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wire outline that indicates their position and general shape. Maya provides
several options for displaying objects in a shaded manner.
Change the display of your scene so that the objects display as shaded objects.
To display the objects in smooth shaded mode
1 Enlarge your perspective view, and dolly and tumble the scene so you
can easily view what youve completed so far.
2 From the panel menu, select Shading > Smooth Shade All.
The objects in your scene display in an opaque dark gray color. You can
work with objects in either shaded or unshaded mode for the balance of
this lesson.
Grouping objects
When you need to move, scale or rotate multiple objects as one unit it is easier
if they have been grouped together so that they transform as one unit.
Many primitive objects in Maya are grouped objects. For example, the NURBS
cube primitive is comprised of 6 flat squares or planes that have been grouped
together as one unit. When the plane objects are grouped together they create
a hierarchy.
A hierarchy is a collection of nodes or objects that are connected together to
form a unit for some purpose. Hierarchies are useful for describing how the
objects within them share similar characteristics or attributes; move, scale,
rotate for example.
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