Video Notes
Cylinder Plane Connect Exercise
Here’s a simple exercise I give to all new students. This exercise helps to get used to the new hotkeys and speed up workflow inside of Maya.
Create the objects
ctrl shift i = cylinder
ctrl shift p = plane
Vertex, Edge and Face Modes
vertex = alt 1
edge = alt 2
face = alt 3
object mode = alt q
deselect object = alt q (x 2)
Smooth/Hull/Poly mode
1, 2, and 3 keys are now…
Poly Hull Mode = ctrl alt 1
Smooth Hull Mode = ctrl alt 2
Smooth Subd mode = ctrl alt 3
Move Rotate Scale Select
Move = w
Rotate = e
Scale = r
Select = q
Shading modes
Shaded/wireframe toggle= 1
Wireframe on shaded toggle= shift 2
Xray toggle = shift 1
Lighting toggle = ctrl 1
Texture toggle = 2
Snap Keys
Vertex snap = / (?)
Curve snap = . (>)
Grid snap = , (<)
Modelling Hotkeys
Edge loop split = ctrl alt e
split polygon tool = ctrl q
(or interactive split tool = ctrl shift q)
grow selection = shift . (>)
Merge Vertices = ctrl w
split polygon tool = ctrl q
Move Manipulator Settings
We don’t want to click on the manipulator all the time, so Ctrl Click on the manipulator axis you want to disable then Middle Click once a vert is selected to move on a single plane.
Ctrl click in the middle on the manipulator to return to normal mode.
Combine
Combine = ctrl shift alt c
Bridge Hotkeys
Append to Polygon Tool = alt \ (under delete key)
Be sure to click on the edge. If make a mistake middle click to select the last vert/edge then hit delete.
Bridge = ctrl alt shift b
(then channel box and 0 divisions)
Quad Draw = ctrl alt d + normal mouse click (hold down for marking menu) > Quad Draw
hold shift over an opening and normal click to create a polygon
hold shift over an edge to edge loop split
normal click to create green vertices
Extrude
Extrude = ctrl e
ctrl click on the blue scale box to extrude in easily
Managing Objects
Delete History = alt d
Freeze transforms = alt f
Manipulator
Translate marking menu = w (hold and left click mouse)
Disable an Axis = ctrl click (do once don’t hold)