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Part I ✦ Getting Started with Maya 4.5
Table 1-5 (continued)
Feature Improvement Description
Mirror Joint Renaming option You now have new naming options in the Mirror
Joint Tool.
Orient and Aim Constraint Offset attributes You can now offset and keyframe orient and aim
constraints.
Time Snapping Default On Time snapping in the graph editor now defaults
to On, instead of Off.
New Marking Menus Shift+S LMB-drag.
Import Clip to Character You can now import a clip to the active character.
Hierarchy option for Clip Creation You can now enable a Hierarchy option for clip
creation.
Improved Clip renaming When renaming clips in the Trax editor, the
source clip name is now also edited.
Table 1-6 lists changes made to Modeling features.
Table 1-6
Modeling Changes
Feature Improvement Description
Bevel Plus The new Bevel Plus tool for NURBS curves
enables you to quickly create extrudes with
intricate preset profile choices and end caps.
NURBS, Polygon, and Subdivision Control+RMB-drag.
marking Menus
Cut Faces Cut faces enables you to swipe a line across
a polygon surface or faces split each polygon
that your UI line intersects, giving you a nice
continuous straight split across your entire
selection.
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