Conventions used in the lessons
 
 
 

Some important conventions used throughout Getting Started with Maya are explained here.

Maya is available for use on a wide range of operating systems. Any differences between operating systems when operating Maya are identified throughout this book in the following ways:

(Windows), (Mac OS X), (Linux)

The screen illustrations and examples within Getting Started with Maya vary among the Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux operating systems. Maya’s interface is generally consistent across these systems.

When instructed to select a menu within Maya we use the following convention:

When you are instructed to select the option box for a particular menu item within Maya, we use the following convention: