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






2. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






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






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






7. The connection between a shader and texture.






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






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






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






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






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






13. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






14. The darkest color an object will ever be.






15. Scaling all directions at once.






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






17. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






19. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






22. Software written specifically for that studio.






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






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






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






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






27. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






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






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






31. Has sepcular - Used for really shiny objects






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






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






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






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






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


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






39. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






41. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. Modified shape to specular






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






50. The front - side - top views.