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Lesson 01 | Primitives

PROjECT 01 | LESSON 01 | PRIMITIVES

Go to the • File menu and select Project → Edit Current...

Make sure that the project directories are set-up as shown below. This ensures that Maya

software is looking into the proper sub-directories when it opens up scene les.

L01_001_project.tif

Edit Project window

Click the • Accept button when done.

Make a new

3 scene

Select • File → New Scene.

This will create a new scene in the current directory when you save it.

Build the environment

Every scene you create in Maya software will most likely contain objects such as surfaces,

deformers, skeleton joints, or particle emitters. For this scene, you will build a throne room, but

rst, you will need a large outdoor environment.

To start, you will build a ground plane surrounded by a large sky dome. These rst objects will

be a primitive polygonal plane and a primitive NURBS sphere. You can view the nished scene

to get an idea of what you are about to create by opening the le called 01-room_01.ma.

Launch Maya software