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-25% horizontal and vertical Roll options

custom vertex data

exporting [1], [2]

.mov file format

{ } in expressions

{ } surrounding list of values

% in expressions

== operator, errors comparing floats

| in object naming

Rebuild Surfaces option

Rebuild Surfaces option

2D Blur memory Limit attribute

2D containers, fluids

2D fluid container

2D fluid textures

rendering problems

2D motion blur, definition

2D Pan Tool [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

positioning [1], [2]

2D Zoom Tool [1], [2], [3], [4]

2D/3D texture placement

GE2 Texture Option

troubleshooting

3D Blur Visib attribute

3D coordinates, about

3D Delta tessellation method

3D fluid container

creating [1], [2]

3D fluid textures

3D image file background

3D Motion Blur Production attribute

3D motion blur, definition

3D Paint Texture options

3D Paint Tool [1], [2], [3]

lipsticking with

resetting brushes

textures directory

3D paint, definition

positioning [1], [2]

Intersect Surfaces option

3dPaintTextures directory

4-sided polygons (quads), using

50, 20 horizontal and vertical Roll options

A

absolute mode, definition

Absolute transform

absorption, about

acceleration attribute [1], [2], [3]

assigning constant value to

assigning with runtime expression

changing value randomly

field’s effect on

initialization to zero

Acceleration Method attribute

definition, API methods

accessory joints

accessoryAttribute()

accessoryNodeSetup()

Accuracy [1], [2]

Accuracy (Caustics) attribute

Accuracy (Final Gather) attribute

Accuracy (Global Illumination) attribute

Accuracy (Photon Volume) attribute

acos function [1], [2]

changing to tools

Activate/Deactivate Clip

GE2 Export Option

RTG Export Option

VRML2 Export Option

Active attribute

rigid bodies [1], [2]

active lines, definition

Active Object Pivots

active rigid body

Offset Curve option

Project Curve On Surface option

active view, definition

Adaptive Sampling attribute

adaptive tessellation

Adaptive tessellation method

when converting to polygons

Add and Update checkBox

Add Attribute (Modify menu)

Add Attribute button

Add Attribute window [1], [2]

for Current Render Type

Add Attributes For Current Render Type

Add Boat Locator

Add Cross Links

troubleshooting

Add Dynamic Attributes [1], [2], [3]

Add Dynamic Buoy

Add Dynamic Locator Free Transform

Add Emitter [1], [2]

Add In-Between Target add option

Key Edit menu [1], [3]

Add Influence Object

Add Influence Options window

Add Initial State Attribute checkbox [1], [2]

Add Keys Tool [1], [2]

Paint Attributes Tool [1], [2]

Paint Cluster Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Jiggle Weights Tool

Paint Skin Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Soft Body Weights Tool

Add Per Particle Attribute [1], [2]

Add Points Tool (Edit Curves menu)

Add Preview Plane [1], [2]

Add Proxy options

Add Selected to Graph

Add selected to isolation (UV tool button)

Add Selected to List option [1], [2]

Add Surface Locator

Add To Character Set

Add to Current Selection brush option

Add to Existing Spring [1], [2]

Add/Edit Contents [1], [2], [3]

addAttr command

items to Python path

keys to a curve

adding custom attributes

adding tracks to characters

Adobe Illustrator image format

Adobe Illustrator Object

troubleshooting

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop texture, using as texture map

Advanced elliptical filtering attribute

advanced techniques

Advanced Tessellation

Affect Selected Object

Affect Selected Object(s) [1], [2], [3]

Affected Highlighting

Affects Active option

After placement

After Stroke Cmd option

instancer particle option

age attribute [1], [2]

age of particles

runtime expression execution and

AIFF file format, definition

Aim Constraint Options window

aim constraint, definition

aim constraints

adding target objects

changing target object weights

controlling motion history dependence

editing attributes

editing channels

preventing rolling effects

removing target objects

setting creation options

aim direction, instances

Aim Vector attribute [1], [2], [3]

Aim Vector constraint option [1], [2], [3]

aim vector, definition

aim vectors [1], [2], [3]

instancer particle option

instancer particle option

instancer particle option

instancer particle option

instancer particle option

Air Damping attribute (dynamic locator)

air field, definition

Air Light Scatter

Air Push Distance

Air Push Vorticity

algebra, linear

buildRotationNode

algorithm, definition

alias UNIX command

avoiding use with text editor

Alias wire files

Alias wire format

converting Maya files to

aliasing [1], [2]

aliasing, definition

Align Curves (Edit Curves menu)

Align Surfaces (Edit NURBS menu)

align the ends of two curves

aligning animation

alignment considerations

in Maya image file format

GE2 Export Option

RTG Export Option

VRML2 Export Option

Intersect Curves option

All Double sided attribute

All Keyable except creation option [1], [2]

All Keyable option [1], [2]

RTG Output Option

All Planes option

All Renderable Cameras

for tessellation

All Single sided attribute

for tessellation

Allow All Data Types

instancer particle option

Allow Disconnection

rigid bodies [1], [2]

Along Axis attribute [1], [2]

Along Axis, fluid emitter

Bevel Plus option

Along Extrusion

Bevel Plus options

Alpha Blending [1], [2]

adjust for UV shells

include (Warp image option)

Alpha Channel (Mask)

Alpha Channel option

alpha channel, definition

alpha channel, fur shadows

premultiplication

Alpha Gain attribute [1], [2]

Image Plane Attributes

Alpha is Luminance attribute [1], [2]

Alpha mode [1], [2], [3]

Alpha mode attribute [1], [2]

Alpha Offset attribute [1], [2]

Alpha Source attribute [1], [2]

Altitude attribute

Always Blend with Existing Connections

Always Evaluate checkbox

Ambient + Diffuse + Specular light model

Ambient + Diffuse light model

Ambient Brightness, fluids

painting [1], [2]

Ambient Color, fluids

Ambient Color, ocean

Ambient Diffusion, fluids

Ambient light attributes

Ambient light model

ambient light, definition

ambient occlusion

multi-render passes

Ambient Occlusion (Render Settings)

Ambient Shade attribute [1], [2], [3]

ambientLight dependency graph rendering node

Amount tool setting

Cloud Attributes

Fractal Attributes

Mountain Attributes

Noise Attributes

Solid Fractal Attributes

Amplitude attribute [1], [2]

Amplitude creation option [1], [2]

amplitude of sin function

Projection Utility

Wood Attributes

Amplitude, fluids

Angle Interpolation attribute [1], [2]

angle of view, cameras

angle of view, definition

Angle Tolerance

angular unit, definition

angular velocity, definition

anim file, definition

character’s with FBIK

painted blend shape weights

animate vertex colors

Fractal texture

noise, for Solid Fractal

animated file textures

Construction History

fur attributes [1], [2]

growth simulation

plant growing up column (example)

starfield (example)

stroke endbounds

tube growth (uniform)

batch rendering

command line rendering [1], [2], [3], [4]

controls, overview [1], [2]

using to create falloff

cycle with offset curves

details, Heads Up Display

displace for GE2

driven key, overview

example with spiralAnimCurveCmd plug-in

improving speed

keyframe, overview

low-res rendering

markers, hiding

MDt API description

motion capture, overview

nonlinear, overview

planning, storyboarding

procedural example with sineNode plug-in

rendering single frame

run-up for dynamics

scrubbing rigid body

tolerance, set for GE2

transitions (of view)

troubleshooting

viewing [1], [2]

working on team

mental ray for Maya

RTG Output Option

animation control, definition

animation controllers

animation curves

change color with Attribute Editor

change colors from Graph Editor

change colors with MEL

Animation Details

Animation End Time

animation expressions

Animation Layer Editor

animation layers

creation options

extract animation

filtering options

ghosting options

keyframing weight

keying feedback

order of evaluation

Override-Passthrough mode

remove attributes

Weight [1], [2]

animation playback

loop, for VRML2

animation preferences

Animation Preferences

Animation Snapshot

Construction History

generated geometry

Animation Start Time

Animation Start/End

animation values, read (sample MEL script)

animation-constraint blending

animation, definition

animation, how glow works

cycling through

opening using -n

opening with -n

playing parts of

animCubeNode plug-in [1], [2]

Anisotropic material

anisotropicShader node

Annotation (Create menu)

Anti Alias Polygons attribute

Anti-aliasing Quality, Render Settings

Convert to File Texture

Hardware Render Settings

anti-aliasing [1], [2]

adjusting [1], [2]

blobby surfaces

filtering textures for

Anti-aliasing level attribute

Anti-aliasing Sampling Override

mental ray [1], [2]

anti-aliasing, definition

Antialiasing Level

Render Stats [1], [2]

VRML2 Output Option

aperture (fstop)

aperture, definition

API applications

building in Windows environment

base manipulators

CircleSweepManip

connectToDependNode

container manipulators

conversion functions

createchildren method

CurveSegmentManip

deleteManipulator

FreePointTriadManip

initialize method

manips and nodes, communication with

manipToPlug callback method

moveToolManip.cpp

MPxManipContainer

one-to-one assocations

plugToManip callback method

PointOnCurveManip

PointOnSurfaceManip

API, definition

apiType() method

append file name

to scripts, for GE2

to scripts, for VRML2

Append Time Range [1], [2]

append to hair cache option

append to a hair cache

Append to Cache [1], [2]

Append to Cache options

Append to Polygon Tool

Geometry Cache [1], [2]

calling from MEL

building in Windows environment

Apply Current to All option

Apply Fog in Post

Apply Fog in Post, IPR

Apply Interior Material

Apply Per Vertex

turbulence field

Apply Per Vertex attribute

Apply Settings to Last Stroke option

Apply Settings to Selected Strokes option

Apply tessellation, NURBS

cMuscleMultiCollide deformer

default weights

Muscle deformer

per particle field attributes

applySpringLaw()

controlling fine

default settings

vs. tessellation

approximation node

approximation nodes

approximation settings

Approximation settings [1], [2]

approximation styles

three-point, create

two-point, create

Volume Light attribute

arc cosine [1], [2]

arc rotate (see tumble)

arc sine [1], [2]

arc tangent [1], [2], [3]

Arc Tools (Create menu)

arc-length values, show

arc, extrude polygons in

arcLenNode plug-in

Area Gradient (SWF and SVG only)

Area light attributes

Area light, control soft light of

area light, definition

area light, mental ray

Area Lights [1], [2]

area value, definition

adding to plug-ins

Around Axis attribute [1], [2]

Around Axis, fluid emitter

array (per particle) attributes

assigning to array of different length

Array option for per particle attributes

arrayMappern.outColorPP

clearing contents of

contrast with matrix

curves, with multiCurveNode plug-in

indexes, invalid assignment to

invalid assignment to indexes

literal representation

obtaining size of

passed by reference

setting value of an attribute

specify size in a declaration

article start-up caching

articulation, definition

troubleshooting

brush shape options

Clone operation [1], [3]

Erase operation [1], [3], [4]

exporting attribute maps

hotkeys [1], [2]

importing attribute maps

mapping attributes

Paint operation [1], [2]

Pressure option

resetting tools

snap brush to curve

snap brush to isoparm

stylus pressure

Artisan commands [1], [2]

Artisan hotkeys

Artisan tools, definition

artwork, mapping onto character

Create Render Node [1], [2]

Create Render Node [1], [2]

Boundary option

Create Render Node [1], [2]

NURBS action or tool option

ASCII file, definition

stand-alone application

asin function [1], [2]

aspect ratio, definition

aspect ratio, preserve when normalizing UVs

asset centric selection

Asset Editor [1], [2]

assign custom command

assign custom menu

binding set, create

binding set, customize

Black Box mode [1], [2]

connect attributes

customize treatment

example - Duplicating animation on non-matching hierarchies

file referencing

hide unpublished

localize interface

lock referenced

parts of a template

prepare for referencing

preview contents

publish attribute to

publish connection to

publish multiple attributes to one name

publish parent/child anchor

publish ramp attribute

publish selection transform

published attribute values, edit

published attributes

published nodes

rename published attribute

replace reference example

replace referenced

select contents

sorting in Hypershade

template binding sets

template file format

template, assign

template, change search path

template, create

template, example

template, reload

transfer attribute values

unassign template

unbind attribute

unpublish attribute

view, customize

view, set active

Assign Edit Textures button

Assign Equal Weights

Stitch Surface Points option

Assign Existing Bake Set

Assign Existing Material

Assign Fill Shader

Assign Hair Constraint

Assign Hair System

Assign New Material [1], [2]

Assign New Vertex Bake Set

Assign Paint Effects Brush to Hair [1], [2]

Assign Paint Effects Brush to Toon Lines

assign shader to projection

Assign Textures button [1], [5]

Assigned Surfaces fur attribute

to specific particles

to vector components

values to variables and attributes

assigning a shader

assigning a texture map

contrast with initialization

convenience operators

combining with declaration

asterisk convention

At All Intersections

Cut Curve option

Bevel Plus option

Bevel Plus option

At Top/At Bottom attribute

atan2d function

atmosphere [1], [2], [3], [5]

troubleshooting

atmosphere, definition

Atmospheric Settings attributes

Align Curves option

Align Surfaces option

Attach (Subdiv Surfaces menu)

Attach Brush to Curves option

Attach Curves (Edit Curves menu)

attach curves or surfaces together

Attach Emitter to Curve

Attach Existing Cache File [1], [2]

Attach Fur Description menu item [1], [2]

Attach Curves option

Attach Surfaces option

Attach Multiple Output Meshes

attach subdivision surfaces

Attach Surfaces

Bevel Plus option

Attach Surfaces (Edit NURBS menu)

Attach to Camera option

Attach to Motion Path

Attach Without Moving (Edit NURBS menu)

attaching fur descriptions [1], [2], [3]

attaching UV shells

field manipulator

turbulence field

attenuation, definition

Attract to Matching Mesh constraint [1], [2]

Attraction Damp

follicle attribute

hair system attribute

Attraction fur attribute

Attractor Model

fur attractor set attribute

Paint Fur Attributes Tool [1], [2]

attractor set attributes

Attractor Model

Attractors Per Hair

Noise Amplitude

Noise Frequency

Threshold Length

attributes, changing

attractor, definition

attribute connections

in Maya ASCII files

attribute editor

customizing with shellNode plug-in

Attribute Editor

access from Hypershade

access history of objects

change animation curve colors

editing particle attributes

loading attributes into

Rendering Flags

setting attributes in

viewing loft history

Attribute Editor, definition

Attribute Map Height

Paint Fur Attributes Tool

Attribute Map Width

Paint Fur Attributes Tool

attribute map, definition

attribute map, sculpting to

Attribute Name attribute [1], [2]

attribute presets

attribute ramps

Attribute Spread Sheet

access from Hypershade

Attribute Spread Sheet, definition

Attribute spreadsheet

viewing multiple attributes

Attribute to Paint [1], [2]

Attribute to Paint option

attribute values

varying [1], [2]

attribute, definition

attributeExists statement

attributes [1], [2]

animating [1], [3]

assigning values to

Attribute Editor

change default connections

changing order in Channel Box

connect input and output

connecting [1], [2], [3]

connecting to symbolic placeholders

controlling multiple

custom data types

custom, in expressions

data types [1], [2]

delete connections

deleting from expressions

description [1], [2]

disconnecting from expressions

display disconnected

displayed in Attributes list

displaying contents of

displaying disconnected

eliminating expression control of

exporting maps (Artisan tools)

filter information

filtering in Expression Editor

flooding values

general, for nodes

getting recently added into the Channel Box

ignoring when rendering

importing maps (Artisan tools)

in Maya ASCII files

keyable [1], [2]

linking [1], [2]

making paintable

mapping textures to

multi-value, setting

multiple values example with tranCircleNode plug-in

not selecting for particle shape node

open multiple editors

painting [1], [2], [3]

particle shape node

reading in expressions

removing from expressions

renaming with short or long names

setting [1], [2]

shading node plug-ins

short names for

testing for particles (sample MEL script)

unexpected values

using name to search for expressions

when expressions don’t apply

option in Hardware Render Buffer

attributes, Ramp Shader

attributeUPP, VPP

Audio Interchange File Format, definition

Fillet Blend attribute

Auto Closed Rail Anchor

Fillet Blend Tool option

Auto Complete [1], [3]

Auto Completion

Auto Create Curve tool setting

Auto Create Rigid Body dynamics option

Auto Create Root Axis tool setting

Auto Frame [1], [2]

Auto Joint Limits tool setting

animation option

Auto Memory Limit [1], [2]

Fillet Blend Tool option

Auto Normal Dir

Fillet Blend Tool option

Auto Parent Curve tool setting

Auto Render Region

Auto Render Threads [1], [2], [3]

Auto Resize attributes, fluids

Auto Resize Threshold, fluids

Auto Save option [1], [2]

Auto Set Initial State option

Auto Simplify Curve

Auto Simplify Curve tool setting

Auto Tiling [1], [2], [3]

deleted muscles

invalid cMuscleObject nodes

invalid sticky bind

missing muscles

technical support

Autodesk Cache File [1], [2]

Autodesk materials

Autodesk Pix format

Boundary option

tessellation mode

Automatic Attribute Editor

Assign New Material item

automatic exposure

automatic mapping

Automatic Mapping

triplanar projection

Automatic Mapping (Subdiv Surfaces > Texture)

automatic smoothing

automatic type conversion

automatic UV mapping

projection manipulator

separating, merging, attaching UV shells

user-defined projection

Autopriority tool setting

auxiliary joints

auxiliary nodes

Plus-Minus-Average utility

Average Normals

Average Vertices

AVI image format

Away From Axis attribute [1], [2]

Away From Center attribute [1], [2]

choosing for transformations

axes, reflected painting

Axial Magnitude ramp

local, definition

origin, definition

rotate curve around to create a surface

view, definition

primitive, change direction of

setting orientation for polygonal primitives

field manipulator

control with mouse

description [1], [2]

Azimuth Min/Max attributes

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

B

B-spline patch, definition

Environment Cube

Projection Geometry attributes

Back Shade Darkness fur shading attribute

Back Shade Factor fur shading attribute

Back Shadow attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

back shadow, definition

Backburner [1], [2]

Backburner options

backculling (see backface culling)

backdrop image, arranging UVs to

backdrop, definition

backface culling, definition

culling, display options

Backfacing Creases

BackFillShader node

rendering problems

Background Color

Display Options

Background color (Warp image option)

Background Color attribute

Display Options attributes

Environment attributes

background image, dimming

Background Mode

Convert to File Texture

Texture Bake Set¶

Background mode (Warp image option)

background processes (non-Windows only)

background, definition

texture [1], [2]

for return values

Shading Group Lighting, Convert to File Texture

Shadows, Convert to File Texture

Transparency, Convert to File Texture

Bake Alpha [1], [2], [3]

Bake Alpha attribute

fur attractor set attribute

Bake Attribute fur attribute

bake channel [1], [2]

Bake History option

Bake Simulation

disable implicit control

Keep Unbaked Keys

Sparse Curve Bake

Bake Spring Animation option

Bake Using Virtual Plane

bake-set, definition

bake, definition

baked file textures

left-handed tangent space normal maps

lightmaps from the command line

per-instance UV sets

with global illumination

baking spring animation

for Crater texture

Baldness fur attribute

hair system attribute

Projection Utility type

ball environment texture

ball joint, definition

Bottom Barn Door

manipulator for spot lights

barrier constraint, definition

Barrier rigid body constraint

Base Ambient Color fur attribute

Base Color fur attribute

Base Curl fur attribute

cacheFile node [1], [2], [3]

base manipulators

base number raised to exponent

influence object

Base Opacity fur attribute

Base Resolution, fluids [1], [2]

Base Width fur attribute

Based on distance option

baseOrigin attribute

Basic Emitter Attributes, fluid emitter

Batch Bake [1], [2]

error handling [1], [2]

