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






2. The starting box where you add details needed.






3. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






4. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






5. Modified shape to specular






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






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






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






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






10. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






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






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






15. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






16. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






19. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






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






23. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






27. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






29. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Image or color that wraps around the model.






39. Scaling all directions at once.






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






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






42. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. The front - side - top views.






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






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