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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 flow of how the edges are patterned around the model.






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






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






4. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






5. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






7. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. The front - side - top views.






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






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






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






28. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






37. Scaling all directions at once.






38. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






41. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






43. Image or color that wraps around the model.






44. Modified shape to specular






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






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






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






48. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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