Batch Render Frame window

batch render, definition

batch render, setting

blind data, abbreviation, API

beads, import into Maya

Before placement

Before Stroke Cmd option

bell curve function

hair, edit curves

Bend (Modify Curves tool)

Bend Amount [1], [2]

Bend Angle Dropoff

Bend Angle Scale

bend attributes

Bend Break Angle

Bend Curves Options

bend deformer, definition

editing deformation effects

Bend Resistance

Placement, Image Planes

Best Guess Based on Screen Size

primary tessellation

Best plane (Planar Mapping option)

Best Plane Texturing Tool

Better Illumination [1], [2]

description [1], [2]

troubleshooting

Bevel (Surfaces menu)

bevel a surface from a curve

Bevel Plus option

Bevel Plus (Surfaces menu)

Bevel Plus options

Bevel Plus option

beveling, definition

Rebuild Surfaces option

Bezier curve, definition

Bezier patch, definition

Bezier Tool (Create Menu)

Curve Fillet option

Freeform Fillet option

Raytracing Quality

Stitch Edges Tool option

bias, definition

Bilinear Filtering (Warp image option)

Billow Density, fluids

bin (see sorting bin)

binary file, definition

Bind Method option [1], [2], [3]

troubleshooting

bind pose, definition

bind pose, resetting

Bind to option [1], [2], [3]

binding skeletons to subdivision surfaces

binding skin, definition

FBIK preparation

Birail (Surfaces menu)

birail, definition

birth, particles

birthPosition [1], [2]

birthTime [1], [2]

image file format

alpha view (Mac OS X)

blue channel control

cyan channel control

green channel control

magenta channel control

red channel control

RGB channel control

yellow channel control

Bits per channel [1], [2]

Bits per channel attribute

Black Hole [1], [2]

Blackbody shader

blacking, definition

Attach Curves option

Attach Surfaces option

common 3D texture Effects attribute

Curve Fillet option

Open/Close Surfaces option

Attach Curves option

Attach Surfaces option

Open/Close Curve option

Open/Close Surfaces option

Curve Fillet option

Blend Mode option

Open/Close Curve option

blend shape deformer

adding shape to

improving deformations

blend shape deformer, definition

blend shape deformers

adding target object shapes

blending objects with different topologies

creating new blend shape deformer

deleting a target’s object

matching position, rotation, and scaling of targets

removing target object shapes

saving a blend shape as a new target

scaling influence of all targets

setting keys for blend shapes

setting target weights

swapping target object shapes

Blend Shape editor

Blend Shape menu item

blend shape, creating

animate painted weights

export painted weight maps

import painted weight maps

paint weights tool settings

Blend Specular with Alpha option

Blend With All Except Constraints

blend, definition

blendColors dependency graph rendering node

Geometry Cache Clip

blending animation types

blending brush presets

BlendShape Add Options window

BlendShape Node add option

BlendShape Node creation option

BlendShape Node remove option

BlendShape Node swap option

BlendShape Remove Options window

BlendShape Swap Options window

add to components

visualize notes

visualize with color

Blind Data Editor

Color/Query tab

Type Editor tab

blind data, definition

blindComplexDataCmd plug-in

and dynamic attributes, API

blindDoubleDataCmd plug-in

blindShortDataCmd plug-in

blinn dependency graph rendering node

Blinn material, definition

Blinn shading material

Blob Map attribute

Blobby Radius Scale

Blobby Radius Scale, nParticles

anti-aliasing problem

Blobby Surface render type

blobby surface, definition

block ordered textures

Blocking node state option [1], [2]

alignment considerations

and variable scope

data, for shading node plug-ins

data, general in API

Blue Plane option

blue screening, definition

By Frame, Motion Blur

displacement problems

Environment Sky

Length, 2D Motion Blur

Sharpness, 2D Motion Blur

Blur brush type [1], [2], [3]

Blur by Frame attribute

Blur Intensity attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Blur Intensity option

Blur Mult attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

blur, definition

Boat Length attribute (boat locator)

Boat Width attribute (boat locator)

interactive simulation

Body 1 and 2 constraint position [1], [2]

bone lattice flexor, definition

bone lattice flexors

bone sculpt flexor, definition

bone sculpt flexors

bone, definition

Bones creation option

bookmark, definition

bookmarks [1], [2]

current objects

selected curves

Boolean operation, definition

Boolean operations

perform on surfaces

accessing original objects

troubleshooting

Booleans (Edit NURBS menu)

Border Break Angle

border edge, definition

Border Line Width

border line, definition

Border Width Modulation

borders (see UV borders)

BOT, definition

Reverse Surface Direction option

Both Proxy and Subdiv Display

Intersect Surfaces option

Environment Cube

Bottom attribute

Projection Geometry attributes

nParticles [1], [2]

passive collision object

Bounce Map [1], [2]

Bounce Scale Input

turning on or off in rigid body solver

bounciness, definition

boundaries (see UV borders)

Mountain texture

Boundary (Surfaces menu)

Boundary attribute

boundary curves

create surface from

create surface within

Boundary Draw, fluids [1], [2]

boundary edges, merging

mirror polygons across

Dolly camera setting [1], [2]

for displacement

Bounding box (Planar Mapping option)

bounding box, definition

bounding volumes of objects

Box Filter attribute

Box Min/Box Max

braces, in statements

brackets, double angle

follicle attribute

Branch After Twigs attribute

Branch Dropout attribute

Branches attribute

Light Links, Lighting/Shading menu

Break Connection

Break Shadow Links option

Maya Lights menu

break statement

Breakdown, convert to

breakdown, definition

brickShader node

description [1], [2]

troubleshooting

UV texture coordinates

Brightness Rand attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

broadcast quality, definition

brownian dependency graph rendering node

Brownian texture

Brownian texture, definition

scripts, for GE2

scripts, for VRML2

Browse button [1], [2]

Paint Effects and hair

Brush Animation submenu [1], [3]

Brush Preset Blend window

brush stamp, definition

Brush Start map method

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Brush Type attribute [1], [2], [3], [4]

Brush Type option

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Brush Width attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

brush, definition

3D Paint, Paint Effects

animations, looping

attaching to curves

attributes, animating

copying settings from

opacity, Artisan

painting out the effects of previous stroke

presets, blending

presets, creating

profile [1], [2]

profile attributes

radius, Artisan

resetting [1], [2], [3]

saving to shelves [1], [2]

selecting [1], [2]

selecting by name

settings, applying to strokes

springs, editing

undoing strokes

using to push and pull vertices

brushShapes directory

Brushstroke Pressure Adjustment Tool window

Brushstroke Spring Simulation window

BSP Depth attribute

BSP Size attribute

Bud Color attribute

Bud Size attribute

build environments

setting up in Windows

build environments, build

setting up in UNIX

creating for plug-ins in Windows environment

building Windows environment API applications

buildRotationNode plug-in

bulge dependency graph rendering node

Bump 2d utility [1], [2]

Bump 3d utility [1], [2]

Bump Blur attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Bump Blur, ocean

Bump Depth attribute

Bump Filter [1], [2]

Bump Filter Offset [1], [2]

Bump Intensity attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

bump map, definition

common Material attribute

surface shading, Particle Cloud

Bump Mapping attribute

Bump maps [1], [2]

Bump Resolution attribute

Bump Texture Resolution

Bump 2D utility

Bump 3D utility

bump2d dependency graph rendering node

bump3d dependency graph rendering node

bumpiness, definition

painting [1], [2]

buoy, adding to ocean

Buoyancy attribute

Buoyancy, fluids

Burst Position Center X,Y,Z

Burst Position Extents X,Y,Z

create on shelf for a script

By Attribute Name

Export Character Map

By Attribute Order

Export Character Map

By Character Map

Export Character Map

By Cycle Increment

Hardware Render Settings

Image File Output [1], [2]

Renumber Frames, Render Settings

By Frame attribute

Image Output Files attributes

Export Character Map

MDt API description

C

C icon [1], [2]

escape characters

creating for particles

turning off or on for object

Cache Data [1], [2], [3], [4]

Cache Density (Ambient Occlusion) attribute

Cache Description

Cache Directory

Merge Cache Clips

Merge Caches [1], [2], [3]

Replace Cache [1], [2]

cache file, definition

current state [1], [2]

cacheFile node [1], [2], [3]

Merge Caches [1], [2], [3]

Replace Cache [1], [2]

Cache Points (Ambient Occlusion) attribute

cache settings for particles

cache size limit, for approximation

Cache Time Range [1], [2], [3]

create hair cache option

cache_fluidShape

Cacheable Attributes

cacheBlend node [1], [2], [3]

cacheFile node [1], [2]

cacheFile node, fluids

overview [1], [2]

particle start-up

recreating the cache

single particle object

using start-up with batch rendering

Caching (Ambient Occlusion) attribute

Caching attribute [1], [2]

caching particles

Calc. Area Values

fur render setting

Calc. Area Values fur global

Calculation attribute

Calculation Quality attributes

calling MEL from Python

animate, for GE2

Center of Interest option [1], [2]

changing in scene painting view

coordinate space

GE2 Animate Option

optimizing, render faster

RTG Export Option, debug info

RTG Export Option, Include

Select Camera option

Camera Aperture

Camera attribute

Camera Attribute Editor

camera based selection

camera dependency graph rendering node

Camera Icons attribute

stroke Shape node

Camera Projection Attributes

Camera Properties attributes

Camera Sequencer [1], [2], [3]

playback controls

Camera Settings option, View menu

2D Pan Tool [1], [2]

2D Zoom Tool [1], [2]

Camera Tools (View menu)

Camera Tools option, View menu

camera view, use as planar projection

Camera, Aim, and Up

camera, definition

cameraFarClipPlane rendering attribute

cameraNearClipPlane rendering attribute

2D Pan Tool [1], [2]

adjusting attributes

aiming [1], [2]

animating [1], [2]

azimuth [1], [2]

center of interest

changing settings

control which one is shown

elevation [1], [2]

environment textures and

Gate Mask color

Gate Mask opacity

Ignore 2D Pan/Zoom

looking through [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

making renderable

manipulators, hiding

MDt API description

mental ray lenses

modifying with zoomCameraCmd plug-in [1], [2]

resolution gate

revolving about center of interest

rolling [1], [2]

safe title [1], [2]

selecting current

tracking [1], [2]

undoable movements

undoing changes

viewing vs. rendering

VRML2 debug info

VRML2 Export Option, Include

cameras conversion

cameraView dependency graph rendering node

Cancel Batch Render

Cancel Batch Render menu item

erasing paint from

global settings

Paint Effects Globals

Canvas Undo option

canvas, definition

cap, extruded surface

adjust settings

creating polygon cylinders

Cascade Stitch Node

Stitch Edges Tool option

Stitch Surface Points option

hair system attribute

Cast Shadows attribute [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Casts Shadows [1], [2], [3]

Render Layer Member Overrides

Casts Shadows attribute

Render Stats attributes [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

in image file format groups

catch statement

Caustic Accuracy

mental ray [1], [2]

Caustic Filter Kernel attribute

Caustic Filter Type attribute

Caustic Photons

mental ray [1], [2]

causticPhotonsEmit

troubleshooting [1], [2]

Caustic Photons

Photon Intensity

Caustics attribute

Caustics Override

Caustics/Global Illumination attribute

Cell Color attribute

Cell Size attribute

Granite Attributes

Leather Attributes

cellShader node

center (alternate term for pivot point)

Center attribute

Placement Extras attributes

Wood Attributes

Center Current Time

center of interest

Center of interest [1], [2]

Center of Mass X, Y, Z

Center Pivot (Modify menu)

Center Shadow attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

center the view

Center Thresh attribute

centimeters (internal calculations)

Centroid [1], [2], [3], [4]

centroidX, Y, Z [1], [2]

chamfer, definition

chamfered corner

change creation parameters (see Attribute Editor)

Change Curve Color

Change Precision

Change Rotation Interp [1], [2]

animation curve colors with Attribute Editor

animation curve colors with Graph Editor

animation curve colors with MEL

Python interpreter

the resolution of images

where the animation starts

channel attributes

Channel Box [1], [2], [3], [4]

access history of objects

adding recent attributes

blend attributes

changing order of attributes

for finding out attribute names

hiding, showing

locking channels

naming and renaming objects

transforming and rotating objects

translation, rotation, scaling

Channel Box, definition

Channel Control

Channel Control, definition

channel editor, graphics mode (see Graph Editor)

channel offsets

channel, definition

Channel1 attribute

Crater Attributes

Stucco Attributes

Channel2 attribute

Crater Attributes

Stucco Attributes

Channel3 attribute

copy settings [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

Driven Channels

muting in Dope Sheet and Graph Editor

premultiplication

Character Definition

character mapper, definition

Add To Character Set

Create Character Set

Create Subcharacter Set

Remove From Character Set

character nodes

character partition, definition

character partitions [1], [2]

Character Set Attributes options [1], [2]

character set, definition

adding attributes

adding channels to

creating character sets within character sets

creating expressions

creating from the Trax Editor

editing attributes

editing channels

editing character partition

removing attributes

removing channels from

using motion capture

viewing objects in a character

character setup

character setup, definition

character, definition

Character(s) Clips and Poses

characters, animating

characters, creating

characters, making redirectable

characters, setting current character

Check Box option

check boxes in marking menus

Check Topology creation option

Checker Attributes

checker dependency graph rendering node

checkerShader node

child object, definition

child scene, definition

child, UI, creating

and compound attributes, in API

choppy playback

Chord Height Ratio (tessellation)

Chord Height Ratio attribute

Chord Height Ratio, Use

knot spacing for Loft option

knot spacing, for Loft

knots for CV curves

knots for edit point curves

parameterization, about

chord-length parameterization, definition

chroma keying, definition

Chromatic Aberration

chrome environment texture

CIE D Illuminant shader

Cineon format [1], [2]

mapping UV border to

circleNode plug-in [1], [2]

CircleSweepManip

Curve Fillet option

Extend Curve on Surface option

Extend Curve option

Offset Curve option

Bevel corner option

circular fillet

Circular Fillet (Edit NURBS > Surface Fillet)

circular motion of NURBS sphere

Clamp Color Attributes

clamp dependency graph rendering node

Clamp Max [1], [2]

Clamp Min [1], [2]

Paint Attributes Tool

Paint Cluster Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Fluids Tool

Paint Jiggle Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Skin Weights Tool [1], [2]

Clamp Value setting

Paint Attributes Tool

Paint Cluster Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Fluids Tool

Paint Jiggle Weights Tool

Paint Skin Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Soft Body Weights Tool

Clamped animation option

clamped tangents

MltMeshFaceVertex

classic linear skinning

clean up meshes

clean up subdivision surfaces

Clear Coat utility [1], [2]

Clear Color window

clear color, setting

Clear Graph button

Hypershade, button

clearing the canvas

Click Box Size option

Clip Edges option

Auto Paint Random

Clip Final Shaded Color attribute

clip manipulator

clip, definition

Clipboard Actions

Clear Clipboard

Copy Attributes

Paste Attributes

Clipboard Start

clipping plane, definition

clipping planes

creating [1], [3]

Cycle attribute

description [1], [2]

editing animation curves [1], [2]

Enable attribute

importing [1], [2]

source [1], [2]

clips, creating a group

clock in particle object

Cloest component option

Clone Brush Mode option [1], [2]

Clone operation [1], [3]

cloning, 3D paint

Render View window

Hardware Render Buffer

closed surfaces

Closest bone option

Closest component option

Closest End Point

Extrude pivot option

Closest Knot (Corners)

Global Stitch option

Closest Point (Corners)

Global Stitch option

Closest Point (Edges)

Global Stitch option

Closest Point constraint

Closest point on surface option [1], [2]

Closest Visible Depth

closestPointOnCurve

closestPointOnSurface node, creating

Closets joint option

cloth dependency graph rendering node

cloth garment wrap influence objects

cloth, definition

particle material

Cloud Attributes

environment sky texture

Cloud Brightness attribute

cloud dependency graph rendering node

Cloud Samples attribute

cloud, definition

Clump and Hair Shape attributes

hair system attribute

hair system attribute

Clump Interpolation

hair system attribute

hair system attribute

Clump Twist Offset

follicle attribute

hair system attribute

Clump Width Mult

follicle attribute

Clump Width Scale

hair system attribute

clumping, definition

cluster deformer

cluster deformer, definition

cluster deformers

controlling deformation percentage of entire cluster

editing cluster weights

editing deformation effects

manipulating the cluster handle

pruning cluster deformer sets

setting cluster relative to parent transform

setting creation options

setting location of cluster handle

using weighted nodes

cluster deformers, creating

Cluster menu item

Cluster Options window [1], [2]

cluster weights

mapping [1], [2]

paint operations [1], [2]

painting [1], [2]

clusterWeightFunction plug-in

cMuscleBindSticky command

cMuscleCache command

cMuscleCompIndex command

cMuscleCreator node

cMuscleDirection node

cMuscleDisplace node

advanced topics

cMuscleDisplay node

cMuscleKeepOut node

cMuscleMultiCollide deformer

cMuscleMultiCollide node

cMuscleObject node

cMuscleQuery command

cMuscleRayIntersect command

cMuscleRelative node

cMuscleRelaxSetup command

cMuscleShader node

cMuscleSmartCollide node [1], [2]

cMuscleSmartConstraint node

cMuscleSpline deformer

custom muscle shapes

reset base pose

cMuscleSpline node

cMuscleSplineBind command

cMuscleSplineDeformer node

cMuscleStretch deformer

cMuscleStretch node

cMuscleSurfAttach node

cMuscleSystem node

Collision attributes

Displace attributes

Force attributes

Jiggle attributes

Main attributes

Relax attributes

Sliding attributes

Smooth attributes

Sticky attributes

cMuscleWeight command

cMuscleWeightDefault command

cMuscleWeightMirror command

cMuscleWeightPrune command

cMuscleWeightSave command

CMYK, definition

shader source table

collapse hierarchy

Collapse Hierarchy (Subdiv Surfaces menu)

collapse levels

collapsing shapes

collections, creating

Collectively (Normalize UVs option)

dynamic constraint

follicle attribute

hair system attribute

passive collision object

hair constraint type

hair system attribute

Collide Over Sample

hair system attribute

hair constraint type

Collide Strength

passive collision object

Collide Strength Map

passive collision object

Collide Strength Scale

Collide Strength Scale Input

Collide Width Offset

hair system attribute

Collide Width Scale [1], [2]

example of controlling color resulting from

Multi-Object Collision

Smart Collision

Transform collisions

working with particles

Collision Flag [1], [3], [4]

collision hair constraints

Collision Icons attribute

Collision Layer

passive collision object

Collision Layer Range

collision layers

setting for nParticles

collision object

collision obstacle (see rigid body)

Collision Thickness

Collision Tolerance

rigid body solver

collisionFriction [1], [2]

collisionResilience [1], [2]

disabling [1], [2]

nCloth [1], [2], [3]

nParticles [1], [2]

particle collision events

particles and geometry

passive collision objects

Collisions attribute

Collisions hair system attributes

collisions, rigid bodies

collisionU, V [1], [2]

collsion events

adding per object

adding per particle

Christmas light effect with particles

emitting into fluid container

fluids [1], [2]

giving object constant color

giving particles randomly changing color

lighting fluids

per vertex, export

understanding RGB and HSV

common material attribute

follicle attribute

Height Field utility

Ramp Shader attribute

Color Accum [1], [2]

Color attribute

Environment Fog Attributes

Light Attributes [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12]

Light Fog Attributes

Particle Cloud Attributes [1], [2]

Color attribute (height field), oceans

Color Balance attributes [1], [2]

Color Balance, fluids

color bar, definition

Color Based Transparency attribute

Environment Fog Attributes

Light Fog Attributes

follicle attribute

Color Blending [1], [2]

Color Blue [1], [2], [3]

Color Chooser [1], [2], [3]

Color Contrast attribute

Color Creation Proc

color curve, definition

description [1], [2]

