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Table Of Contents

Contents
Overview
- Introduction
- About the Getting Started lessons
- Before you begin
- Installing Maya
- Conventions used in the lessons
- Using the lesson files
- Using the Maya Help
- Additional learning resources
- Restoring default user settings
Maya Basics
- Introduction
- Preparing for the lessons
- Lesson 1: The Maya user interface
- Lesson 2: Creating, manipulating, and viewing objects
- Lesson 3: Viewing the Maya 3D scene
- Lesson 4: Components and attributes
Polygonal Modeling
- Introduction
- Preparing for the lesson
- Lesson 1: Modeling a polygonal mesh
- Lesson 2: Sculpting a polygon mesh
NURBS Modeling
- Introduction
- Preparing for the lessons
- Lesson 1: Revolving a curve to create a surface
- Lesson 2: Sculpting a NURBS surface
- Lesson 3: Lofting curves to create a surface
Subdivision Surfaces
- Introduction
- Preparing for the lesson
- Lesson 1: Modeling a subdivision surface
Animation
- Introduction
- Preparing for the lessons
- Lesson 1: Keyframes and the Graph Editor
- Lesson 2: Set Driven Key
- Lesson 3: Path animation
- Lesson 4: Nonlinear animation with Trax
- Lesson 5: Inverse kinematics
Character Setup
- Introduction
- Preparing for the lessons
- Lesson 1: Skeletons and kinematics
- Lesson 2: Smooth skinning
- Lesson 3: Cluster and blend shape deformers
Polygon Texturing
- Introduction
- Preparing for the lesson
- Lesson 1: UV texture mapping
- Lesson 2: UV unfolding
- Lesson 3: Normal mapping
Rendering
- Introduction
- Preparing for the lessons
- Lesson 1: Rendering a scene
- Lesson 2: Shading surfaces
- Lesson 3: Lights, shadows, and cameras
- Lesson 4: Global Illumination
- Lesson 5: Caustics
Dynamics
- Introduction
- Preparing for the lessons
- Lesson 1: Particles, emitters, and fields
- Lesson 2: Rigid bodies and constraints
Painting
- Introduction
- Preparing for the lessons
- Lesson 1: Painting in 2D using Paint Effects
- Lesson 2: Painting in 3D using Paint Effects
- Lesson 3: Painting textures on surfaces
Expressions
- Introduction
- Preparing for the lessons
- Lesson 1: Creating a simple expression
- Lesson 2: Conditional expressions
- Lesson 3: Controlling particle attributes
Scripting in Maya
- Introduction
- Some basic concepts
- Preparing for the lessons
- Lesson 1: Commands in MEL
- Lesson 2: Saving scripts to the Shelf
- Lesson 3: Using Variables in MEL
- Lesson 4: User interface creation and procedures
- Lesson 5: Using Python in Maya
Assets
- Introduction
- Preparing for the lessons
- Lesson 1: Setting up an asset
- Lesson 2: Using assets in a scene
Hair
- Introduction
- About hair simulation
- Preparing for the lessons
- Lesson 1: Creating a basic hairstyle
- Lesson 2: Creating a dynamic non-hair simulation
Fluid Effects
- Introduction
- Preparing for the lessons
- Lesson 1: Creating a dynamic 2D fluid effect
- Lesson 2: Creating a non-dynamic 3D fluid effect
- Lesson 3: Creating a dynamic 3D effect
- Lesson 4: Creating an ocean effect
Fur
- Introduction
- Preparing for the lessons
- Lesson 1: Assigning a fur description
- Lesson 2: Rendering fur
nCloth
- Introduction
- Preparing for the lessons
- Lesson 1: Creating nCloth collisions
- Lesson 2: Creating nCloth constraints
- Lesson 3: Creating nCloth Clothing
nParticles
- Introduction
- Preparing for the tutorials
- Lesson 1: Creating nParticles
- Lesson 2: Creating a smoke simulation with nParticles
- Lesson 3: Creating a liquid simulation with nParticles
Live
- Introduction
- About Live
- Preparing for the lessons
- Lesson setup
- Lesson 1: Track and solve
- Lesson 2: Solving with survey data
Index

5 Drag the N handle outwards or inwards depending on what’s required

for that particular vertex. Dolly or tumble the view as required to examine

the mesh after you’ve done this and make any modifications as necessary.

6 Repeat the above steps for any other protruding or receding vertices on

the mesh until you are satisfied that the mesh appears smooth.

7 Before you proceed to the next section, double-click on the Move Tool

and return the Move setting to the default World setting.

If you examine your model in the perspective view your helmet mesh should

now match the reference sketches as they appear in both the front and side

image planes (see image below). The mesh should also have a relatively uniform

distribution of polygon faces on the mesh and the edge loops should flow

smoothly.

Drawing a polygon

To create the lower front region of the helmet (that is, the region that would

protect the mouth and jaw of the wearer) you’ll create a polygon for the cross

section of the lower front region by manually placing vertices using the Create

Polygon Tool (Mesh > Create Polygon Tool).

To place vertices for a polygon

1 In the side view, select Mesh > Create Polygon Tool >

The Create Polygon Tool settings editor appears.

2 In the tool settings editor, set the following options:

■ Limit the number of points: On

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