advanced workshop

for more on polygons and subdivisions visit the site for the advanced maya workshop.

last session

our last session will be held this sunday february 4 from 2-5 in the 6th floor computer lab.

change in schedule

tomorrow's class for sunday, january 28, will run from 10-2.

session 02

find session 02 pdf here.

session 01

find session 01 pdf here.

hot keys

Ctrl     a              ShowAttributeEditorOrChannelBox

Alt      a              ToggleWireframeInArtisan

         b              ModifyUpperRadius

Ctrl     b              TemplateBrushSettings

         c              SnapToCurve

Alt      c              ToggleColorFeedback

         d              QualityDisplayMarkingMenu

Ctrl     d              DuplicateS

         e              RotateToolMarkingMenu

         f              FrameSelected

Alt      f              FloodSurfaces

         g              RepeatLast

Ctrl     g              Group

         h              UIModeMarkingMenu

Ctrl     h              HideSelectedObjects

Alt      h              HideUnselectedObjects

         i              InsertKeyToolActivate

Ctrl     i              SelectNextIntermediatObject

         j              RotateToolToggleSnapMode

         k              TimeDraggerToolActivate

         m              ModifyDisplacement

Ctrl     m              ToggleMainMenubar

Alt      m              FullHotboxDisplay

         n              ModifyPaintValue

Ctrl     n              NewScene

Ctrl     o              OpenScene

         p              Parent

         q              SelectMaskToolMarkingMenu

Ctrl     q              LassoTool

Alt      q              SelectPolygonToolMarkingMenu

         r              ScaleToolMarkingMenu

Alt      r              ToggleReflection

         s              SetKey

Ctrl     s              SaveScene

Alt      s              CycleIKHandleStickyState

         t              ShowManipulators

         u              PaintOperationMarkingMenu

         v              SnapToPoint

Alt      v              PlaybackToggle

         w              TranslateToolMarkingMenu

         x              SnapToGrid

         y              NonSacredTool

         z              Undo

Ctrl     z              Undo

         A              FrameAllInAllViews

         B              ModifyLowerRadius

         C              SnapToCurve

         D              DuplicateWithTransform

         E              SetKeyRotate

         F              FrameSelectedInAllViews

         G              RepeatLastActionAtMousePosition

Ctrl     H              ShowLastHidden

         I              SelectIsolate

         M              TogglePanelMenubar

         P              Unparent

         Q              SelectComponentToolMarkingMenu

         R              SetKeyScale

         V              SnapToPoint

Alt      V              GoToMinFrame

         W              SetKeyTranslate

         X              SnapToGrid

         Z              Redo

         1              LowQualityDisplay

         2              MediumQualityDisplay

         3              HighQualityDisplay

         4              DisplayWireframe

         5              DisplayShaded

         6              DisplayShadedAndTextured

         7              DisplayLight

         8              PaintEffectsPanel

        F1             Help

        F2             ShowAnimationUI

        F3             ShowModelingUI

        F4             ShowDynamicsUI

        F5             ShowRenderingUI

        F8             SelectToggleMode

        F9             SelectVertexMask

Ctrl    F9             SelectVertexFaceMask

        F10            SelectEdgeMask

        F11            SelectFacetMask

        F12            SelectUVMask

        `              SetFocusToCommandLine

 Alt   `              SetFocusToNumericInputLine

        -              DecreaseManipulatorSize

       =              IncreaseManipulatorSize

        [              UndoViewChange

        ]              RedoViewChange

        '              SelectClusterActivate

        ,              PreviousKey

 Alt   ,              PreviousFrame

        .              NextKey

 Alt   .              NextFrame

        /              PickColorActivate

       ~              AbortCurrentTool

       +              IncreaseManipulatorSize

       Up             PickWalkUp

Ctrl   Up             CoarserSubdivLevel

Alt    Up             PixelMoveUp

       Down           PickWalkDown

Ctrl   Down           CreateSubdivRegion

Alt    Down           PixelMoveDown

       Left           PickWalkLeft

Alt    Left           PixelMoveLeft

       Right          PickWalkRight

Alt    Right          PixelMoveRight

       Insert         EnterEditMode

       Return         CompleteCurrentTool

       Space          ShowHotbox

flower image for session_01

review

to review basic maya skills prior to the first session please look at this series of basic tutorials.

course schedule

tuesday january 16 6-9pm
sunday january 21 10am-1pm
saturday january 27 2-5 pm
sunday january 28 10am-1pm
sunday february 4 4-7pm

all sessions will be held in 6th floor computer lab

intermediate maya

Maya Workshop Session 1: Intermediate to Advanced

In this session we will cover advanced NURBS modeling, basic output techniques, advanced polygon modeling, basic subdivision modeling and basic inverse kinematics. For the advanced NURBS portion of the session, modeling techniques such as lofting, birailing, rebuilding and combining surfaces will be presented. The basic output portion will include instruction for outputting Maya files to Rhino and Autocad as well as simple rendering techniques. For the advanced polygon and basic subdivision surface modeling we will be looking at ways in which to convert between NURBS, polygons and subdivisions as well as how to begin modeling subdivision surfaces through the extrusion of faces and edges as well as the combination of those surfaces. Lastly, we will cover basic inverse kinematics in this session by looking at basic chains and how to attach NURBS and polygons to moveable chains.