Color Curves attribute

Color Diffusion, fluids

Color Dissipation, fluids

Paint Fur Attributes Tool

Color Feedback Enabled fur feedback attribute

Color Feedback option

Color Feedback option, Artisan tool (new architecture)

Color Feedback setting [1], [2], [3], [4]

Color Gain attribute [1], [2]

Image Plane Attributes

Color Green [1], [2], [3]

Color If False attribute

Condition Attributes

Color If True attribute

Condition Attributes

Color Index Mode option

Color Input [1], [2], [3]

Ramp Shader attribute

Color Key attribute

Color Length Map attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

color management [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10]

color map, definition

Color Material Channel

Color Method, fluids

Color Mode [1], [3], [4]

Color Mode, ocean

Color Offset attribute [1], [2]

Image Plane Attributes

Color Per Vertex

nParticles [1], [2]

stroke Shape node

Color per vertex (see CPV)

Color Per Vertex, fluids [1], [2]

using color per vertex data

color profile [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]

Color Randomization

hair system attribute

Color Randomize

Color Red [1], [2], [3]

Color Remap attribute

Effects attributes, 2D textures [1], [2]

Effects attributes, environment textures

Color Resolution attribute

Color Set Editor

color set, definition

globally modify

Color Shading option

color space [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]

Color Tex Gain, fluids

Color Texture Resolution

Color1 attribute

Blend Color Attributes

Checker Attributes

Cloud Attributes

Granite Attributes

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Rock Attributes

Color2 attribute

Blend Color Attributes

Checker Attributes

Cloud Attributes

Granite Attributes

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Rock Attributes

Color3 attribute

Colorclip attribute

Coloring option [1], [3]

VRML2 Export Option

Volume Light attribute

adding for UV shells

animate for vertices

assign to vertices

assigning to polygons

change wireframe

copying between polygons

display wireframe

make visible for vertices

paint on vertices

remove from vertices

rendered, assign to vertices

use to visualize blind data

Colors window tabs

Combine [1], [2]

Combine Fills and Edges (SWF only)

combine subdivision surfaces

Combined Textures

Textured channel

combing fur [1], [2]

combing, definition

two-sided materials

output to journal file

registering with InitializePlugin()

command changes

command line render (see batch render)

command line rendering [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

command plug-ins

command templates for ELF commands

Command(s) option

assign to hotkeys

attaching to UI elements

cMuscleBindSticky

cMuscleCompIndex

cMuscleRayIntersect

cMuscleRelaxSetup

cMuscleSplineBind

cMuscleWeightDefault

cMuscleWeightMirror

cMuscleWeightPrune

cMuscleWeightSave

executing with eval function

exists [1], [2]

problems when executed in an expression

reuse with procedures

test validity with exists

tounix (Mac OS)

view and record

to separate list of values

converting statements to

GE2 Output option

comments, embedded

common edge, definition

common end point, definition

Common End Points

Boundary options

Common Material Attributes

common mistakes

Render Settings

comparison operators

compiling an expression

Complete curve range

Offset Curve option

Project Curve On Surface

Complete List menu item

models, displaying

complex scene management

complexity, reduce for a curve or surface

Extrude pivot option

Component Editor [1], [2], [3]

editing numeric values

Component Editor, definition

component indices

Component Relation

component shading groups

Component to Component constraint [1], [2]

creating for nCloth

creating for nParticles

Component Use Object Pivot [1], [2]

component video, definition

component, definition

components [1], [2]

and shapes, in API

applying materials to

numeric values, edit directly

show isolated subset

Composite Depth attribute

Image Plane Attributes

composite video, definition

arranging objects

Compositing Flag

Compositing Interoperability Plug-in

compositing, definition

compositingInterop

compositingShader node

compound attribute

description, for API

compound attribute, definition

compound attributes

compound data type

Compress (SVG only)

VRML2 Export Option

Compression attribute

Image File Output attributes

compression mode

Compression Resistance

method, shading node plug-ins

for tessellation

compute methods

description, for API

Compute Node attribute

concatenating strings

Bevel cap option

concave polygon, definition

Projection Utility type

Concentric Ripple Attributes

Condition Attributes

condition dependency graph rendering node

Condition utility [1], [2]

conditional statements

conditionTest plug-in

Cone Angle [1], [2]

Cone Angle attribute [1], [2]

Cone End Radius

Volume Light attribute

manipulator for spot lights

confining numerical range

confirm dialog, ELF support

confirmDialog command

confirming UV placement

Attach Curves option

Attach Surface option

Connect arbitrary components

Offset Curve options

Hypershade menu

Connect Input menu

Connect Joint Options window

Connect maps to

Assigned shader attribute

New shader attribute

Connect maps to shader attribute

Connect Selected option

Connect to IK/FK

Connect to Time

Connect Within Component

connectAttr command [1], [2]

cMuscleSmartCollide nodes

muscle to deformer

muscles to KeepOut

NURBs curve to cMuscleDisplace

connecting an attribute

connecting dynamics

Dynamic Relationships Editor

connecting joints

Connection Density

Connection Editor [1], [4]

connecting nodes in Hypershade

Connection Editor option

Connection Editor, definition

connection lines

in dependency graph

Connection Method

Connection Update

implicit and create render node

in Maya ASCII files

lines in dependency graph

connectToDependNode

Conserve [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

using with vortex

Conserve attribute

Conserve Mass, fluids

Console [1], [2]

setting lifespan mode

constant option

rigid body constraints

Pole Vector [1], [2]

Constrain UVs (Unfold option)

constrained object, definition

constrained objects [1], [2]

Constraining Nucleus objects

aim, definition

barrier, definition

geometry, definition

hinge rigid body, definition

nail rigid body, definition

normal, definition

orient, definition

pin, definition

point, definition

pole vector, definition

scale, definition

spring, definition

tangent, definition

Constraint Method [1], [2]

constraint node

Constraint Relation

Constraint Rotate attribute [1], [2], [3], [4]

Constraint Scale attribute

Constraint Translate attribute [1], [2]

Constraint Type

constraint types

Constraint Vector attribute [1], [2], [3]

constraints [1], [2], [3], [4]

adding and removing members

Attract to Matching Mesh

changing membership for nCloth

Component to Component

Disable Collision and Exclude Collision Pairs

enabling and disabling all nodes

hair, collision, hair

collision constraints

hair, setting up

modify constrained axis

nCloth [1], [3]

parent [1], [2]

parenting and keying rigid body

Point to Surface [1], [2]

rigid bodies [1], [2]

Slide on Surface

split line point placement

Tearable Surface

Weld Adjacent Borders

fixing problems

Curve Fillet options

construction history [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]

construction history, definition

construction plane

snapping creation tools

Construction Plane (Create menu)

construction plane, definition

and shading node plug-ins

Contact Data [1], [2]

turning on or off in rigid body solver

contactPosition

creating [1], [2], [3]

container manipulators

container nodes

creating and removing

Container Properties attributes, fluids

container templates

Contents Details attributes, fluids

Contents Method

Dynamic Grid [1], [2], [3], [4]

Contents Method attributes

Context-sensitive menu

contiguous audio files

continue statement

maintain for Square operation

positional, change for stitch

tangent, change for stitch

Align Curves option

Align Surfaces options

Stitch Edges Tool option

continuity (Smooth option)

Continuity Type

Continuous selection

contour rendering, definition

Contour store shaders

contour_composite

contour_contrast_function_levels

contour_contrast_function_simple

contour_shader__widthfromlight

contour_shader_combi

contour_shader_curvature

contour_shader_depthfade

contour_shader_factorcolor

contour_shader_framefade

contour_shader_layerthinner

contour_shader_randomtransparency

contour_shader_randomwidth

contour_shader_simple

contour_shader_widthfromcolor

contour_shader_widthfromlightdir

contour_store_function

contour_store_function_simple

Contours [1], [2]

Contrast attribute

Checker Attributes

Cloud Attributes

Grid Attributes

Marble Attributes

Contrast Attributes

contrast dependency graph rendering node

Contrast Sensitive Production attribute

Contrast Tolerance, fluids

Contrast Utility

contrastShader node

control curve, definition

applying forces to

control line (see hull)

control object (IK)

control point (see control vertex)

control point, definition

copy settings [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

Control Points tessellation method

Control Resolution

control statements

control vertex (CV), definition

control vertices (CVs) [1], [2]

control visibility/reflection per layer

of angular units only

of data types, unexpected

of user selected units

conversion functions

Conversion Mode

conversion of polygons, prepare for

conversion options

NURBS to polygon

polygon to subdiv

polygons to triangles or quadrangles

textures to geometry

Instance to Object

NURBS to Subdiv

Polygons to Subdiv

Smooth Mesh Preview to Polygons

Subdiv to NURBS

Subdiv to Polygons

Texture to Geometry

Convert (Modify menu)

Convert Displacement to Polygons

Convert File To Optimized Format attribute

Convert Fluid to Polygons

Convert Material to File Texture

Convert nParticles to polygons [1], [2]

Convert nParticles to Polygons [1], [2]

Convert Paint Effects to Curves

Convert Paint Effects to NURBS

Convert Paint Effects to Polygons

convert selection

Convert Selection

To Contained Edges

To Contained Faces

To Vertex Faces

Convert Selection to Edges

Convert Selection to Faces

Convert Selection to UVs

Convert Selection to Vertices

Convert Texture to Vertex Map [1], [2]

Convert to Breakdown

Convert To File Texture command

Convert Toon to Polygons

Convert Vertex to Texture Map [1], [2]

ConvertEdgesToContainedFacesCmd plug-in

degrees to radians

joints to capsules

Maya files to Alias wire format

measurement units

NURBs to Muscle Objects

polygonal meshes to bones

statements to comments

to breakdowns [1], [2]

converting a UV selection

converting Maya image files

converting UV selection

convertMapCmd plug-in

ConvertVerticesToContainedEdgesCmd plug-in

ConvertVerticesToContainedFacesCmd

Bevel cap option

Coordinate Method, fluids

Coordinate Speed, fluids

coordinate system, definition

coordinate systems

coordinates of regions

copies of objects

Copy (UV tool button)

copy and offset a curve or surface

fur render setting

Copy Texture Maps on Save Scene As option

Copy UVs to UV Set [1], [2]

Copy/paste faces or UVs (UV tool button)

fur descriptions

to other scenes

copying brush settings

in Graph Editor

using the Time Slider

corner, chamfering

Rebuild Surfaces option, keep

comparison with sin function

wave pattern (animating a ball)

Cosine Power, fluids

count (polygons)

display polygon count

Count, tessellation method

Coverage attribute

2d Texture Placement Attributes [1], [2]

Anti-aliasing Quality attributes

Coverage Origin X attribute

Coverage Origin Y attribute

Coverage X attribute

Coverage Y attribute

multi-thread rendering

use all available for multi-thread rendering

CPV, definition

Crater Attributes

crater dependency graph rendering node

Crease Angle Max

Crease Angle Min

Crease Break Angle

Crease Color attribute

Crease Line Width

crease line, definition

Crease Proxy Edge Tool

Crease Width Modulation

Creases attribute

Granite Attributes

Leather Attributes

creases, creating

subdivision surface

Creasing channel

curly, wavy hair

FBIK floor contacts

parent constraints

ponytails, braids with hair

spring IK handle

Expression Editor

Create 2D Container

Create 2D Container with Emitter [1], [2]

Create 3D Container [1], [2]

Create 3D Container with Emitter

Create Active Rigid Body

panel in Hypershade

Create Bar On/Off button

Bevel Plus option

Create Blend Shape

Create Cache options

Bevel Plus options

Create Character button

Create Character Set Options window

options [1], [2]

Create Constraint

hair [1], [2], [3]

Create Curve On Surface

Circular Fillet option

Create Curves for

Intersect Surfaces option

Create Deformer menu

Create Deformers menu

Create Emitter [1], [2]

Create Empty Color Set

Create Empty UV Set [1], [2]

Create Fire Effect Options [1], [2]

Create Flare Deformer Options window

Create Flexor window

Create Follicles

Paint Hair Follicles options

Create Hair [1], [2], [3]

create hair cache

Create Hair options

Create IK Handle tool setting

Create Light Set from Highlighted Lights option

Relationship Editor

Construction Plane

NURBS Primitives

Create Modifier

Create New Cache

Create New Node

Create nParticles [1], [2], [4]

Create Emitter [1], [2], [3]

Emit from Object [1], [2]

Fill Object [1], [2], [3]

nParticle Tool [1], [2]

nParticles Tool

Create Object Set from Highlighted Objects option

Relationship Editor

Create Ocean [1], [2]

Create Particle

Create Particle Grid

Create Particle Per Flow

Create Passive Follicles

Paint Hair Follciels options

Create Passive Rigid Body

Create Polygon Tool

polygon modeling tips

Create Preview Plane option

Create PSD Network (UV Texture Editor)

Create Ramp [1], [2]

Create Reference (File menu)

Create Render Node dialog box

Create Rest Curves

create hair attribute

Create Rigid Body Solver

Create Sine Deformer Options window

Create Smoke Effect Options

Create Soft Body

Create Springs [1], [2]

Create Squash Deformer Options window

Create Texture Reference Object

Create Twist Deformer Options window

Create Unattached menu item

Create UVs Based On Camera

Create Wave Deformer Options window

createInstancerPivot

createNode command

creating [1], [2]

aim constraints

Attract to Matching Mesh constraint

cluster deformers

cMuscleDirection

cMuscleShader network

cMuscleSmartCollide node

constraints [1], [3]

flare deformers

force fields with nCloth

jiggle deformers

mental ray mib_cMuscleShader network

nCloth [1], [3]

nCloth Component to Component constraint

nCloth constraints

nCloth Disable Collisions constraint

nCloth Exclude Collision Pairs constraint

nCloth Force Field constraint

nCloth Point to Surface constraint

nCloth Slide on Surface constraint

nCloth Transform constraint

normal constraints

nParticle caches [1], [2]

nParticle Component to Component constraint

nParticle Disable Collisions constraint

nParticle Exclude Collision Pairs constraint

nParticle Point to Surface constraint

nParticle Slide on Surface constraint

nParticle Transform constraint

nParticles [1], [2]

nParticles Disable Collisions constraint

nParticles Force Field constraint

NURBS primitives

orient constraints

passive collision objects [1], [2]

per-instance UV sets

point constraints

polygon primitives [1], [2]

using the Create menu

using the Shelf

scale constraints

sculpt deformers

seams or creases

squash deformers

tangent constraints

Tearable Surface constraint

twist deformers

Weld Adjacent Vertices constraint

wrinkle deformers

creating a file reference

creating a group of clips

creating custom shaders

creating new expressions

creation expression, definition

creation expressions [1], [2]

assigning to rgbPP

dynamics start frame

example assignment to lifespan

execution for emitted particles

how often execution occurs

using values in runtime expressions

Creation Method

Creation Options

Creation Script attribute

and shading node plug-ins

creator, method for manips, API

cropping an image

cross knot insertion

cross product of two vectors

cross section and surface modifiers (see loft)

cross-hair cursor

Crossing Effect attribute

Crossing Effect tool setting

Crossover Push [1], [2]

Crossover Pushout

cube environment texture

cube primitive [1], [2]

primitive sphere option

Projection Utility type

surface degree Extrude option

Cubic surface degree

display options

culling (see backface culling)

Culling attribute

Culling Threshold attribute

hair system attribute

hair, edit curves

Curl (Modify Curves tool)

hair system attribute

Curl Frequency attribute

follicle attribute

Curl Offset attribute

to surround list of values

current character set

current character set, definition

for tessellation

Current Position

Current Position hair curves

Current Rigid Solver [1], [2]

Current Solver tool setting

current state caches, fluid [1], [2]

changing Time Slider

Current Time [1], [2], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]

hair system attribute

incoming connection to emitter

rigid body solver

for tessellation

currentUnit command

display problems

Align Curves option

Align Surfaces option

Project Tangent option

Rebuild Curve option

curvature (G2) continuity

Curvature attribute

curvature continuity

align curves with

align surfaces with

curvature continuous

make a curve with a curve intersection

make a curve with a surface

make a curve with another curve

Curvature creation option

Curvature Modulation

curvature modulation, definition

Curvature Scale

Align Curves option

Align Surfaces option

Project Tangent option

Curvature Tolerance

Set NURBS Tessellation

Curvature Tolerance attribute

Curvature Width

Curve Attract attribute

Curve attribute

Curve creation option

curve deformation (see path)

Curve Degree option

Auto Paint Grid

Curve Div per Span option

Curve Divisions option

Curve Editing tool

reshape curve with

Curve Editing Tool

curve emitters [1], [2]

Curve Fillet (Edit Curves menu)

Curve Fit Checkpoints

curve flow effect

Curve Follow attribute

curve functions

Curve Max Dist attribute

select [1], [2]

curve on surface

adding fields to

curve on surface, picking

Curve Parameters

Curve Fillet option

constraining to locators

curve positions

setting for hair

Extrude options

Offset Curve options

Project Curve On Surface options

change for Arc Tools

curve shape nodes

Curve Tolerance

Curve Utilities submenu [1], [3], [4]

curve-on-surface

creating with intersection

extend a certain distance

extend to exact coordinates

use to create a curve

curve-on-surface, definition

access through MObject handles

add to a lofted surface

align with a curve or surface

assigning as motion path, with motionPathCmd plug-in

attach brush to mesh

attach brush to surface

attaching brushes to

auto-simplifying with IK spline handle

bounding, create surface from

change degree, for edit point

change degree, number of spans/patches

controling tube behavior with

convert to uniform parameterization

create from a surface component curve

create from Degree 1 curve

create helix, with helix2Cmd plug-in

create on intersection of surfaces

creating trimmed surfaces

Current Position hair

displaying hair

divisions per span

draw by placing CVs

draw by placing edit points

dynamic, scenarios

extend a certain distance

extend to exact coordinates

extend with move CVs

extrude and bevel a surface from

fillets, create from two curves

hair, editing, edit

interpolated, setting tolerance

make open or closed

match end points

modification falloff

multiple end knots

muting in Dope Sheet and Graph Editor

new, display options

normalization limitations

planning for surfaces

profile, used to make surfaces

project on surface along surface normals

projecting on surface

reduce complexity

reshape [1], [2]

resulting, editing attributes

reverse normals

selecting, hair

setting behavior

show parameter or arc-length values

smoothing [1], [2]

Smoothness option

smoothness, controlling

transforming IK handle

uniform knot spacing

use revolve to create a surface

Convert Paint Effects to Curves

Curves On Surface

Intersect Surfaces option

fur attractor set attribute

curves, dynamic

CurveSegmentManip

GE2 Output Domain option

Custom attribute [1], [2], [3]

custom attributes

adding to particle shape node

examples of assignment

when to use in expressions

Custom Color [1], [2]

custom deformable objects

Custom Extension attribute

Custom Globals attribute

custom icon for assets

Component Editor

Custom Location

custom mental ray shaders

custom mental ray text

custom menu sets [1], [2]

Custom Motion Offsets

Custom Motion Vectors

custom object text

Custom Polygon Display

color per vertex

Custom renaming of removed frames [1], [2]

Custom Sampling attribute

Custom Scene [1], [2]

Custom Scene attribute

Custom Scene Text

Root Group Text

Custom Shader [1], [2], [3]

Custom shader attribute

custom shader libraries

creating [1], [2]

mental ray [1], [2]

Custom Text Editor [1], [2]

Custom Textures

custom vertex data

Custom Vertex Data

Customization attribute

mental ray for Maya

customizing lock settings

customizing menus to tools

Cut Curve (Edit Curves menu)

description [1], [2]

Cut UV Edges (Edit UVs menu)

Cut UVs along selection (UV tool button)

subdivision surface

Offset Curve option

in the Dope Sheet

in the Graph Editor

in the Time Slider

CV (see control vertex)

CV Curve Tool (Create menu)

