2016

Chapter 1: Learning the Maya Interface
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FIGURE 1-9
Cursor indicating a right-click pop-up menu
Expanding and Collapsing Icon Button Groups
Each button group in the Status Line is divided by a vertical line with a small rectangle through its center. This
divider is called the Show/Hide Bar, and if you click on it, and then all buttons included in that section will be
hidden. Click again to make the buttons reappear. Figure 1-10 shows several collapsed and expanded button
sets.
FIGURE 1-10
Expanded and collapsed button sets
Opening and Saving a Scene
To the right of the Menu Set selection list is a set of buttons that you can use to create a new scene, open an
existing scene, or save the current scene. Both the Open and Save buttons will open a file dialog box, as shown
in Figure 1-11, in which you can select the directory and file name. When saved, the file name will appear on
the title bar.
FIGURE 1-11
File dialog box for Windows