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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. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






2. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. Image or color that wraps around the model.






10. The 3D view of your shot.






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






12. Modified shape to specular






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






14. A texture that was taken from a file.






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


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






17. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Scaling all directions at once.






30. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






33. The front - side - top views.






34. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






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






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






47. The starting box where you add details needed.






48. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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