CV Hardness (Edit Curves menu)

Stitch Surface Points option

Stitch Surface Points option

cvColorNode plug-in

cvColorShader node

cvExpandCmd plug-in

cvPosCmd plug-in

add more by inserting edit points/isoparms

add to end of curve

control multiplicity

displaying on new curves or surfaces

matching when tessellating

move on a curve or surface [1], [2]

Rebuild Curve, Keep option

Rebuild Surfaces option, keep

select region of

selecting, hair

use to draw a curve

versus edit points

CVs, masking [1], [2]

animation curves

with offset animation curves

Cycle Emission, fluid emitter

Cycle Emissions attribute

Cycle Frames option

Cycle Interval attribute

Cycle Interval, fluid emitter

Cycle Step Unit

Cycle UVs (UV tool button)

CycleStartObject

instancer particle option

cyclical pattern with sin function

cycling nCache clips

cylinders, create, with quadricShape plug-in

Projection Utility type

cylindrical mapping

image center, changing

image rotation angle, change

image scale (width, height), change

Cylindrical Mapping

cylindrical projection, definition

cylindrical UV mapping

D

objects, shapes, API

access through MObject handles

generalized instancing

parenting information

paths of instances

position information

rotation information

scale information

transform nodes

DAG object (see transform node)

connection lines

with scanDagCmd plug-in

with scanDagSyntax plug-in

DAG, definition

dynamic constraint

follicle attribute

hair system attribute

Damping [1], [2]

rigid body Spring constraint

damping, definition

Darken Blend Mode, 3D Paint Tool

dashed lines representing creases

export to an open file

and shading node plug-ins

description, for API

in Maya image file format

Data conversion

description, for API

and shading node plug-ins

description, for API

data organization

in Maya ASCII files

data server devices

Data Type attribute [1], [2]

automatic conversion

conversion of displayed strings

conversion with arithmetic operators

for multiple values

unexpected conversions

Cameras for GE2

Cameras for VRML2

Geo/Mat for RTG

Geo/Mat for VRML2

geometry for GE2

Lights for VRML2

debugging expressions with print function

debugging features

decal sheet, UV mapping

Decay Rate attribute [1], [2], [3]

decay rates, custom

manipulator for spot lights

Decay Regions, setting interactively

deleted in data type conversion

precision in display

declaration, combining with assignment

DeclareSingle macro

declaring variables

decoder, definition

setting for DoubleShading Switch

setting for QuadShading Switch

setting for SingleShading Switch

setting for TripleShading Switch

Default Blend Mode, 3D Paint Tool

Default Color attribute [1], [2]

default command port

default error log path

Default Field Extension (o and e) attribute

Default In/Out Tangent animation options

default lighting

default lighting, turn on or off

Default Manipulator

in Expression Editor

making an object the

Default placement

Default renaming of removed frames [1], [2]

default shelves, load

Default Weight option

default weights

Default Weights tool

defaultFurGlobals

defaultLightList dependency graph rendering node

defaultRenderUtilityList dependency graph rendering node

defaultShaderList dependency graph rendering node

defaultTextureList dependency graph rendering node

Deflection attribute

Deflection Min/Max attributes

Deform Resistance

deform() method

for MPxDeformerNode

deformable object point (see control point)

deformable object points

deformable object, definition

deformable objects [1], [2]

Relative Sticky

troubleshooting

deformation chain

deformation chain, definition

deformation order

Deformation Order creation option [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]

Deformation Order tool setting

deformation order, definition

deformation parameter (see flexor)

deformation, definition

apply to a subdivision surface

bend, definition

blend shape, definition

flare, definition

free form, definition

jiggle, definition

joint cluster flexor, definition

joint lattice flexor, definition

joint sculpt flexor, definition

lattice, definition

nonlinear, definition

radial wrinkle, definition

sculpt, definition

sine, definition

squash, definition

twist, definition

wave, definition

wire, definition

wrap, definition

wrinkle, definition

deformer dependency graph nodes

texture placement before deformation

deformer set, definition

deformer, definition

blending influences of several deformers

changing performance settings

deformation order placement

editing node behavior

editing set membership

paint wire deformer tool settings

painting set membership

setup and animation

deforming objects with fluids

deforming particles

deforming surfaces

troubleshooting

deg_to_rad function

change for Arc Tools

change for curves

change for curves, surfaces

change for edit point curve

change for pencil curve

of a polynomial equation

follicle attribute

Rebuild Curve option

degree (of curve)

Degree 1 (linear) curves

Degree 1 (scan) data, use to create a Degree 3 curve

Degree 2 (quadratic) curves

Degree 3 (cubic) curves

create to match scan data

geometry, changing

Rebuild Surfaces option

Degree-of-Freedom Record

converting to radians [1], [2]

RTG Output Option, Format

Degrees of Freedom tool setting

Delete (Edit menu)

Delete All by Type (Edit menu)

Delete All by Type Strokes option

Delete Array Mapper [1], [2]

Delete Attribute (Modify menu)

Delete backup files [1], [2], [3], [4]

Delete by Type (Edit menu)

Delete by Type option

Delete Cache [1], [2]

Delete Cache Frame

Delete Current Color Set

Delete Current UV Set [1], [2]

Delete Edge/Vertex

troubleshooting

Delete Entire Hair System

Delete existing caches after merge

Merge Cache Clips

Delete Follicles

Paint Hair Follicles options

delete hair cache

Delete history on render proxy updates

Delete History option

Booleans option

Delete menu item

delete modifiers (see Hypergraph)

Delete Original Source

Delete Surface Flow Particles

Delete Targets creation option

Delete Texture Reference Object

Delete Unused Duplicate Shading Networks option

Delete Unused Nodes option

Delete UVs [1], [2]

deleteManipulator

deleteUI command

animation expressions

attribute names

Geometry Cache [1], [2]

keys in the Graph Editor [1], [2]

keys using the Time Slider

text from expressions

deleting fur descriptions

deleting strokes

Volume Noise [1], [2]

Density (Importons) attribute

Density attribute

Cloud Attributes

Granite Attributes

Leather Attributes

Light Fog Attributes

Particle Cloud Attributes [1], [2]

Density Emission Map, fluid emitter

Density Gradient attribute

Density Gradient, fluids

Density Method, fluid emitter

follicle attribute

Density Scale, fluids

Density, fluids

Density/Voxel/Sec, fluid emitter

dependency graph [1], [2]

circleNode plug-in [1], [2]

displaying lights

displaying textures

jitterNode plug-in

latticeNoise plug-in

show inputs and outputs

dependency graph loops

dependency graph navigation

with findTexturesCmd plug-in

with findTexturesPerPolygonCmd plug-in

dependency graph nodes, API

dependency graph, definition

dependency node

querying with nodeInfoCmd plug-in

dependency view

Curve Fillet option

Freeform Fillet option

Solid Fractal Attributes

Depth attribute

Cloud Attributes

Noise Attributes

Output Settings attributes

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Placement attributes

Recursion Depth attributes

Depth Bias attribute

Image Plane Attributes

Depth Channel (Z Depth)

depth channel, definition

depth compositing

Depth Decay attribute

depth fading (see environment fog)

description, for cameras

Depth File attribute

Image Plane Attributes

depth information

Render Layer Member Overrides

Depth Map Shadow

depth map shadows

optimizing [1], [2]

reusing depth maps

Depth Map Shadows [1], [2]

depth map, definition

Volume Noise [1], [2]

Depth Max attribute

Depth Max, fluids

Depth Of Field attribute

depth of field, definition

Depth Oversample attribute

Image Plane Attributes

Depth Scale attribute

Image Plane Attributes

Depth Shadow attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Depth Shadow Depth attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Depth Shadow Type attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Depth Sort [1], [2], [3], [4]

Depth tessellation method

Closest Visible Depth

Furthest Visible Depth

Output Settings attributes

depth-of-field samples override

depth, saving as grayscale values

depthShader node

for manipulators, API

derive from Maya [1], [2]

Desaturate attribute

and shading node plug-ins

Detach Component

Detach Curves (Edit Curves menu)

detach curves or surfaces

Detach Fur Description menu item

Detach Skin Options window [1], [2]

Detach Surfaces (Edit NURBS menu)

detaching fur descriptions

subdivision surface

Detail Level Preset

hair system attribute

Detail Shadow map

Detail Shadow Map

Detail Shadow Map Attributes

Detail Turbulence, fluid emitter

detecting errors in Mel

Device Aspect Ratio attribute

device plug-ins

jlcVcrDevice plug-in

registering with InitializePlugin()

setting for motion capture

DG (see dependency graph)

DG node display

dgs_material_photon

Diagnose BSP attribute

Diagnose finalgather

Diagnose Grid attribute

Diagnose Photon

Diagnose Photon attribute

Diagnose Photon Density

Diagnose Samples

Diagnose Samples attribute

scenes [1], [2]

Muscle Save Weights

Muscle Spline Deformer Shape

diamonds, refraction

Die On Emission Volume Exit

Die on Emission Volume Exit attribute

dielectric_material

dielectric_material_photon

Difference (Boolean operation)

mental ray for Maya

Diffuse [1], [2]

painting [1], [2]

Render Layer Pass

Diffuse Coeff attribute [1], [2]

diffuse, definition

Diffusion attribute

Marble Attributes

Rock Attributes

Diffusion, fluids

digital disk recorder, definition

number of, for VRML2 output

Dim Image (UV tool button)

Direct Illumination Shadow Effects attribute

direct light, sources of

direct manipulation

DirectConnect, definition

Directed Acyclic Graph (see DAG)

turntable animation

Duplicate Face option

Insert Isoparms option

Move Component option

Rebuild Surfaces options

direction constraint (see aim constraint)

Direction fur attribute

Direction option

Direction Vector

Direction X, Y, Z

emitter manipulator

field manipulator

Direction X, Y, Z attribute

directional emitters

directional light

editing attributes

Directional light attributes

directional light, definition

Directional Light, fluids

directional point emitter

directional point emitter, definition

Directional Speed attribute [1], [2]

Directional Speed, fluid emitter

directionalHinge

directionalLight dependency graph rendering node

Only Show Files (Hide Directory Tree)

setting default

Disable All Caches On Selected [1], [2]

Disable Animation Detection

Disable Collision and Exclude Collision Pairs constraints

Disable Collision constraint

Disable Collisions constraint

creating for nCloth

creating for nParticles

Disable DG Cycle Detection

Disable Evaluation

Disable Evaluation, fluids

Disable implicit control

Bake Simulation

Disable Implicit Control

Disable Maya Rendering (batch only)

fur render setting

Disable Weight Normalization selection

Trim Tool option

disconnect faces from their shared edges

disconnectAttr command

disconnected attributes, display

disconnecting an attribute

disconnecting dynamics

Dynamic Relationships Editor

display in Hypershade

tab type, Hypershade

Disk based Dmaps

Disk Based Dmaps [1], [2]

Disk Based Dmaps attribute [1], [4]

disk cache options

Dispatcher [1], [2]

Displace Motion Factor attribute

blur problems with

converting to polygons

Height Field utility

troubleshooting

Displacement Shader material, create

GE2 Animation Option

Displacement attribute (height field), oceans

Displacement Decay attribute

Displacement deformation [1], [2]

displacement map, definition

displacement mapping

Feature Displacement attribute

Initial Sample Rate attribute

Normal Threshold attribute

performance [1], [2]

Texture Threshold attribute

troubleshooting

displacement maps [1], [2]

displacement material, definition

displacement materials

Displacement Offset attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

displacement output attribute

Displacement Scale

hair system attribute

Displacement Scale attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Displacement to Polygons

Displacements hair system attributes

displacementShader dependency graph rendering node

displacementShader node

only selected object

soft and hard edges

Display Active Vertices option

Display All Circles

Display Alpha Channel (UV tool button)

Display Alpha Channel button

Render View window

Display attributes, fluids

Display Center of Mass

passive collision object

Display Connections

Display Constraint

Display Current Mesh

Display Field Chart attribute

Display Film Gate attribute

Object Shading menu

Display Fog option

Display Geometry

Display Icons and Text

Display Icons Only

Display Image (UV tool button)

Display In Viewport

Display Input Mesh

display layered textures

merge when importing files

Custom Polygon Display

Heads Up Display

Render View window

Wireframe Color

Display menu selections

Display menu, Paint Effects panel [1], [2]

Display Min, Max, Edge Loft

display of objects

display option (see hotbox)

Display Options attributes

Hardware Render Settings

Display Percent option

display performance

display quality

Display Quality

hair system attribute

Paint Effects Tool option

Display Real Size button

Render View window

Display Render Tesselation Geometry

NURBS Smoothness option

Display Resolution

Display Resolution attribute

Display RGB Channels (UV tool button)

Display RGB Channels button

Render View window

Display Safe Action attribute

Display Safe Title attribute

Display Shadows attribute

Display Speed attribute

Display Start Position

Display Sub Manips

Display Subsegments

Display Thickness

Display Unfiltered

Display Velocity

displayError() method

an unordered sequence of images

attribute contents

disconnected attributes

images in full resolution

input and output connections

variable contents

displayWarning()

Dissipation, fluids

Extend Curve option

Extend Surfaces

Distance Between utility [1], [2]

Distance Clip Planes

Distance Clip Planes attribute

Distance Cutoff option

Distance Scaling attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

distanceBetween dependency graph rendering node

of texture maps, minimize with Unfold

distributed render [1], [2]

distributed rendering [1], [2]

command line render [1], [2]

Satellite [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

Standalone [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]

using Backburner [1], [2]

distributing fur

Dither attribute

Dithered option

Render View window

Division levels

Divisions creation option

Divisions Per Face tessellation option

divisions per span, curve

Dmap Bias attribute [1], [2]

Dmap Filter Size [1], [2]

Dmap Filter Size attribute [1], [2]

Dmap Focus attribute [1], [2], [3]

Dmap Frame Ext attribute

Dmap Light Name attribute

Dmap Resolution [1], [2]

Dmap Resolution attribute [1], [2]

Dmap Scene Name attribute

Dmap Use Macro attribute

Dmap Width Focus attribute [1], [2]

dnoise function

do ... while statement

Bounding Box camera setting [1], [2]

camera settings [1], [2]

Local camera setting [1], [2]

Snap box dolly to camera settings [1], [2]

Surface camera setting [1], [2]

dolly, definition

dollying, cameras

GE2 Output options

Don’t Duplicate Springs

Don’t Ignore when Rendering option

dongle, definition

attribute spreadsheet [1], [2]

bake channel [1], [2]

Center Current Time

compound attributes

key and curve colors

outliner groupings

simplify curve [1], [2]

summary [1], [2]

View menu [1], [5]

dope sheet, definition

double angle brackets [1], [2]

double buffer mode

Double Shading Switch

Convert to File Texture

Render Layer Member Overrides

double transformation effect, definition

double transformation effects [1], [2]

Volume Light Dir

downstream connection, definition

downstream node (see output node)

Draft attribute

Draft motion blur attribute

Draft rendering setting

DraftRapidMotion attribute

hair system attribute

Draw Arrowheads, fluids

Draw Brush Affected Vertices option

Draw Brush Feedback option

Draw Collide Width

hair system attribute

Draw Length, fluids

Draw Order stroke option

Draw Outline option

Draw Outline Tangent option

Draw Outline while Painting option

Draw Style attribute [1], [2]

Draw Velocity setting

draw, method for manips, API

dress-up pose, definition

Driven Channels [1], [2]

driven key, definition

animation overview

displaying objects

loading objects

multiple drivers

nonkeyable attributes

Drop Size attribute

Dropoff attribute [1], [2], [3]

Dropoff creation option [1], [2]

Dropoff Distance

Dropoff Distance attribute [1], [2], [3]

Dropoff Distance creation option [1], [2]

Dropoff Distance tool setting

Dropoff Rate option

Dropoff Shape, fluids

Dropoff Subtract

Dropoff Type attribute

Dropoff Type creation option [1], [2]

dropouts, definition

dual quaternion skinning

dummy object (see locator)

Duplicate (Edit menu)

Duplicate command

Duplicate Input Connections

Duplicate Input Graph

Duplicate menu item

Duplicate NURBS Patches (Edit NURBS menu)

Duplicate option [1], [2]

duplicate render layers

Duplicate Surface Curves (Edit Curves menu)

description [1], [2]

options [1], [2]

Duplicate Upstream Graph

Duplicate with Transform

Duplicate with Transform (Edit menu)

Duplicate, Make Copy Soft

Duplicate, Make Original Soft

particle objects

duplicating fur descriptions

duplicating objects

duplicating objects with strokes on them

during playback, fluids

changing effect of

simulating [1], [2], [3]

Dust Density attribute

dust, illuminated

DWG, definition

DXF, definition

dying particles

create hair attribute

dynamic attribute, definition

dynamic attributes [1], [2]

adding [1], [2], [3]

adding to object

blindComplexDataCmd plug-in

blindDoubleDataCmd

blindShortDataCmd plug-in

for blind data API

Dynamic Attributes [1], [2]

Dynamic Chain attractors

dynamic cloning [1], [2]

dynamic curve scenarios

behavior, changing

Contents Method

dynamic fluid effects, creating

changing behavior

particles, moving

Dynamic Friction

dynamic fur movement

Dynamic Grid [1], [2], [3], [4]

caching [1], [2]

emitting fluids into

flooding, fluids

painting, fluids [1], [2]

set property values as initial state

dynamic locators [1], [2]

dynamic matrix (not possible)

dynamic objects

dynamic obstacle (see rigid body)

dynamic per object attribute

example assignment to lifespan

dynamic per particle attribute

example assignment to lifespanPP

Dynamic Properties

Dynamic Relationships Editor [1], [2]

Dynamic Simulation attributes, fluids

dynamicConstraintShape node

Connection Density Range

Dynamic Constraint Attributes

Strength Dropoff

changing start frame

combining with keys

connecting and disconnecting

defined [1], [2]

events, testing (sample MEL script)

how often Maya evaluates

playback rate (sample MEL script)

rigid bodies, options

scaling effect using dynamics weight

synchronizing with other animation

testing (sample MEL script)

Dynamics hair system attributes

Dynamics Overrides

follicle attributes

Dynamics Weight [1], [2], [3], [4]

hair system attribute

dynamics, definition

dynamicsWeight attribute

E

e raised to power

EBU time code, definition

Eccentricity, ocean

Edge Anti-aliasing attribute

Edge Antialias attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Edge Blend attribute

create hair attribute

Edge Dropoff, fluids

convert selection to

description [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]

insert multidirectional

multidirectional

edge loop, definition

edge path, selecting shortest

convert selection to

description [1], [2]

multidirectional

selection [1], [2]

edge ring, definition

Edge Smoothing attribute

Set NURBS Tessellation

Edge Thresh attribute

Edge U, V options

Auto Paint Grid

edge, definition

border [1], [2]

constrain properties for

convert selection to

convert selection to contained

dashed lines representing creases

deleting [1], [2]

disconnect faces from shared

display options

extrude along a path curve

hard, displaying

lock on surfaces (stitch)

merge into one vertex

painting across

pull polygons out of

rendering problems

round off meeting point between

select contiguous

select partial loop

selecting smooth only or hard only

selecting subdivision surface

Swap tessellation

troubleshooting

use to create a curve

edges (see UV borders)

FBIK floor contacts

Edit Array Mapper

Edit Assigned Bake Set

Edit Attribute (Modify menu)

Edit button [1], [2]

Edit Curves menu

Add Points Tool

Curve Editing Tool

customizing tools

Duplicate Surface Curves

Intersect Curves

Open/Close Curves

Project Tangent

Reverse Curve Direction

Edit Deformers > Blend Shape > Add

Edit Deformers menu

Edit Membership Tool

Lattice > Remove Lattice Tweaks

Lattice > Reset Lattice

Edit Fluid Resolution

Edit Follicle Attributes

Paint Hair Follicles options

Edit Fur Description menu item

Edit Membership Tool [1], [2]

