Maya

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Introduction to Maya

Introduction to Maya covers:

• What is Maya?
• Do and learn
• How to use Maya in the architectural process

When you are used to Maya 2008 and you're going to switch to Maya 2009, Surviving the first day in Maya 2009 may provide useful information on the new features and changes in Maya 2009.

Maya theory

Maya theory covers:

• History
• Use of computer generated 3D models in architectural practise

Maya user interface

Maya user interface covers:

• The Maya user interface

Organizing your work

Organizing your work covers:

• Projects
• Layers
• Groups
• Naming

Modeling

Modeling covers:

• Introduction to modeling
• Geometry types
• Modeling with polygons
• Modeling with nurbs

Scripting

Scripting covers:

• Introduction to scripting
• The script editor and external editor
• Writing MEL scripts
• MEL Interfaces
• Writing simple tools
• Troubleshooting
• Tutorials

Animating

Animation covers:

• Basic animation
• Character Animation
  • Modeling a character
  • Skeletons
  • Skinning

Materials and textures

Materials and textures covers:

• Hypershade and attribute editor
• Shaders
• Textures
• Texture mapping
• UVtexture Editor
• Tutorials

Cameras

Cameras covers:

• Camera types
• Positioning cameras
• Camera attributes
• Tutorials

Lighting and rendering

Lighting and rendering covers:

• Theory
• Lighting
• Rendering

Rendering engines:

• Mental ray rendering
• Vector rendering
• Software rendering

Data exchange

Data exchange covers:

• Autocad to Maya
• Maya to Autocad
• Export Maya to Quicktime VR
• Photoshop to Maya

Troubleshooting

Maya Troubleshooting covers how to solve various problems that can be encountered when working with Maya.