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






2. Modified shape to specular






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






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






5. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






8. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






10. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






12. Scaling all directions at once.






13. The darkest color an object will ever be.






14. 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.






15. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






17. Something that shows how light will affect a model (Blinn - Lambert - etc.)






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






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






20. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






30. The connection between a shader and texture.






31. The 3D view of your shot.






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Made up of isoparms (edges) - controlled vertices - patches (faces).






42. The front - side - top views.






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






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






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






46. Imitates fill light - Doesn't affect specular - Imitates bounced light






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






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






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






50. The starting box where you add details needed.