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Project 01
LEARNING AUTODESK MAYA 2009 | FOUNDATION
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Create the room
Now that you have established a proper sky dome and ground plane, you will create the actual
throne room. In this example, you will build the room from primitives.
Create a polygonal cylinder
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Here, you will use the hotbox as an alternative method for accessing tools.
Press and hold the • spacebar anywhere over the interface to display the hotbox.
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Hotbox access to menu items
In the hotbox, select• Create → Polygon Primitives → Cylinder → o.
In the option window, set the• Normalize option to Off.
This option will make it easier for you to texture the oor later in the project.
Click the • Create button.
A small cylinder is placed at the origin.
Tip: You can access all functions in Maya using either the main menus or the hotbox.
As you become more familiar with the hotbox, you can use the UI options found
in the Display menu to turn off the panel menus and, therefore, reduce screen
clutter.
Rename2 the cylinder
Click on the • pCylinder1 node’s name at the top of the Channel Box and type the
name oor.