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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. The front - side - top views.






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






7. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






10. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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






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






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






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






16. The 3D view of your shot.






17. The starting box where you add details needed.






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


19. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






21. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






24. A texture that was taken from a file.






25. Image or color that wraps around the model.






26. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Scaling all directions at once.






34. Modified shape to specular






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






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






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






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






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






40. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






42. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps