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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. Do not alter silhouette edge of object - Implied texture






2. Scaling all directions at once.






3. The front - side - top views.






4. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






6. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






8. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






9. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






13. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






15. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






17. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






25. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






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






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






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






31. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






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






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






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






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


47. The 3D view of your shot.






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






49. Modified shape to specular






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