Maya

Maya is a 3D modeling and animation software made by Autodesk. It's also the most stable program ever made so get use to pressing that save button. The Maya LT version is a subscription service.

• • Model - Create polygon model and UV map them.

  • Animation - Rig and animate characters.

  • Hypershade - Used to manage materials and shaders in maya.

  • Plugins - How to use and make plugins in maya.

  • Mel - Maya's script language.

Overall

• Shift+click menu/button to show options menu.

• Ctrl+Shift and click menu to add tool to shelf

Viewport Display

• 4 - Vireframe mode

• 5 - Shaded mode with default lighting.

• ALT+5 - Toggle wireframe in shaded mode.

• 6 - Shaded with texture maps

• Alt+b - Toggle colors in viewport.

• Viewport toolbar: Screen space ambient occussion -

• Viewport toolbar: Multisample anti aliasing

Viewport Controls

• Alt+LMB - Rotate

• ALT+MMB - Move

• Alt+RMB - Zoom

• F - Frame selection in viewport

• Viewport/View/Look at selection - To make camera turn and look at selection.

• Spacebar hold - Show hotbox menu.

• Viewport toolbar: Isolate select (Ctrl+1) - Toggle hide of other objects then selected.

Transform controls

• q - select

• w - move

• e - rotate

• r - scale

• Hold button + hold LMB - Show menu to select space for transform

• Show options for tools with Windows/General Editors/Toolsettings, double click on tool icon or toggle among top right icons in toolbar.

• D - Switch to modify pivot

• Menu/Modify/Center Pivot

• Hold V before moving object: To enter snap to vertex mode.

• If manipulator not visible select axis den middle mouse drag in view.

• Hold x - Snap things to grid when move

• holv v - Snap thing to vertices when move

Selection

• LMB clears selection and select the thing clicked.

• LMB+Shift toggle selection of thing clicked.

• LMB+CTRL deslect thing clicked.

• LMB+CTRL+SHIFT force select thing.

• Drag select follows works the same way with shift and ctrl.

• Create/Set/QuickSelectSet

Hierarchy

• Use the Windows/Outliner to get a list of objects in your scene

• Ctrl+G : Group

• MMB drag in outliner to move things

• P: to parent

• Shift+P to unparent

Visibility

• Ctrl+H : Hide select

• Shift+H : Unhide selected

Export from maya

To export things use Export..., Game Exporter or Send to Unity / Send to Unreal.

Random

Mesh Tools/Sculpting

Reference

• TGC – MEL Scripting for Animators

• Maya LT Docs

  • Maya dx11Shader Sample - 2014

  • Maya API Training Material - 2014