Edit Membership Tool menu item

Delete All by Type

Duplicate with Transform

Invert Selection

Level of Detail

Paint Selection Tool

Quick Select Sets

Select All by Type

Select Hierarchy

Edit NURBS menu

Attach Surfaces

Attach Without Moving

customizing tools

Detach Surfaces

Duplicate NURBS Patches

Extend Surfaces

Insert Isoparms

Intersect Surfaces

Offset Surfaces

Open/Close Surfaces

Project Curve on Surface

Rebuild Surfaces

Reverse Surface Direction

Sculpt Surfaces Tool [1], [2]

Surface Editing

Surface Fillet > Circular Fillet

Surface Fillet > Fillet Blend Tool

Surface Fillet > Freeform Fillet

Untrim Surfaces

Edit NURBS UV mode

edit object after boolean operation

Edit Oversampling

edit point, definition

add to end of curve

displaying on new curves or surfaces

use to draw a curve

Edit Ramp [1], [2]

Edit Template Brush button

Edit Template icon

animation preferences

bend deformation effects

cluster deformation effects

expressions, in text field

flare deformation effects

geometry constraints

nCloth constraints

nParticle caches [1], [2]

pole vector constraints

sculpt deformation effects

sine deformation effects

squash deformation effects

twist deformation effects

wave deformation effects

wire deformation effects

wrinkle deformation effects

editing a namespace

editing limitations

in Maya ASCII files

editing referenced files [1], [2]

attribute, open multiple

Curve Editing tool

Curve Editing Tool

Hypergraph [1], [2]

Outliner [1], [2]

plug-in manager

Surface Editing tool

effector, definition

Shatter [1], [2]

Effects attributes

2D textures [1], [2]

environment textures

effects, definition

influence object

electronic tablet

sculpting surfaces

control with mouse

description, for azimuth elevation tool [1], [2]

Elevation attribute

Environment Ball Attributes

Elevation Min/Max attributes

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

ELF, definition

elliptical filtering [1], [2], [3]

else statements

embedded comments

embossing [1], [2]

Emission In World [1], [2], [3], [4]

emission maps, fluids [1], [2]

Emission Overlap Pruning

Emission Random Stream

Emission Random Stream Seeds

Emission Speed Attributes, fluid emitter

emissions, disabling

Volume Light attribute

Emit Fluid Color

Emit Fluid Color, fluid emitter

emission maps, using [1], [2]

from nParticles

Emit from Object [1], [2], [3], [4]

emit MEL command

particle collision event

dynamic curve scenario

emitted particles

altering transform attributes

coloring with texture

creating springs

creation expression execution and

from a position

limiting quantity

local space [1], [2]

spreading from emitting NURBS

varying from geometry points

varying rate per particle

nParticles [1], [2]

Emitter Icons attribute

Emitter Type, fluids

emitter, definition

emitterPaint script

emitterRatePP [1], [2], [3]

controlling with ramp

emitters [1], [2]

adding to object

connecting to particles

connecting to selected [1], [2]

creating [1], [2]

curve [1], [2], [3]

definition, API

directional point

from selected vertices, CVs or edit points

hiding emitter icon

inheriting velocity of moving

obtaining parent particle ids

obtaining UV coordinates [1], [3], [4]

scaling rate with texture

surface [1], [2], [3]

volume [1], [2]

fluid from surface

Empty Group (Create menu)

dynamic constraint

Enable All Caches On Selected [1], [2]

Enable Default Light [1], [2]

Enable Default Light attribute

Enable Default Scene

Enable Depth Maps attribute

fur render settings

Enable Fur Image Rendering

Enable Fur Shading/Shadowing

Enable IK Solver

Enable Map Visualizer attribute

Enable profile curve

displaying IK handle

Enable Stroke Rendering attribute

Enable Stroke Rendering render option

Enable Texture Rate

Enable Weight Normalization selection

RTG Animation Option

VRML2 Animation Option

Animation Snapshot

encoder, definition

End Angle attribute

End Angle creation option

end bounds of stroke, modifying

Rebuild Curve type

Rebuild Surfaces option

End Cycle Extension

End Distance1 attribute

end effector, definition

End Flare X attribute

End Flare X creation option

End Flare Z attribute

End Flare Z creation option

End Frame attribute

Image File Output attributes [1], [2]

Image Output Files attributes [1], [2]

End Frame option

end joint, definition

fur attractor set attribute

End Point Tolerance

Boundary option

match for Boundary surfaces

End Smoothness attribute

End Smoothness creation option

End Sweep Angle

End Time [1], [2]

End Time attribute

End1 and End2 Weight

Rebuild Curve, Keep option

Enforce Count From History [1], [2], [3]

Convert to File Texture

Env Ball texture

Env Chrome texture

Env Cube texture [1], [2]

Env Sky texture

Env Sphere texture [1], [2]

Env. Rays (Irradiance Particles) attribute

Env. Scale (Irradiance Particles) attribute

envBall dependency graph rendering node

envChrome dependency graph rendering node

envCube dependency graph rendering node

assignment (see influence object)

local/global (see smooth skin)

term for binding skin

term for skinning

Envelope attribute [1], [2]

Envelope creation option [1], [2]

Envelope tool setting

envelope, definition

envFog dependency graph rendering node

Ramp Shader attribute

Environment (Irradiance Particles) attribute

Environment attributes

environment fog

troubleshooting

Environment Fog attribute

environment fog, definition

environment map, definition

environment texture

environment textures [1], [2]

environment variable

MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH [1], [2]

MAYA_SCRIPT_PATH

mental ray shaders

environment variable, definition

Environment, fluids

Environment, ocean

environmentFog dependency graph rendering node

creating in UNIX

environments (mental ray)

environments, build

creating in Windows

environments, creating glow

envSky dependency graph rendering node

envSphere dependency graph rendering node

to Maya image file format

EP Curve Tool (Create menu)

EPS file import

equal operators

equal to (==) operator

Equalization option

Auto Paint Grid

Auto Paint Random

create hair attribute

equalizer map, definition

fur render setting

equation for a curve

Equilibrium Value, fluids

back to a previous state

changes to a surface

sculpting polygons

brush type [1], [2]

operation [1], [3], [4]

Erase brush type

for common expression

mental ray for Maya [1], [2]

procedure not found

showing the calling stack

turn on line numbers

startErrorLogging

error method in MStatus

comparing floats with the == operator

errorString method to obtain error description

in flow control statements

message format of

MGlobal startError Logging

MStatus class and error method

perror method to print errors

setting default error log path

statusCode method

syntax [1], [2]

errors, rendering

errorString method

to obtain error descriptions

Essential Skills Movies

closing the movie window

ethernet address, definition

Euler angle filtering [1], [2]

Euler angle, definition

Euler Filter [1], [2]

Euler rotation, definition

RTG Export Option, Texture

VRML2 Export Option, Texture

Evaluate every # frame(s)

Replace Cache [1], [2]

Evaluate every frame(s)

Append Cache [1], [2]

Merge Caches [1], [2]

Replace Cache [1], [2], [3]

Evaluate Nodes (Modify menu)

Evaluation Order

Even mode [1], [2]

event attribute

when collision count increases

Event Procedure

eventCount attribute

evenTest plug-in

eventTest attribute

exact transformation values, typing

VRML2 Output Option

examining two or more expressions

ocean and ponds

example plug-ins

tables, descriptions

example programs

example scripts

adding body fur

adding eyelashes

adding whiskers

aiming cone at sphere

aiming sphere at sphere

animation-constraint blending

brick wall with spray paint on top

hand muscle bulge with influence object

influence objects preventing deformation

making a nose bald

mapping artwork on games character

muting animation

polyModifierCmd

redirecting animation

ripple animation

skinning a cylinder by rigid skinning

skinning cylinder by smooth skinning

UVs needing editing

warp image applications

weight solver while unfolding UVs

wire deformer quickstart

Exclude Collide Pairs constraint

Exclude Collision Pairs constraint

creating for nCloth

creating for nParticles

Exclude Collisions

Exclusive creation option [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10]

Exclusive Partition tool setting

Exclusive tool setting

exclusiveMatrix()

MEL commands in expressions

MEL commands with eval function

nonparticle expressions

Existing Nodes add option

Existing Nodes remove option

Existing Nodes swap option

Existing Partitions tool setting

Exit on Completion [1], [2]

Exit On Completion

Exit Upon Completion

Expand attribute

Expand creation option

Expand Popup List modifier option

explicit declaration

explicit typing

Fog Type, point lights

exponential functions

painted blend shape weight maps

painted wire weight maps

to mi using the command line

Export All (File menu)

Export All Incoming Shaders

Export All Layers to Toxik 2007

Export Custom Colors attribute

Export Custom Data attribute

Export Custom Text attribute

Export Custom Vectors attribute

Export editorial

Export Entire Child DAG

Export Exact Hierarchy attribute

Export Full Dagpath attribute

Export Light Linker attribute

Export Maya Options attribute

Export Motion Segments

Export Nurbs Derivatives attribute

Export Objects On Demand

Export Objects On Demand attribute

export objects to a new file

Export Polygon Derivatives attribute

Export Render Proxy attribute

Export Selected Layers to Toxik 2007

Export Selected Network

Export Selection (File menu)

Export Shadow Shader

Export Shape Deformation attribute

Export State Shader attribute

Export Textures First attribute

Export to Toxik 2007 [1], [2]

Export to Toxik 2008 [1], [2]

Export to Toxik 2009

Export Toxik IMSQ File

Export Triangulated Polygons

Export Value option

Export Wrap Threshold fur feedback attribute

.mi files [1], [2]

attribute maps (Artisan tools)

Maya files to Alias format

optimizing .mi format

exporting file references

exporting particle data

exportSkinClusterDataCmd plug-in

creation, definition

runtime, definition

Expression Editor

use an external text editor from

expressions [1], [2]

advantage of separate

advantage of single

animation, omitting object name

connect attributes with

converting units

create and edit with Expression Editor

creation button

custom attributes

deleting (animation)

difference with MEL syntax

displaying connected attributes only

editing in text field

editing with text editor

eliminating control of attributes

examining two or more

executing after dynamics

execution details

execution for nonparticle shapes

field’s influence on

finding by item type

finding by name

finding by selected object

names for particle shape node

naming conventions

problems when executing MEL commands

redundant execution [1], [2]

runtime execution

setting per particle attributes [1], [2]

unexpected attribute values

when unusable for attributes

Expressions After Dynamics [1], [3]

Expressions list, in Expression Editor

curves with more CVs

Extend -X, X By options

Extend -Y, Y By options

Extend -Z, Z By options

Extend Curve (Edit Curves > Extend)

Extend Curve At

Extend Curve options

Extend Curve on Surface (Edit Curves > Extend)

Extend Direction

Extend Surfaces option

Extend Edge Color

Paint Hair Follicles options

Extend Curve on Surface option

Extend Curve option

Extend Seam Color option

Extend Surfaces option

Extend Surfaces

Edit NURBS menu

extendToShape()

Extension attribute [1], [2]

Extend Curve option

Extend Surfaces option

extension, image

in Maya image file format

External Communication

external forces

creating for nCloth

Stand-alone fields

Types of fields

external interpreter

external procedures

external reference

ExternalWebBrowser directory

Extend Curve on Surface option

Extend Curve option

Extrude [1], [2]

Extrude (Surfaces menu)

extrude a surface from a curve

Extrude Distance

Bevel Plus option

extrude, definition

extrusion manipulator

subdivision surfaces

eyedropper, use to assign color

Eyepoint and Trackplane Palette

Eyespace attribute

F

F Stop attribute

f-curve view (see Graph Editor)

Bevel Plus option

face selection mode

face shape node

face, definition

add vertex to center

convert selection to

convert selection to contained

cut with a line

disconnect from shared edges

display options

duplicate in random directions

extrude along a path curve

filling holes in

holed/non-holed

keep together [1], [2], [3], [4]

making holes in

mapped/unmapped

merge into one vertex

pull polygons out of

reduce [1], [2]

removing if all edges shared

select for mapping

select partial loop

selecting [1], [2]

selecting from UV components

selection preference

set selection constraints for

set vertex normals to same direction

showing those inside selected UVs or edges

split into quadrangles

split into triangles

subdivide by painting

subdividing automatically after selection

topology constraints

use as few as possible

Faces attribute

faces, polygons

applying materials to

faceted surfaces

facial animation

Facing Ratio attribute

Factor attribute

Factor creation option

factory settings, resetting [1], [2]

fake blur (see 2D motion blur)

Fake Shadow attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

curve modification

linear modification

power modification

script modification

Volume Noise [1], [2]

Falloff Around Selection

Falloff Based On

Falloff Method, fluids

falloff radius, definition

Falloff Start attribute

Falloff Stop attribute

Falloff, fluids

false/true tests

Far Clip Plane attribute [1], [2]

far clipping plane

far clipping plane, definition

farPointWorld rendering attribute

2d Texture Placement Attributes [1], [2]

Water Attributes

Fast Drop Off attribute

animate characters

biped preparation

create effectors

custom joint names

joint labelling

labelling joints

pinning examples

quadruped preparation

renaming joints

secondary effectors

FBIX, definition

FBX, definition

and asterisk convention

and dot convention

and save formats

fcheck stand-alone utility

to view Maya image files

Fcheck, definition

Feature Displacement

for displacement maps

attributes, defining

feedback from IPR

FFD (term for lattice deformer)

FFD, definition

field attributes

Field Chart option

Field Distance [1], [2]

Field Dominance

Field Dominance attribute

Field Extension

Field Icons attribute

Field Magnitude [1], [2]

Field Options attributes

field rendering

field rendering, definition

Field Scale [1], [2]

field, definition

fields [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

adding to curve on surface

adding to object [1], [2]

adding to selected points

animating attributes

animating polygons, NURBS, and deformers

connecting objects to

connecting to selected

deleting from object

editing attributes

fluids [1], [2]

influence in local space

influence in world space

influence on expression

rendering problems

turning off effect in an expression

2D Texture [1], [2]

File Attributes [1], [2]

file dependency graph rendering node

File Distribute

File Distribution

Merge Cache Clips

Merge Caches [1], [2], [3]

Replace Cache [1], [2]

AIFF, definition

DWG, definition

DXF, definition

IGES, definition

mel, definition

Warp image option

Convert to File Texture

for bake sets [1], [2]

file format, image

and shadow maps

bitmap vs. vector

Lep, with lepTranslator plug-in

Maya image file format (IFF)

testing properties

Create Reference

Export Selection

Optimize Scene Size

Reference Editor

Render View window

File Name Prefix attribute

file name, image

file references

in Maya ASCII files

file referencing

creating a file reference

editing a namespace

editing referenced files [1], [2], [3]

excluding attributes when locking

exporting file references

foster parent nodes

instancing file references

loading and unloading references [1], [2]

locking and unlocking references [1], [2], [3]

modifying file references

proxy references

Reference Editor

reference node [1], [2]

removing a file reference

Replace Reference command

Save Reference Edits

scene segmentation

supported file formats

Use Namespaces option

working with [1], [2]

file referencing, definition

and Maya image file format

file texture, definition

convert from PSD

mapping to multi-surface objects

use original, for GE2

File Textures [1], [2]

file translators

from Maya ASCII format

to Maya ASCII format

File Type option

fileDialog command

Filename attribute [1], [2]

already opened, export data to

commands to work with

enable selection

formats, supported

rendering output location

setting default projects directory

filesystem operations

filetest command

Placement, Image Planes

description [1], [2]

Particle Density

Fill Object, nParticles

fill shader, definition

Fill texture seams

Fill Texture Seams

Fill texture seams attribute

Fill Texture Seams attribute

Filler Color attribute

Granite Attributes

Grid Attributes

Marble Attributes

Wood Attributes

between two surfaces

curve, create from two curves

Fillet Blend Tool (Edit NURBS > Surface Fillet)

fillet blend, definition

Film Aspect Ratio attribute

Film Back attributes

Film Back Properties attributes

Film Gate attribute

Film Gate option

Film Offset attribute

Filter attribute

Effects attributes, 2D textures [1], [2]

mental ray [1], [2]

Paint Attributes Tool

Paint Cluster Weights Tool

Paint Jiggle Weights Tool

Paint Skin Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Soft Body Weights Tool

Paint Transfer Attributes Weight Tool

Filter Offset attribute

Effects attributes, 2D textures [1], [2]

Filter Radius attribute [1], [2]

Filter Size attribute [1], [2]

Filter Type attribute [1], [2], [3]

filtering attributes

from Expression Editor

filterSize rendering attribute

combining with global illumination

troubleshooting [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

Final Gather and Global Illumination

Final Gather attribute

Final Gather Cast

mental ray [1], [2]

Final Gather Override

mental ray [1], [2]

Final Gather Quality attribute

Final Gather Rays

mental ray [1], [2]

Final Gather Receive

mental ray [1], [2]

Final Gather Reflect [1], [2], [3]

Final Gather Reflect attribute

final gather, about

final gather, definition

final gather, rendering with

final Gather, store results

finalLifespanPP

Find Intersections

Intersect Curves option

finding expressions

by connected attribute

by script node name

finding out about an image

findTexturesCmd plug-in

findTexturesPerPolygonCmd plug-in

fine approximation

controlling triangles

setting cache limit

Fine Approximation [1], [2]

Fine Displacement [1], [2]

mental ray Quality Preset

Fire Direction X, Y, Z

expressions and ramps

Fire Emitter Type

Fire Particle Name

Fire Turbulence

Fireworks effect

editing attributes

editing rockets

First Launch Frame

Birail Rebuild option

Intersect Surfaces option

First Term attribute

Fit B-spline (Edit Curves menu)

Fit Fill attribute

Projection Utility

Fit to Best Plane

planar mapping option

Fit to Bounding Box

planar mapping option

Fit to Film Gate attribute

Fit to Resolution Gate attribute

Fit To Selection

Fit Type attribute

Fitting tolerance

Stitch Edges Tool option

Fix Texture Warp

Fixed Sampling attribute

Fixed Segment Length

follicle attribute

FK posing, definition

flag, definition

short, long, syntax object, API

flags, command line

Exporting MI files

Generating lightmaps

Hardware renderer

Maya Software renderer

mental ray for Maya renderer

Flame Start and End Radius

flameShader node

Flare Col Spread

flare deformer, definition

flare deformers

editing deformation effects

Flare Horizontal

Flare Intensity

Flare Num Circles

Flash Version (SWF only)

Extrude style option

GE2 Export Option, Hierarchy

RTG Export Option, Hierarchy

VRML2 Export Option, Hierarchy

Flat animation option

Flat Shade options

flat shading, definition

flat surfaces, create

flat tangents [1], [3]

Flatness1 attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Flatness2 attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Flexor Type creation option

flexor, definition

bone lattice flexors

bone sculpt flexors

editing bone sculpt flexors

editing joint sculpt flexors

joint cluster flexors

joint lattice flexors

joint sculpt flexors

and format independence

and file structure

filtering textures for

flickering animations

troubleshooting

normals, for VRML2

normals, using GE2

flip all normals

follicle attribute

Flip Left/Right Normal

Fillet Blend Tool option

Flip mode [1], [2]

GE2 Export Option

Flip Reversed layout UVs option

Flip Triangle Edge [1], [2]

troubleshooting

Flip Tube Direction

Paint Effects Globals

Flipbook Options [1], [2]

Hardware Render Buffer

Flipped Normal attribute

reversed UV shells (Layout option)

selected UV shells

UV tool buttons

float data type

float precision

for VRML2 output

Float precision

Float Selected Objects

objects, dynamic locator

floating geometry

floating license, definition

floating numbers

precision limits

floating point values, in a matrix

Sculpt Geometry Tool

Flood All button

Flood All option

Flood button [1], [2]

