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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






11. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






13. Image or color that wraps around the model.






14. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






16. 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.






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






18. The front - side - top views.






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






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






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






22. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






26. A texture that was taken from a file.






27. Modified shape to specular






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






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






30. Scaling all directions at once.






31. Software written specifically for that studio.






32. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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






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






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






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






38. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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


42. The 3D view of your shot.






43. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






44. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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






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






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






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