Maya 7 for Windows & Macintosh

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.ma (Maya ASCII) files

Macromedia Flash files

main window

     main menu bar

     orthographic views 2nd 3rd

     Perspective view default

         changing panels

     scene views, cameras

manipulation tools 2nd

     enlarging/shrinking

marking menus

     accessing tools and commands

     Transform

materials [See also Hypershade.]

     ambient color

     anisotropic

     blinn 2nd

         3D to flle textures

     bump mapping 2nd

     color(s)

         changing

         Color Chooser 2nd

         image mapping

     incadescence

     lambert 2nd

     phong

     phong e 2nd

     specular and reflectivity options

     transparency 2nd 3rd 4th

Maya

     Alias Web site

     forums

     hardware requirements

     Help menu

     interface

         displaying/hiding UI elements

     licensing

     manipulation tools

     mouse, three-button

     new features

     node-based architecture

     resources

     system requirements

     versions

     video display cards

     XYZ coordinate system versus XY coordinate system

Maya Embedded Language [See MEL (Maya Embedded Language).]

Maya Hardware renderer 2nd

Maya Software renderer 2nd

Maya Vector renderer 2nd

.mb (Maya Binary) files

MEL (Maya Embedded Language) [See also Expression Editor.]

     commands

         format

         MEL Command Reference

         short names

     if statements

     loops

         for-in

         while

     procedures

         calling

         defining

         local and global

     Script Editor

         executing scripts

         opening

         viewing commands

     scripting language

     scripts

         adding to Self

         executing

         free scripts at Web sites

         Shelf Editor

     variables

         arrays 2nd

         declaring

Mental Ray renderer 2nd

     caustics 2nd

     global illumination 2nd

menus

     Find Menu feature

     main menu bar

         displaying/hiding

     menu sets

         changing

         displaying/hiding in Hotbox

     panel menu bars, displaying/hiding

     tearing off

     within panels

miscellaneous selection mask

     component mode

     object mode

modeling [See NURBS modeling.]

Modify menu

     Center Pivot 2nd

     Freeze Transformations 2nd 3rd

     Make Live/Make Not Live

     Snap Align Objects

         Align Objects

         Align Tool

         Snap Together Tool

     tearing off

mouse, three-button

Move tool 2nd 3rd

     keyboard shortcut

     positioning pivot points

MultiPoints render