Paint Attributes Tool

Paint Cluster Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Fluids Tool

Paint Jiggle Weights Tool

Paint Skin Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Soft Body Weights Tool

Flood Color option

Flood Erase button

Flood Opacity option

Flood Paint button

flood painting, Artisan

Flood Selected button

Flood Selected Faces option

attribute values

fluid container

Script Painting Tool

flooding clusters

flooding jiggle deformers

flooding soft body goal weights

flooding values

Floor Altitude attribute

Floor Attributes, Environment Chrome texture

Floor Attributes, Environment Sky texture

Floor Attributes

Environment Chrome texture

Environment Sky texture

Floor Color attribute

Floor Attributes, Environment Chrome texture

Floor Attributes, Environment Sky texture

floor contact, definition

Floor Samples attribute

flow animation attributes

changing speed of flow

enhancing icon display

Flow Group Name [1], [2]

flow manipulators

avoiding twists

Flow Path Object

Flow Speed attribute

Flow Speed Mult option

Flower Angle 1 attribute

Flower Angle 2 attribute

Flower Hue Rand attribute

Flower Location attribute

Flower Sat Rand attribute

Flower Size Decay attribute

Flower Specular attribute

Flower Start attribute

Flower Stiffness attribute

Flower Translucence attribute

Flower Twist attribute

Flower Use Branch Tex attribute

Flower Val Rand attribute

Flowers attribute

connecting surfaces

deleting from surface

fltLightPoints command

fltLightsOnCurve script

fltSwitch command

fluid attribute ramps

Fluid Color, fluid emitter

fluid container

creating [1], [3], [4]

fluid containers

adding emitters to

adding properties to

auto resize [1], [2]

boundaries [1], [2]

dimensions, changing

displaying contents

initial state caches

resolution, changing [1], [2]

fluid containers, creating

Fluid Dropoff, fluid emitter

Self Attraction and Repulsion

fluid effects, definition

Fluid emitter attributes

adding to containers

fluid examples, importing [1], [2]

fluid properties [1], [2]

adding constant values

emitting [1], [2]

painting [1], [2], [3]

Fluid Shape attributes

Fluid Shape material

as particle shader

Fluid Slice Location

Fluid Texture 2D

Fluid Texture 3D

Fluid Texture attributes

Fluid to Polygons

attribute presets

attributes, changing

boundaries, displaying

color, emitting

convert to polygons

deforming geometry with

emission maps [1], [2]

emit from nParticles

emit from objects

emitting from surface

examples, importing [1], [2]

forces [1], [2]

internal lights

lighting [1], [2]

nCache, creating

painting properties

properties, adding

rendering [1], [2]

resolution [1], [2]

shader attributes

solver, disabling

subvolumes, displaying

subvolumes, manipulators

fluidShape node

fluidTexture2DShape node [1], [2]

fluidTexture3DShape node [1], [2]

Flush Angle Max

Flush Tolerance

VRML2 Output Option

Foam Color, ocean

Foam Emission, ocean

Foam Offset, ocean

Foam Threshold, ocean

focal length of camera, changing

focal length, definition

Focus Distance attribute

Focus Region Scale attribute

focus, command line

changing effect of

motion blur artifacts

rendering strokes with

simulating [1], [2], [3]

Fog Far Distance

Fog Far Distance attribute

Fog Intensity attribute

Fog Light Scatter

Fog Near Distance

Fog Near Distance attribute

Fog Radius attribute

Fog Shadow Intensity attribute

Fog Shadow Samples [1], [2]

Fog Shadow Samples attribute [1], [2]

Fog Spread attribute

fog volume shader

fog, displaying

Object Shading menu

fog, illuminated

Follicle Attribute

Paint Hair Follicles options

Follicle Density U

Paint Hair Follicles options

Follicle Density V

Paint Hair Follicles options

follicle node attributes

Follicle Override Color

Paint Hair Follicles options

follicle shading

follicle, definition

follicles, definition

follicleShape node attributes

footPrintManip plug-in [1], [2]

footPrintNode plug-in [1], [2]

for-in statement

in example plug-in

applying, using API

force (see field)

Force Along Normal

force attribute [1], [2]

Force deformation [1], [2]

Force Depth global settings

Force Displacement Animation

generating with nCloth

generating with nParticles

Force Field constraint [1], [2]

creating for nCloth

creating for nParticles

Force Field Generation

passive collision object

Force Field Map

Force Field Maps

force lights emitted photons

Force Motion Vector Computation attribute

Force On Tangent

Force On-demand Translation

Force Real Lights global option

force triangle export of polygon meshes

applying to fur

applying to tubes

container boundaries

Forces In World [1], [2], [3], [4]

in image file format groups

form layout, creating

format independence

format, image file

file and lepTranslator plug-in

Forward Advection, fluids

forward kinematics (FK)

blending with IK

Forward Kinematics (FK) [1], [2], [3]

forward kinematics (FK), definition

Forward Scatter

foster parent nodes

Fractal Amplitude attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

fractal dependency graph rendering node

Fractal Ratio attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Fractal Threshold attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

fractal, definition

fraction mode method

Fractional Tolerance tessellation method

Frame All in All Views (Window menu)

Frame All option

frame buffer, definition

frame expression

Frame Extension

Frame Extension attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Frame Image option

Render View window

Frame Jump Limit

frame layout, creating

Frame Offset attribute

File Attributes [1], [2]

Frame Padding attribute [1], [2]

Frame Playback Range

View menu [1], [2]

frame range, definition

Frame Range, Use

for tessellation

Heads Up Display

frame rate (see time working units)

Frame Rate (SWF and SVG only)

Frame Region option

Render View window

Frame Selection

Frame Selection in All Views (Window menu)

Frame Timeline Range

frame, definition

Frame/Animation Ext attribute [1], [2]

User Buffer Attributes

batch rendering

command line rendering [1], [2], [3], [4]

rendering single

VRML2 Animation Option

frames per second setting

Frames Per Step

change axis definition

free form deformation

Free Transform [1], [2], [3]

free-form geometry, definition

Curve Fillet option

drawing of a curve

fillet curve, create

Freeform Fillet (Edit NURBS > Surface Fillet)

Curve Fillet options

FreePointTriadManip

freeze (see template)

Freeze Geometry attribute [1], [2], [3]

Freeze Mode creation option

Freeze Transformations

Freeze Transformations (Modify menu)

hair system attribute

turbulence field

Volume Noise [1], [2]

Frequency (Turbulence) attribute

Frequency attribute

frequency multiplier of sin function

frequency of sin function

Frequency Ratio

Solid Fractal Attributes

Volume Noise [1], [2]

Frequency Ratio attribute

Fractal Attributes

Frequency Ratio, fluids

Frequency, fluids

Frequency, fluids Turbulence

fresnel description

Fresnel reflection, definition

Dynamic Friction

per geometry bounciness [1], [2], [3]

Static Friction

turning off or on in rigid body solver

dynamic constraint

hair system attribute

nParticles [1], [2]

passive collision object

Friction Map [1], [2]

Friction Scale Input

Friction, fluids

Fringe Removal attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

frizz, adding to fur

From Channel Box

From Channel Box option [1], [2]

Environment Cube

Front attribute

Projection Geometry attributes

Front of Chain creation option

Front Of Chain placement

frustum, definition

ftp file transfer

Fuel Emission Map, fluid emitter

Fuel Gradient attribute

Fuel Gradient, fluids

Fuel Method, fluid emitter

Fuel Scale, fluids

Fuel/Voxel/Sec, fluid emitter

GE2 Export Option, Hierarchy

RTG Export Option, Hierarchy

VRML2 Export Option, Hierarchy

Full Crease Edge/Vertex

full crease, create

Full Image Resolution attribute [1], [2]

Full View map method

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

fullLoftNode plug-in

testing if available

function set, MFnMesh

function sets,C++ objects

random number [1], [2]

reading and writing blocks

user-defined procedures

Attribute Editor

clumping, definition

color modification

combing, definition

density (see area value)

description, definition

Direction Offset

feedback node, definition

file, definition

normals, definition

Paint Attributes Tool

render settings, definition

self-shading, definition

shading effects, definition

Fur Accuracy fur feedback attribute

fur attractors, in older versions of Maya

Paint Fur Attributes Tool [1], [2]

animating [1], [2]

Assigned Surfaces

Base Ambient Color

Map Mult. [1], [3], [4], [5]

Map Offset [1], [3], [4]

map value ranges

Noise Amplitude

Noise Frequency

painting [1], [3]

Scraggle Correlation

Scraggle Frequency

Specular Sharpness

Tip Ambient Color

fur curve attractor set

mapping attributes

painting attributes

varying attribute values

fur depth map shadows

Fur Description

Paint Fur Attributes Tool [1], [2]

fur descriptions

attaching [1], [2]

copying to other scenes

creating [1], [2]

selecting attached surfaces

fur direction, offsetting

Color Feedback Enabled option

Fur Accuracy attribute

U Samples attribute

V Samples attribute

fur globals (see fur render settings)

Fur Images Path

Fur Length Noise

fur light attributes

fur models, referencing

fur normals, reversing

fur render settings

Keep Fur Images

Keep in Intermediate Files

Read Fur Files Path

Read Fur Image Path

Read Shadow Map

Read Shadow Map Path

Fur Render Settings menu item

Maya Software renderer

mental ray for Maya

fur shading attributes

Fur Back Shade Darkness

Fur Back Shade Factor

Fur Shading Type

Self Shade Darkness

Fur Shading Type attribute

fur shadow maps

Fur workflow overview

FurCurveAttractors

fur attractor set attribute

FurCurveAttractors node

FurDescription fur attribute

Furthest Visible Depth

G

G0, G1, G2 continuity

games translators

specifying value

Gamma attribute [1], [2]

Gamma Correction attribute

Gamma Correction Attributes

gamma correction, definition

gamma, definition

gammaCorrect dependency graph rendering node

gammaShader node

Gap Color attribute

Gap Rand attribute

Gap Size attribute

Gap Spacing attribute

garment, definition

Gate Mask color

Gate Mask opacity

Gate Mask option

Gauss attribute

to reproduce randomness

Gaussian Filter attribute

browse scripts for

Cameras debug info

file name, append to scripts

Geometry debug info

install translator

Lights debug info

Texture Search Path

translator options

GE2 Animate Option

GE2 Animation Option

GE2 Displacement Option

Animation option

GE2 Export Option

Reverse winding

Tri Tessellation

World hierarchy

GE2 Keyframe Option

Sample animation

Tolerance, set for animation

GE2 Texture Option

2D/3D texture placement

textures, set resolution for

use original file textures

to Maya image file format

general commands

General tessellation method

general utility

plusMinusAverage

generalized instancing

Generate Shaders

Generate Swatch Files for Current Images

Current Tab option

generated geometry

Animation Snapshot

RTG Export Option, debug info

VRML2 debug info

geoConnector [1], [2]

geometric primitives, creating

geometric/deferrable (see nonlinear deformer)

mental ray approximation

non-rational, convert to

options for removing

NURBS Smoothness option

optimizing for nCloth

Geometry Antialiasing Override

Geometry Average

Offset Curve option

append [1], [2]

blend and set weight

cache directory

cache time range

create [1], [2]

delete [1], [2]

Delete backup files [1], [2]

Evaluate every Frame(s)

file distribution

File Distribution

Inherit modifications

replace [1], [2]

Save every evaluation(s)

XML description file

Geometry Cache Clip

Geometry Cache Clips

Geometry Constraint Options window [1], [2]

geometry constraint, definition

geometry constraints

adding target objects

animating target object weights

animating the constrained object

changing target object weights

editing attributes

editing channels

removing target objects

setting constraint options

using point constraints with

Geometry Mask attribute [1], [2]

Geometry option

geometry replacement (see instancer)

Geometry shaders

geometry shaking

geometry spreadsheet (see Component Editor)

mental ray for Maya

geometry, definition

geometry, deforming

geometryPaint script

geometryShape dependency graph rendering node

geomShader node

Get Brush icon [1], [2], [3]

Get Fluid Example [1], [2], [3]

Get nCloth Example

Get Ocean Shader Example

Get Settings from Selected Stroke option

getAttr command

getAttrAffectsCmd plug-in

getDrawRequests

Getting Started with Maya

about the lessons

before you begin

lesson conventions

using lesson files

using tutorials online

gGlobal illumination

troubleshooting

term for template

turning off display

Unghost Selected

GIF format [1], [2], [3]

gimbal lock, definition

Gimbal rotate mode

GE2 Output Domain option

fur attractor model

global active selection list

global bind pose

Global Illum Accuracy

mental ray [1], [2]

Global Illum Photons

Global Illum Radius

mental ray [1], [2]

global illumination

combining with final gather

global Illumination

troubleshooting

Global Illumination

rendering process

Global Illumination and Final Gather

Global Illumination attribute

Global Illumination Override

mental ray [1], [2]

global illumination, compared to local

global procedures

fur attractor set attribute

Global Scale attribute

Global Scale option

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

global scene settings

Global Snap attribute

Global Solver attribute

global space (see world space)

Global Stitch (Edit NURBS > Stitch)

Global tolerance

boundary option

Circular Fillet option

Fillet Blend option

Fit B-spline option

Freeform Fillet option

Intersect Surfaces option

Project Curve On Surface option

global variables

examples of use

globIllPhotonsEmit

Glossy reflection, example of

in self-illumination

Glow Radial Noise

Glow Star Level

Noise Threshold

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Glow Attributes

Glow Color attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Glow Intensity [1], [2]

Glow Intensity attribute

Particle Cloud Attributes [1], [2]

Glow Intensity, fluids

Glow Intensity, ocean

glow objects, adjusting size of

glow postprocess

Glow Spread attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Glue Strength [1], [2], [3], [4]

Glue Strength Map

Glue Strength Map Type

Glue Strength Scale

gnomon, definition

Go to Bind Pose

Goal Active [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

Goal Smoothness [1], [2], [3]

Goal Weight [1], [2], [3]

surface flow effect

per-particle per-object

goal, definition

goalOffset [1], [2], [4]

goalPP [1], [2], [3]

mapping weights

adding multiple

animating behavior

keying off and on

setting NURBS UV position

setting weight of individual particles

trimmed surfaces

tuning goal weight animation

turning off or on [1], [2]

using transform

create and edit

goalU, V [1], [2], [3]

Grab Swatch to Hypershade and Visor button

Render View window

Gradient attributes

Gradient attributes, fluids

fluid properties

Grain Color attribute

Grain Contrast attribute

Grain Size attribute

Grain Spacing attribute

granite dependency graph rendering node

Graph Editor [1], [2], [3]

animation curves

Center Current Time

change animation curve colors

deleting keys [1], [2]

intensity curve

menu bar [1], [2]

Options menu [1], [3]

outliner split control

tangent modification

Graph Editor, definition

Graph Layout Style

Graph Materials on Selected Objects button

Graph Networks button

graphics mode, channel editor (see Graph Editor)

improve performance

Grass Wind option

gravity [1], [2]

Gravity [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]

hair system attribute

Gravity and Wind

Gravity attribute

Gravity attribute (dynamic locator)

Gravity Direction

acceleration’s effect on

Gravity, fluids

Green attribute

Green Channel option

Green Plane option

green screening, definition

in UV Texture Editor

reposition UVs to

show, hide, change

Grid (Display menu)

Grid (Show menu)

Grid Attributes

Grid Color attribute

grid dependency graph rendering node

Grid Depth attribute

Grid Depth Gain attribute

Grid Depth Offset attribute

Grid Div Per Span U

Fix Texture Warp

Grid Div Per Span V

Fix Texture Warp

Grid Interpolator, fluids

Grid Placement attribute

grid plane, painting on

Grid Size attribute

Grid Smear option

Auto Paint Grid

Grid Width attribute

Grid Width Gain attribute

Grid Width Offset attribute

grid, definition

fluid properties

hair system attribute

ground plane, painting on

Group (Edit menu)

Group Lightnings

Group Under [1], [2]

Group Velocity attribute

Group With Original

Duplicate NURBS Patches option

Duplicate Surface Curves option

Grouping creation option [1], [2]

grouping objects

grouping, definition

conversion in objExport

in file structure

groups, creating

Grow CV Selection

NURBS selection option

Grow Selection Region [1], [2]

Growth attributes

growth simulation, animating

guidelines, in scene views

compress output file

H

assign Paint Effects brush

assigning a Paint Effects brush

behavior, concepts

behavior, how to modify

changing the look of

colliding with objects

colliding, how to

constraint types

constraints, setting up

create curly, wavy

create ponytails, braids

creating Rest curves

creating, concepts

curve positions, setting

distributed render

dynamic effects

hairstyle samples

improving playback performance

length, adjusting

Paint Effects, assign brush

Paint Hair Tool [1], [2]

play back simulation

playing the hair simulation

rendering [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

scenarios, dynamic curves

selecting, hair system

setting up collisions

setting up constraints

styling, concepts

troubleshooting

UV set, selecting

hair constraint type

hair system attribute

Hair Color Scale

hair system attribute

hair constraint attribute

hair curve, definition

Paint Hair Follicles options

attaching to fur

detaching from fur

Paint Hair Follicles options

hair system shading

hair system, definition

hair constraint type

Hair to Hair constraint

hair system attribute

Hair Width Scale

hair system attribute

hair, definition

hairConstraintShape

hairConstraintShape node

Hairs Per Clump

hair system attribute

fur render setting

hairSystem node

hairSystemShape

hairSystemShape node

hairTubeShader node

creating motion with hermite function

Radial Frequency

Halo Attributes

Halo Brightness attribute

Halo Size attribute

halo, definition

vector, definition

wire, definition

data, for shading node plug-ins

size, specifying

Hard Creases Only

stroke Shape node

Hard Surface, fluids

Harden Edge [1], [2]

Hardware Environment Lookup option

Hardware Exposure

Hardware Filter

Hardware Fog option

Hardware Geometry Cache attribute

Hardware Render Buffer

hardware render, definition

Hardware renderer

hardware rendering

Render Settings

Hardware Shader attribute

Hardware shaders

HLSL [1], [2], [3], [4]

override a Maya shader in viewport

Hardware Shading

Hardware Shadow, fluids

Hardware Texture Cycling Options

Hardware Texturing

Hardware Texturing option [1], [2]

Has Floor attribute

HasNoEffect node state option [1], [2]

HDR image warning message

HDR images [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

HDRI [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

HDRI, rendering

HDTV, definition

for simple plug-ins

control, for VRML2 output

heads up display

displaying polygon count

Heads Up Display

Heads Up Display (Display menu)

heads-up display

customize readout

Heat Emission Map, fluid emitter

heat map display

Heat Released, fluids

Heat/Voxel/Sec, fluid emitter

height and width of canvas, setting

Height attribute

Image Size attributes

Placement Extras attributes

Resolution attributes

Height Field utility [1], [2]

Height Field utility

Height Scale attribute (height field), oceans

helix2Cmd plug-in

helixCmd plug-in

helixMotifCmd plug-in

helixTool plug-in

helloCmd plug-in

stand-alone application

helloWorldCmd plug-in

for a MEL command

copy keys option [1], [2]

paste keys option

hermite function

hexadecimal numbers

hFilmAperture rendering attribute

hFilmOffset rendering attribute

hidden attribute, definition

hidden-line, definition

Hide (Display menu)

Hide and Show option

hide connections

Hide Non-Soft Object

Paint Effects to Curves

Paint Effects to NURBS

Paint Effects to Polygons

hiding fur feedback

hierarchical scene management

copy settings [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]

collapse [1], [2]

Flat, GE2 Export Option

Flat, RTG Export Option

Flat, VRML2 Export Option

Full, GE2 Export Option

Full, RTG Export Option

Full, VRML2 Export Option

of nodes, view and change

select objects by

skeleton [1], [2]

viewing in hypergraph

World, GE2 Export Option

World, RTG Export Option

World, VRML2 Export Option

hierarchy conversion

Hierarchy creation option

hierarchy panel (see Attribute Editor)

hierarchy, definition

High Bound attribute [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

High Bound creation option [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

