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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. Image or color that wraps around the model.






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






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






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






5. The front - side - top views.






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






7. Imitates theatrical spot light - Can be focused






8. Has specular - Fall off differs from Blinn






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. The starting box where you add details needed.






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






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






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






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






24. Defines where material is transparent - AKA Scalar Maps






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






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






27. Polygons - NURBS - SubDs






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






29. The darkest color an object will ever be.






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






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






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






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






34. The connection between a shader and texture.






35. A texture that was taken from a file.






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






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






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






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






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






41. The 3D view of your shot.






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






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






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


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






46. Modified shape to specular






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






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






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






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