 3D view of your shot.






4. Create a primitive shape - add edge loops - edit edge loops/faces/vertices. Made up of faces - edges.






5. True reflections - Vector based math - Computationally heavy - More bounces = More power needed - Calculates refraction






6. A light used to simulate sunlight and works by rotation.






7. Do alter silhouette edge of object - Require higher tesselation of surface






8. When you take all rendered images into a software and turn them into a single movie file.






9. The starting box where you add details needed.






10. The connection between a shader and texture.






11. Image or color that wraps around the model.






12. Imitates sun - Position of light is irrelevant - Rotation orientation of light is important






13. A CG term where an imaginary line sticks out perpendicular to the faces so that you can see the exterior of the model.






14. Textures that the software makes for you so that they render faster. 2D texture wraps around the model - 3D goes inside the object.






15. The flow of how the edges are patterned around the model.






16. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






17. Modified shape to specular






18. A black and white image that is used to give the illusion of a bumpy surface.






19. A texture that was taken from a file.






20. Apply more than one material on object depending on position of ramp






21. Apply more than one material on object depending on transparency






22. A small box so that the title doesn't get cut off.






23. Imitates rectangular neon light source - Light comes out of source area






24. Includes translating - rotating - and scaling an object in (x -y -z).






25. Software that uses graphics to click on/buttons instead of typed commands.






26. Shows you the resolution of your shot and the aspect ratio of your render cam.






27. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






28. Rendering (taking pictures of) a whole sequence or "batch" of images.






29. Where x - y - z all meet. (0 -0 -0) the very center of a shot.






30. The box where an important action must fit so that nothing gets cut off.






31. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






32. A part of the software where you tell Maya that you only want certain lights to affect certain objects.






33. Only through Ray Tracing - Requires at least two surfaces - Requires modeling inside and outside of glass vessels






34. The darkest color an object will ever be.






35. When one object is a parent object - one is a child object - and whatever the parent object does - the child does the same.






36. Fakes true environment - Less time to calculate - Resembles true reflections - Image projected on virtual shape






37. Imitates light bulb - Omni-directional light rays - Fog






38. Mathematically most simple - No specular - Used for matte finishes






39. When you don't parent 3D textures to the model properly and the object moves independently of its texture.


40. Software written specifically for that studio.






41. Off-the-shelf software that anyone uses.






42. A light that is being emitted in all directions.






43. Basic shapes (spheres - cubes - cylinders) that act as building blocks to create a project.






44. Scaling all directions at once.






45. Naming all files in the same way so that they're easy to find.






46. Do not alter silhouette edge of object - Implied texture






47. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






48. A container that has either a shader - texture - etc.






49. The front - side - top views.






50. Combine color map with transparency map to create a label that can be applied to surface