High Detail Solve, fluids

high dynamic range images

High Dynamic range images, rendering

High Dynamic Range Imaging, about

High Quality attribute

High Quality Filtering

High Quality Renderer

high-quality interactive shading, definition

Highest Quality attribute

Highlight Level (SWF and bitmap formats only)

highlight, definition

troubleshooting

Highlights (SWF and bitmap formats only)

Hinge constraint

hinge joint, definition

Hinge rigid body constraint

hinge rigid body constraint, definition

history (see construction history)

history node, create

history, deleting

history, keep (Unfold option)

HLSL shaders [1], [2], [3], [4]

Hold Focus command line option

Holders tool setting

Geometry Cache Clip

holding nCache clips

creating subdivision surface

create by trimming

create in a polygon [1], [2]

Horizon Color attribute

Horizon Filter, ocean

Placement, Image Planes

Horizontal Film Aperture attribute (see Camera Aperture attribute)

Horizontal Film Offset attribute (see Film Offset attribute)

horizontal layout of graph

Horizontal option

Horizontal slider option

horizontal wrap

add marking menus

hotbox, definition

hotkey, definition

hotkeys [1], [2], [3]

assign marking menus

assign MEL script

assigning areas

tumble, track, dolly

adjusting keys description

adjusting keys list

animation playback keys description

animation playback keys list

display keys description

display keys list

HSL, definition

HSV Color Key attributes

HSV Color Noise attributes

HSV conversion to RGB

Hsv to Rgb utility

hsv_to_rgb function

HSV, definition

hsvToRgb dependency graph rendering node

Hue Noise attribute

Hue Noise Freq attribute

Hue Rand attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Hue Range attribute

Hull Simplification

NURBS Smoothness options

hull, definition

displaying on new curves or surfaces

hwAnisotropicShader_NV20 node

hwPhongShader node

hwToonShader_NV20 node

hwToonShader_NV20, API

Hypergraph [1], [2]

access history of objects

change the visual layout of nodes

character setup

collapsing shapes in

deleting connections

Graph Layout Style

heat map display

Set Background Image

Show Background Image

streamline connections

viewing hierarchies

Hypergraph, definition

adjust attributes

animating attributes

assigning materials

building Phenomena

change node connections

connection line colors

container nodes

Create Textures

creating materials

creating nodes in

delete connections

delete network in

duplicate nodes

duplicating nodes

Only Show Files (Hide Directory Tree)

rename operation

shading network libraries

shape and transform nodes in

show connections

using the Connection Editor

Hypershade, definition

I

IBL, definition

Icon Filename option

create for shelves

for shading node plug-ins

in dependency graph, API

idleTest plug-in

if-else statements

in example plug-in

and shadow maps

generating images

depth information

IFF, definition

iffInfoCmd plug-in

iffPixelCmd plug-in

iffPpmCmd plug-in

IGES, definition

Ignition Temperature, fluids

Open/Close Surfaces option

when Rendering option

Ignore Film Gate attribute

Ignore Mirrored Faces attribute

Ignore Selection Priority modifier option

Ignore Self Shadowing

Render Layer Member Overrides

Open/Close Curve option

Ignore Solver Gravity

Ignore Solver Wind

Ignore Transform [1], [2]

Ignore version [1], [2]

chain, definition

handle, definition

joint sJPEGness

posing, definition

simpleSolver plug-in [1], [2]

solver, definition

spline curve, definition

system, definition

creating and animating

display size, setting

IK multi-chain (MC) solvers

IK Rotate Plane handle

IK rotate plane handles

IK single chain solver

editing attributes

definition, API

creating IK multi-chain (MC) solver

disabling and enabling all nodes

Enable and Disable

IK spline curves

making soft bodies

IK spline handle

auto-parenting curve

manipulating curve CVs [1], [2]

parenting to transform or joint

sliding joint chain

snapping curve to start joint

soft body on curve

Ik/Fk Blending Display

IK/FK Joint Size

Illuminated attribute

illuminated fog

illuminated fog, definition

Illuminates by Default attribute [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]

illumination attributes

illumination, about indirect and direct

illumination, rendering sky-like

Illustrator file import

Image attribute

Environment Ball Attributes

Environment Sphere Attributes

Output Settings

Projection Attributes

Stencil Attributes

Image Based Lighting attributes

cylindrical, spherical mapping option

image file format

and shadow maps

generating images

Maya image file functions

Maya image files

image file formats

Image File Output attributes

Image Format attribute

Image File Output attributes [1], [2]

Image Output Files attributes [1], [2]

Image Format option

and Imgcvt utility

UV Texture Editor

Image Name attribute

File Attributes [1], [2]

Image Plane Attributes

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Image Number attribute

File Attributes [1], [2]

Image Output Files attributes

creating [1], [3]

Image Plane attribute

Environment attributes [1], [2], [3]

image plane, definition

image plane, display options

Image Range (UV Texture Editor)

change in UV Texture Editor

cylindrical, spherical mapping option

cylindrical, spherical mapping option

image size [1], [2], [3]

Image Size attributes

image viewer, definition

image-based lighting, definition

imagePlane dependency graph rendering node

and asterisk convention

and using the keyboard

assigned, viewing UVs with

background, dimming

changing the resolution

creating by comparing UV sets

display normal bump

display tracking points

displays negative

keeping width/height ratio (Planar Mapping option)

minimizing distortion with Unfold

pixel aspect ratio

rendering quality

rendering speed

saving [1], [2]

saving after every stroke

tile (Warp image option)

turning off borders

using to arrange UVs

images, keeping rendered

images, removing all

images, removing current

IMF, definition

imgcvt stand-alone utility

to convert Maya image files

imgshow (see Fcheck)

imperative syntax

and return values

implicit connections

and create render node

implicit representation

implicit type conversion

implicitCone dependency graph rendering node

Implode Center, fluids

Implode, fluids

painted blend shape weight maps

painted wire weight maps

Import (File menu)

Import editorial

Import Image option

Import Value option

attribute maps (Artisan tools)

importing fluid examples [1], [2]

importing images

importing maya.cmds

importing sound (FCheck)

Impulse Position X, Y, Z

Impulse X, Y, Z

impulse, definition

Intersect Curves option

Intersect Curves option

In Hsv attribute

In Rgb attribute [1], [2]

In Tangents, default

In-Between creation option

In-Between Weight add option

in-point, definition

Incand Length Map attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Incand Tex Gain, fluids

Incandescence [1], [2], [3], [4]

painting [1], [2]

Particle Cloud Attributes

Ramp Shader attribute

Incandescence attribute

Particle Cloud Attributes

Incandescence Input

Incandescence Input, fluids

Incandescence Per Vertex

nParticles [1], [2]

Incandescence Per Vertex, fluids [1], [2]

Incandescence Randomize

Incandescence, fluids¶

Incandescence, ocean

Incandescence1 attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Incandescence2 attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

incandescencePP [1], [2]

to Maya image file format

Inclination [1], [2]

Inclination attribute

Inclination fur attribute

inclination, changing

Include Shadows attribute

Include Subcharacters in Clip

Create Clip [1], [2]

inclusiveMatrix()

Incompressibility [1], [2]

Insert Isoparms option

Insert Knots option

increasing virtual memory

Increment attribute

increment operations and unexpected values

Independent Euler

Independent Euler-Angle Curves [1], [2], [3]

RTG Output Option

Indirect Passes (Irradiance Particles) attribute

industrial quality, definition

infinite light (see directional light)

Infinite Size attribute

Volume Noise [1], [2]

Inflection attribute

Fractal Attributes

Inflection, fluids

fur attractor set attribute

Influence Assocation

Influence Association

Paint Skin Weights Tool

influence object

influence object, definition

Information window, for plug-ins

Inherit Factor [1], [2], [3], [4]

Inherit modifications

Inherit Opacity

Inherit Rotation

Inherit UVs from Poly

Inherit Velocity

particle collision event

Inherit Velocity, fluid emitter

Inherits Transform attribute

initial orientation

hinge constraint

Initial Orientation

rigid body Barrier constraint

rigid body Hinge constraint

Initial Orientation X, Y, Z

Initial Placement

Initial Position

Initial Position X, Y, Z

Initial Sample Rate

for displacement maps

Initial Spin X, Y, Z

Initial State [1], [3]

Clear Initial State

Connect Input Mesh to Rest Shape

Connect Selected Mesh to Rest Shape

Relax Initial State

Resolve Interpenetration

Set from Current

Set Rest to Start Shape

initial state attributes

creation expression execution

naming convention

saving values for

initial state cache files, fluid

initial state cache nodes, fluid

initial state caches

saving [1], [2], [3]

Initial Velocity X, Y, Z

Initial Weight Curve

contrast with assignment

shading node plug-ins

initialize, method for manips, API

initializePlugin

for shading node plug-ins

initializePlugin()

InitializePlugin()

to register commands

to register devices

to register tools

initiating error loggin

with MGLobal startError

Inner Bevel Style

Bevel Plus option

Input and Output Connections

Input and Output Connections button

Input Attract Damp

Input Attract Map

Input attribute

Clamp Color Attributes

Reverse Attributes

input attribute, connect

in Connection Editor

Input Bias, fluids

Absolute transform

Relative transform

input connection, definition

Input Connections

Input Connections button

Curve Fillet option

CV Hardness option

Extend Curve option

Fit B-spline option

Offset Curve option

Rebuild Curve option

Loft History options

jlcVcrDevice plug-in

Input Geometry Space [1], [2]

Input Mesh Attract [1], [2]

input node, definition

Input NURBS Object attribute

Extend Curve option

Input Profile/Input Rail

Align Surfaces option

Insert Isoparms option

Rebuild Surfaces option

Stitch Surface Points option

Input Surface/Input Curve

Project Curve On Surface option

Input Weights [1], [2], [3]

Input1 attribute

Multiply-Divide Attributes

Input1D attribute

Input2 attribute

Multiply-Divide Attributes

Input2D attribute

Input3D attribute

inQuad attribute

Insert Before Deformers

correct swimming textures

Insert Edge Loop Tool [1], [2]

description [1], [2]

Insert Isoparms

Insert Isoparms (Edit NURBS menu)

Insert Keys Tool

Attach Curves option

Attach Surfaces option

Open/Close Curve option

Open/Close Surfaces option

Insert Knot (Edit Curves menu)

Insert Location

Insert Isoparms option

Insert Knot options

Insert Parameter

Attach Curves option

Attach Surfaces option

Open/Close Curve option

Open/Close Surfaces option

inShape attribute [1], [2], [3], [4]

Inside Mode creation option [1], [2], [3]

inSingle attribute [1], [2]

web browser plug-in

Instance Definition

instanced geometry

Instance Leaf Nodes

Instance Reference

instance group node

Instance to Object

instance, definition

instanced objects conversion

Instanced Objects list

aiming instanced geometry

changing rotation pivot

creating animated instances

particle shape settings

using Paint Effects strokes

centering strokes on particles

Instancer (Replacement)

Instancer Nodes

objects, copying, instancing

sequence of objects

instancing file references

instancing, generalized

change to a string

division truncation

hair system attribute

Intensity attribute [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12]

Intensity Curve attribute

intensity curves [1], [2]

Intensity Multiplier

fur shading attribute

Intensity Multiplier fur shading attribute

Intensity tool setting

interactive bind

interactive binding

interactive creation

snapping [1], [2]

interactive NURBS creation

interactive performance, improve

Interactive Photorealistic Rendering (see IPR)

Interactive Placement

Projection Utility

Interactive Placement attribute

2d Texture Placement Attributes [1], [2]

Interactive Playback [1], [2], [3]

interactive polygon creation

interactive primitive creation [1], [2]

interactive rendering, multi-threaded

Interactive Sequence Caching Options attributes [1], [2]

Interactive Shading option

interactive swatch

interactive tool plug-ins

Interactive Unfold/Relax Tool (UV Texture Editor)

interactivity, improve

interface for Maya

Interior Blending

Align Surfaces option

intermediate object

intermediate objects [1], [2]

Intermediate Quality attribute

internal conversion of units

internal lights, fluids

example, for shading node plug-ins

Interpoints (Irradiance Particles) attribute

Interpolate (Irradiance Particles) attribute

Interpolate Samples [1], [2]

interpolated curves

tolerance, setting

interpolated curves, fit

rotation [1], [2]

Interpolation (Turbulence) attribute

Interpolation attribute

Interpolation Frames [1], [2], [3]

Interpolation Range

hair system attribute

Interpolation Type

interpShader node

Intersect Curves (Edit Curves menu)

Intersect Surfaces (Edit NURBS menu)

Intersection (Boolean operation)

Intersection Angle Max

Intersection Angle Min

Intersection Break Angle

Intersection Color

Intersection Line Width

intersection line, definition

Intersection Lines

intersection of objects

Intersection Width Modulation

inTriple attribute

invalid polygon geometry

inverse kinematics (IK)

blending with FK

Inverse Kinematics (IK)

description [1], [2]

limiting motion

translation limits

inverse kinematics, definition

Invert Attenuation

Invert attribute

Effects attributes, 2D textures [1], [2]

Invert Selection (Edit menu) [1], [3]

Invert Texture, fluids

invisible node, definition

invisible object, definition

Volume Light Dir

IO image library

batch rendering

painting textures

region to be updated

troubleshooting

IPR default light [1], [2]

Render View window

Render View Window

IPR Render Current Frame [1], [2]

IPR Render option

Render View window

IPR Tuning Options

Render View window

IPR, definition

troubleshooting

Irradiance Color

Irradiance Particles

irregular shapes, create with trimming

Is Dynamic [1], [2], [3], [4]

Is Full [1], [2]

Isolate Select (Show menu)

isolated subset of objects or components, show in a panel

isoparametric curve, definition

isoparm, definition

add to a surface

use to create a curve

isPerspCamera rendering attribute

isUndoable() method

searching for expressions

hair system attribute

J

jaggies, definition

Japanese Maya interface

running on Mac OS X

running on Windows

Jiggle deformation [1], [2]

jiggle deformer, definition

jiggle deformers

deleting or disabling cache

Jiggle Only After Object Stops

paint operations

Jitter attribute

Jitter Final Color attribute

Jitter, fluid emitter

jitterNode plug-in

jlcVcrDevice plug-in

viewing those running

curves or surfaces together

Curve Fillet option

Align Surfaces option

Join to Original

Extend Curve option

Extend Surfaces option

joining text in strings

ball, definition

chain plane indicator, definition

chain plane, definition

chain, definition

cluster flexor, definition

hinge, definition

lattice flexor, definition

root, definition

sculpt flexor, definition

universal, definition

joint chains [1], [2]

joint cluster flexors

joint lattice flexors

joint sculpt flexors

Joint Size [1], [2]

joint sJPEGness

joints [1], [2]

custom FBIK names

display size, setting

displaying local axis

influence on skin

labelling for FBIK

naming conventions

orienting local axis [1], [2]

renaming for FBIK

setting display size

setting preferred angles

RTG Export Option

VRML2 Export Option

Joints creation option

jot text editor

JPEG format [1], [2], [3]

K

Align Curves multiple knots option

Align Surfaces multiple knots option

Attach Curves option

Attach Surfaces multiple knots option

Cut Curve options

Rebuild Curve option

Rebuild Surfaces option

Trim Tool option

Keep Aspect Ratio [1], [2]

Keep Aspect Ratio option

Keep Faces Together

for polygon tools

when disconnecting faces

when duplicating faces

Keep Fur Images

fur render setting

Keep Geometry Borders, smoothing setting

Keep History option

Keep Image [1], [2]

Keep Image in Render View option

Render View window

Keep Image Ratio

Planar mapping option

Keep Motion Vectors

Align Curves option

Align Surfaces option

Attach Curves option

Attach Surfaces option

Cut Curve options

CV Hardness option

Detach Curves option

Detach Surfaces option

Extend Curve option

Extend Surfaces option

Fillet Curve option

Insert Isoparms option

Insert Knot option

Open/Close Curve option

Open/Close Surfaces option

Project Tangent option

Rebuild Curve option

Rebuild Surfaces option

Reverse Curve Direction option

Reverse Surface Direction option

Stitch Edges Tool option [1], [2]

Stitch Surface Points option

Trim Tool option

Untrim Surfaces option

Keep Original option

Keep Original point on curve option

Keep Original Source

Keep originals in Trax editor

Keep Swatches at Current Resolution

Keep Temp Files

fur render setting

Keep Voxels Square, fluids [1], [2], [3]

attributes, modifying

breakdown, definition

driven, definition

set driven, definition

Key Masking attribute

Key Stats [1], [2]

key ticks [1], [2]

keyable attributes

keyboard commands

keyboard shortcut (see hotkey)

keyframe (see key)

keyframe animation

eliminating expression to use

expressions as alternative to

interference with expressions

keyframes (keys)

fur movement [1], [2]

keyframing brush and stroke attributes

keyframing sculpting changes

rigid body constraints

transform attributes of particle objects

keying into a clip

keys [1], [2], [3]

copy method options

cutting [1], [2]

delete redundant

moving on a curve

pasting [1], [2]

selecting using the Time Slider

setting [1], [2]

Keys menu [1], [2]

kinematics, definition

kinks, adding to fur

knot (see edit point)

integer values, Rebuild Surface

match, with Rebuild Surfaces

cross insertion

in fillet blends

remove in specific direction

Kodak Cineon color correction [1], [2]

L

FBIK joints [1], [2]

Label option [1], [2]

Lacunarity attribute

lambert dependency graph rendering node

Lambert shading material

lambertShader node

lamina topology

Lanczos attribute

Large BSP attribute

Lasso Select Tool (Edit menu)

Untrim Surfaces option

Last Brush icon

Last Selected icon

lathe (see revolve surface)

Flow Path Object

lattice deformer, definition

lattice deformers

assuring smooth deformation through base lattice

changing influence lattice resolution

deforming a lattice with other deformers

editing the base lattice

freezing the lattice deformation mapping

grouping base and influence lattices

improving performance

parenting lattices to objects being deformed

pruning lattice deformer sets

resetting influence lattice points and removing tweaks

resting influence lattice shape and location

sculpting the influence lattice

toggling lattice shape handle

weighting lattice points to alter their influence

Lattice menu item

Lattice Options window

lattice tool for UVs

latticeNoise plug-in

making soft bodies

Launch Position X, Y, Z

Launch Rate (Per Frame)

VRML2 Export Option

lavaShader node

Layer attribute

addition of meshes

layer editor, definition

Layer is Visible

layer set, definition

Layer Size attribute

layered animation

Layered Shader [1], [2]

performance [1], [2]

Layered Shaders

layered texture, UV sets

layered textures [1], [2], [3]

layeredShader dependency graph rendering node

assign objects to

editing relationships

import merge options

organize objects

reference [1], [2]

layers, display

merge when importing files

assign component shading groups

control visibility/reflection per layer

merge when importing files

overrides [1], [2]

recycle render output for layers

layout UVs option

layout of UVs (see UV layout)

Layout UVs (Subdiv Surfaces > Texture)

changing panel layout

four view layout

Leaf Angle1 attribute

Leaf Angle2 attribute

Leaf Base Width attribute

Leaf Bend attribute

Leaf Color1 attribute

Leaf Color2 attribute

Leaf Curl attribute

Leaf Dropout attribute

Leaf Flatness attribute

Leaf Forward Twist attribute

Leaf Hue Rand attribute

Leaf Length attribute

Leaf Location attribute

Leaf Primitives attribute

Leaf Sat Rand attribute

Leaf Segments attribute

Leaf Size Decay attribute

Leaf Specular attribute

Leaf Start attribute

Leaf Stiffness attribute

Leaf Tip Width attribute

Leaf Translucence attribute

Leaf Twirl attribute

Leaf Twist attribute

Leaf Use Branch Tex attribute

Leaf Val Rand attribute

Leaf Width Scale attribute

Leaf Width Scale attributes

least squares modifier

least squares modifier attributes

leather dependency graph rendering node

Leather texture

Leaves attribute

Leaves attributes

Leaves In Cluster attribute

Environment Cube

Projection Geometry attributes

Left Barn Door attribute

hair, adjusting

create hair attribute

follicle attribute

hair system attribute

Length Flex attribute

Length In channel [1], [2]

