In this lesson, you explored additional tools and skills within Maya as you continued with the construction of the classic temple. In this lesson you learned how to:

• Use your mouse to change the view of your scene using the dolly, track, and tumble camera tools in both the orthographic and perspective views.
• Rotate objects using the transformation tools in the Toolbox and the Channel Box.
• Group objects so they can be transformed as a unit.
• Display objects in both wire frame and shaded modes.
• Access the Hypergraph to view nodes and hierarchies. You are also learning that many tasks in Maya can be completed or approached using multiple techniques.
• Rename nodes within the Hypergraph.
• Select objects in your scene using the Hypergraph.
• Use the group pivot point to your advantage when duplicating objects.

Before proceeding with the next lesson you may want to review the material presented in this lesson so you are familiar with the concepts and skills associated with them. Some suggested tasks you can try on your own include:

• Practice using the view camera tools (dolly, track, and tumble) so you can navigate within the scene views efficiently.
• Practice moving and rotating objects, and changing between the various scene views (single perspective, four view, single side, single top, and so on).
• View objects in the Hypergraph so you can understand their relationships and hierarchy.