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Project 01
LEARNING AUTODESK MAYA 2009 | FOUNDATION
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L01_023_ceiling.tif
The cathedral ceiling
Create a decorative drape3
Now that you are getting familiar with the Component mode, you will use this knowledge
to create a decorative drape.
Select • Create → NURBS Primitives → Plane.
Rename • the plane to drape.
In the • Channel Box, highlight the makeNurbPlane1 node and set Patches V to 4.
Set the following for the • drape object:
Rotate X to 90;
Scale X to 2;
Scale Z to 20.
Move• the drape up so it interpenetrates with the center of the ceiling.
Change the shape of the drape
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Go into Component mode• by pressing the F8 hotkey.
This is just another way of going into Component mode besides using the button in the
Status Line or the contextual menu.