Length Max attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Length Min attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Length Out channel [1], [2]

Flare Col Spread

Flare Horizontal

Flare Intensity

Flare Num Circles

Lens Flare Attributes

lens flare shader (see glow)

lens flare, definition

lens flares, about

Lens Properties attributes

lensSqueezeRatio rendering attribute

lepTranslator plug-in

Level Max attribute

Level Min attribute

level of detail

subdivision surface

Level Of Detail [1], [2], [3]

emitted particles

Level of Detail (Edit menu)

Level tessellation option

Level-of-Detail, LOD

keeping the same when deforming

FL library toolbox

libraries, shading network

OpenMayaAnim, API

OpenMayaFX, API

OpenMayaRender, API

OpenMayaUI, API

Life Color attribute [1], [2]

Life Incandescence attribute [1], [2]

Life Transparency attribute [1], [2]

attribute [1], [2]

controlling for individual particles

controlling with expressions

setting per-object

setting per-particle

lifespan attribute

Lifespan, nParticles

lifespanPP [1], [2]

lifespanPP only attribute

ambient, definition

area, definition

directionalLight

point, definition

spot, definition

Light Absorbance

Light Angle attribute [1], [2]

light attributes

light baking [1], [2]

Light Based Width attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Light Brightness, fluids

Light Centric Light Linking option

Relationship Editor

Light Color attribute

Light Color, fluids

Light decay, about

light dependency graph rendering node

Light Depth attribute

Light Depth Gain attribute

Light Depth Offset attribute

Light Direction

Paint Effects Globals

Light Direction attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Light Each Hair

hair system attribute

shadow problems

Light Fog attribute [1], [2]

Light Glow attribute

Light Icons attribute

Light Info Attributes

Light Info utility [1], [2]

Light Intensity

Maya batch mode

Maya prompt mode

native mental ray

Light Linking option

light mapping (see bake)

baking from command line

Light Model fur attribute

light parameters

Light Position attribute

Light Radius attribute [1], [2]

Light Released, fluids

Light Shape sample

for Spot lights

Light Source Palette

Light Type, fluids

Light Width attribute

Light Width Gain attribute

Light Width Offset attribute

light, irradiance as source

light, optical effects for

light, sources of direct

lightDataArray rendering attribute

Lighten Blend Mode

lightFog dependency graph rendering node

lightInfo dependency graph rendering node

control, for VRML2 output

information in UV sets

Paint Effects panel

sample incoming (prelight)

storing information with prelighting

Lighting attributes, fluids

Lighting Based Width

Lighting Mode attribute [1], [2]

lightlink command

lightList dependency graph rendering node

lightMapsNetwork

Lightning effect

editing attributes

shader attributes

Lightning Start

access through MObject handles

Ambient Shade attribute

animate, for GE2

animate, for VRML2

Cast Shadows attribute [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]

center of interest

changing intensity for fur

Decay Rate attribute [1], [2], [3]

decay regions, for spot lights

dependency graph

depth map shadows

for moving particles

Illuminates by Default attribute [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]

intensity [1], [2]

light fog effects

light glow effects

linking [1], [2]

manipulators, hiding and showing

MDt API description

raytrace shadows

Spot light attributes

Spot light Light Shape sample

spotlight [1], [2]

troubleshooting

GE2 Animate Option

RTG Export Option, debug info

RTG Export Option, Include

VRML2 Animate Option

VRML2 debug info

VRML2 Export Option, Include

lights, adjust attributes of

lights, area of illumination

lights, interactively place

lights, manipulator

lights, photon emission

lights, planning

lights, typical workflow

lightShader node

limit functions

Limit Influence Area creation option

curve normalization

editing, in Maya ASCII files

per-instance UV sets

substitute geometry

topology propagation

draw across a face to split

use to cut faces

Line Color attribute

Line End Thinning

line numbers, turn on

Line Offset Map

Line Opacity Map

Line Smoothing attribute

Line Width [1], [2], [3]

animation option

modification falloff

Linear [1], [2], [3]

Extend Curve on Surface option

Extend Curve option

Fog Type, point lights

Graph Editor tangents

Offset Curve option

primitive sphere option

surface degree Extrude option

buildRotationNode

animation curves

Linear Smoothing Controls

Linear surface degree

linear unit, definition

lineModifier node

thickness, manipulators

linetest (see Playblast)

link (alternate term for parent object)

Link To Camera attribute

multiple attributes

linking attributes [1], [2]

linstep function

comparison with smoothstep

platform-specific notes

troubleshooting Maya

RTG Output Option, Format

Liquid Radius Scale

nParticles [1], [2]

Liquid Simulation

creating with nParticles

Liquid Simulation attributes [1], [2]

liquid simulations

List of paintable attributes button

Paint Cluster Weights Tool

Paint Jiggle Weights Tool

Paint Skin Weights Tool

Paint Soft Body Weights Tool

listAttributes MEL command

listLightLinksCmd plug-ins

listPolyHolesCmd plug-in

manipulating API selection

lists, selection

cvExpandCmd plug-in

literal representation

live construction plane

setting lifespan mode

LMB (left mouse button)

Load All References [1], [2], [3]

Load No References [1], [2], [3]

Load Selected Characters

Load Selected Components

loading Paint Effects

loading plug-ins

loading textures, disabling

dolly camera setting

rotation axes, displaying and hiding

space, Move tool

space, Scale tool

Dolly camera setting

fur attractor model

Local attribute

Effects attributes, 2D textures

local axes, definition

local bind pose

Local creation option

Local Displacement option

Local Divisions creation option

Local Force option

local illumination, compared to global

Local Influence attribute

Local Influence S attribute

Local Influence T attribute

Local Influence tool setting

Local Influence U attribute

Local Mode creation option

Local Occlusion

Local Position attribute

local procedures

field influence on particles

Local Space Output

local space, definition

Local tolerance

Boundary option

Circular Fillet option

Fillet Blend option

Fit B-spline option

Freeform Fillet option

Intersect Surfaces option

Project Curve On Surface option

RTG Output Option

Location attribute

Locator (Create menu)

locator, definition

and footPrintManip plug-in [1], [2]

and footPrintNode plug-in [1], [2]

Lock Center of Mass

Lock Length [1], [2]

hair, edit curves

lock points or edges on NURBS surfaces

Global Stitch option

lock value of an attribute

Tumble camera setting [1], [2]

locked attributes

locking file references

customizing lock settings

locking and unlocking

with fullLoftNode plug-in

with simpleLoftNode plug-in

Loft (Surfaces menu)

Loft Tool [1], [2]

loft, definition

log function [1], [2]

Logfile [1], [2]

logic operators

VRML2 Export Option

long name for attributes

Look At Selection

Look Through Barn Doors

manipulator for spot lights

Look Through Selected

Look Through Selected option, Panels menu

VRML2 Animation Option

Loop Brush Animation option

Offset Curve option

Low Bound attribute [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

Low Bound creation option [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

Area Light options [1], [2]

Low Quality attribute

Area Light options [1], [2]

Lower Bound attribute

Lower Dropoff Type attribute

Lower Value attribute

LTC (see SMPTE time code)

luminance [1], [3]

channel, displaying

luminance curve

luminance dependency graph rendering node

Luminance option

Render View window

Luminance utility [1], [2]

luminance, definition

M

M classes [1], [2]

ma file format, definition

platform-specific notes

troubleshooting Maya

Mac OS, converting scene files

macro, definition

turbulence field

Magnitude attribute

magnitude of a vector

Maintain position

Maintain Width/Height Ratio attribute

Make Boats [1], [2]

Make Brush Spring option

Make Collide [1], [2], [3]

make curves dynamic

Make Hair Collide

Make Light Links option

Maya Lights menu

Make Live (Modify menu)

Make Motor Boats [1], [2]

Make Non-Soft a Goal

Make Original Surface Rigid

Make Paintable option

Make Pressure Curve option

make preview (see Playblast)

Make Selected Curves Dynamic

Make selected object live

Make Shadow Links option

Maya Lights menu

Manage Particle Death

custom menu sets

mangled animation curves [1], [2]

manip (see manipulator)

Manip Mode (Bezier Tool)

callback method, API

projection, for automatic mapping

Manipulator Resolution

manipulator, definition

field attribute

fluid subvolume

handles, displaying and hiding

lock to the current selection

show or hide in the Channel Box

Manipulators Along

manipulators, API

CircleSweepManip

connectToDependNode method

createchildren method

CurveSegmentManip

deregistration for

FreePointTriadManip

initialize method

PointOnCurveManip

PointOnSurfaceManip

registration for

manipulators, missing

manipulators, subvolume

manipulators, troubleshooting

tessellation mode

Map Color attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Map Displacement attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Map File (Irradiance Particles) attribute

Map Item attribute [1], [2], [3], [4]

Export Character Map

Map Method attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

fur attribute [1], [3], [4]

Map Name, Artisan tools

Map Name, Artisan Tools

fur attribute [1], [3]

Map Opacity attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Map Size, Artisan tools

Map Space attribute

Map UV Border [1], [2]

Map Visualizer [1], [2]

Mapped Area options

attribute values

cluster weights [1], [2]

fluid property values

fur attribute values

multiple textures to multi-surface objects

single textures

mapping characters

Mapping direction

planar mapping option

mapping UVs [1], [2]

to a square or circle

value ranges [1], [2]

mapVizShape node

Marble Attributes

marble dependency graph rendering node

MArgDatabase [1], [2]

hiding animation

Marking Menu Editor

marking menu, definition

assign to hotkeys

displaying checkboxes

displaying radio buttons

UV Texture Editor

marqueeTool plug-in

MArrayDataBuilder class

example with multiCurveNode plug-in

description, for cameras

attribute for Stencil utility

Output Settings attributes

or alpha channel

mask channel (see alpha channel)

about, alpha channels

modifying [1], [2]

Mask Unselected

mask, selection

masked surfaces

painting attributes

painting cluster weights

painting jiggle weights

painting skin weights

painting soft body goal weights

Paint Scripts Tool

Paint Soft Body Weights Tool

masking vertices [1], [2]

masks and modes, selection

objects with newton field

hair system attribute

Mass Scale Input

Mass Scale Randomize

master bin [1], [2]

Master muscle control

Rebuild Curve option

match end points

for Boundary surfaces

Rebuild Curve option

Rebuild Surfaces option

Global Stitch option

Match Render Tessellation

Rebuild Surfaces option

Match Topology (Subdiv Surfaces menu)

Match Using attribute

Blinn, definition

default shading

description [1], [2]

editor (see Hypershade)

Phong E, definition

Phong, definition

surface, definition

volumetric, definition

Material Attributes

Material Blend Setting

material palette

materialInfo dependency graph rendering node

adjust attributes

applying to components

assign to surface

connect attributes [1], [2]

Fluid Shape [1], [2]

MDt API description

mental ray [1], [2]

mental ray descriptions

shader, animate, for VRML2

RTG Output Option

VRML2 Animate Option

materials dependency graph

Materials on Selected Objects

contrast with arrays

dynamic (not possible)

matrix, definition

matrixEyeToNormPersp rendering attribute

matrixEyeToWorld rendering attribute

matrixNormPerspToEye rendering attribute

matrixObjectToWorld rendering attribute

matrixWorldToEye rendering attribute

matrixWorldToObject rendering attribute

matte channel (see alpha channel)

for Use Background

Matte Opacity attribute [1], [2], [4]

Matte Opacity attributes

Matte Opacity attributes, fluids

Matte Opacity Mode

Matte Opacity Mode attribute [1], [2], [5]

Matte Opacity Mode, fluids

Matte Opacity Mode, ocean

Matte Opacity, fluids

Matte Opacity, ocean

matte transparency (see Matte Opacity)

matte transparency, (see Matte Opacity)

matte, definition

Max 3D Blur Visib attribute

Max Alpha [1], [2]

Clamp Color Attributes

Set Range Attributes [1], [2]

Max Burst Speed

Max Clip option

Max Collision Iterations [1], [2]

Max Color [1], [2]

Max Color option

Max Count [1], [2], [3]

emitted particles

Scale Curvature tool

Max Depth (Importons) attribute

Max Displacement

Max Displacement creation option [1], [2], [3]

Max Distance [1], [2]

emitter manipulator

turbulence field

Max Distance attribute [1], [2]

Max Distance creation option

Max Distance, fluid emitter

Max Expand Position attribute

Max Expand Position creation option

Max Flight Time (Frames)

Max Hair Density

hair option variable

Max Height attribute [1], [2]

Max Influences option [1], [2], [3]

dynamic constraint

Max Iterations attribute

Max Photon Depth

Max Photon Depth attribute

Max Pixel Width attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Max Points to Add

mental ray [1], [2]

Max Radius attribute [1], [2]

Max Radius creation option

Max res. for swatches

Max Resolution, fluids

Max Sample Level

mental ray [1], [2]

Max Sample Level attribute

Max Search Depth attribute

Max Segment Length

Max Self Collide Iterations

Global Stitch option

Max Shading attribute

Max Shading Samples

Render Layer Member Overrides

Max Shading Samples attribute [1], [2]

Max Sparks Count

Max Subdivision Density

Offset Curve option

Max Temperature, fluids

Max Trace Depth attribute

Max Triangle Resolution

Max U or V attributes

Max Value attribute

Max Visib Samples attribute

Maximum Base Mesh Faces option

Maximum Color Difference

Maximum Displacement attribute [1], [2], [3]

Maximum Edges Per Vertex option

Maximum Number of Polygons tessellation option

Particle Tool [1], [2]

setting up Python

hardware render buffer

initializing for Python

interface, about

user interface [1], [2]

using Maya Help

Maya Artisan [1], [2]

Maya ASCII files

attribute connections

data organization

file references

limitations to editing

Maya Base shaders [1], [2]

Maya batch mode

Maya derivatives attribute

Render Settings

Maya Hardware renderer

navigation buttons

using Help index

using Help Line

Maya IFF format

Maya image file format

and data blocks

and file structure

and file structure groups

block alignment considerations

EOVC extensions

functions [1], [2]

GEND extensions

INCL extensions

IO image library

PATH extensions

Maya image file format (IFF)

and shadow maps

generating images

Maya image files

converting with imgcvt

viewing with fcheck

Maya nParticles

Maya Nucleus [1], [2]

Maya Paint Effects

Maya prompt mode

Maya Python module

Maya scene files

Maya Software renderer

Render Settings

Maya Vector renderer

Maya web browser plug-in

MAYA_HW_FILE_TEXTURE_RESOLUTION_OVERRIDE

MAYA_MRFM_SHOW_CUSTOM_SHADERS

MAYA_PAINT_EFFECTS_THREADS environment variable

MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH [1], [2]

MAYA_SCRIPT_PATH

maya.rayrc file

Maya16 IFF format

MayaScheme file

MayaToAlias conversion

instanced objects

transform nodes

trimmed surfaces

mb file format, definition

RTG Output Option

MDrawRequestQueue

animation, description

ByGroups, description

cameras, description

controls, description

groups, description

lights, description

materials, description

program example, basic

program example, minimal

shapes, description

textures, description

MDtCamera.cpp [1], [2]

MDtCnetwork.cpp

MDtExt.h [1], [2]

MDtLayer.cpp [1], [2]

MDtMaterial.cpp [1], [2]

MDtShape.cpp [1], [2]

distance between points

Measure Tools (Create menu)

measurement units

Medium Quality attribute

mediumRefractiveIndex rendering attribute

and Maya ASCII file format

calling from AppleScript

change animation curve colors

debugging features

difference in syntax from expressions

differences from Python

distinctions from other programming languages

embedded comments

existing scripts

get command help

Paint Scripts Tool

procedures, script paint

Python communication

script painting

adding to marking menu

executing with eval function

run at render time

mel file format, definition

MEL global procedures

MEL protocol commands

adding to marking menu

assign to hotkey

MEL-Python communication

MEL, definition

nCloth constraints

Memory and Performance Options

Memory and Performance Options attributes

memory exceptions

Memory Limit [1], [2]

about shaders [1], [2]

adding custom vertex data

assign custom text [1], [2]

building Phenomena

configuration files

environment shaders

error messages [1], [2], [3]

exporting .mi files

exporting files

extra Render Settings

geometry shaking

light parameters

loading shaders

maya.rayrc file

message attributes

network rendering

nodes descriptions

output window messages

participating media [1], [2]

Render Settings

rendering problems

shader connections

shader declaration file

shader descriptions

texture shaders

troubleshooting [1], [2], [3], [4]

use custom shaders

user data nodes

using Phenomena

volumetric materials

mental ray area light attributes [1], [2]

mental ray Area Light, about

mental ray area light, creating

mental ray attributes, for lights

mental ray Baking Options window

mental ray Derivatives

mental ray for Maya

custom shader libraries

error handling [1], [2]

fur render settings

polygonal meshes

shading networks

subdivision surfaces

mental ray for Maya renderer [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

mental ray for Maya shadows

troubleshooting [1], [2]

mental ray Ray Offset

mental ray shaders

assigning to an nParticle output mesh

mental ray specific image formats

mental ray, definition

mental ray, final gather

mental ray, HDRI

mental ray, photon tracing

mental ray, shadow maps

mentalrayOutputPass node

mentalrayPhenomenon

mentalrayVertexColors

nothing happens when posting

menu bar layout, creating

custom [1], [2]

Menu Sets editor

menu_ChangePanelLayout.mel

menu_ChangePanelType.mel

menu_ChangeSelectionMask.mel

menu_CommonModelingPanes.mel

menu_ControlPaneVisibility.mel

creating tools from

menus, creating

edges or faces into a single vertex

vertices into a single vertex

merge connections

merge display layers when importing files

Merge Distance (Caustics) attribute

Merge Distance (Global Illumination) attribute

Merge Distance (Importons) attribute

Merge Distance (Photon Volume) attribute

Merge Edge Tool

merge render layers when importing files

Merge to Center

Merge Tolerance

Merge UVs (Edit UVs menu)

Merge Vertex Tool

Geometry Cache Clip

merging display layers [1], [2]

brush, definition

put in vertices and edges

smooth (term for hierarchy)

smooth (term for smoothing)

term for polygon

Mesh Gradient (SWF and SVG only)

generating with shellNode plug-in

mesh plane, test particle collision boundary (sample MEL script)

Mesh Resolution, fluids

Mesh Smoothing Iterations

Mesh Triangle Size

clean up, simplify, validate

combine into one new mesh

combine using boolean operations

create single-faced

mirror attributes

pushing and pulling

pushing and pulling all at once

reduce number of faces

relaxing an entire mesh

relaxing with a brush

separate polygon shells into

smoothing an entire mesh

smoothing with a brush

storing rendering information with prelighting

meshes (see surface meshes)

meshes conversion

message attributes (mental ray)

messages to standard output

example using whatisCmd plug-in [1], [2]

messages, error

metaball, definition

meteors [1], [2]

Offset Surfaces option

Type enumeration

MFnMesh function set

deregisterContextCommand()

registerContextCommand()

getFunctionSetList()

startErrorLogging

mi_car_paint_phen

MI_CUSTOM_SHADER_PATH

MI_LIBRARY_PATH

mi_metallic_paint

mia_exposure_photographic

mia_exposure_simple

mia_lens_brokeh

mia_light_surface

mia_material [1], [2]

mia_material_x [1], [2]

mia_physicalsky

mia_physicalsun

mia_portal_light

mia_roundcorners

mib_amb_occlusion

mib_bent_normal_env

mib_color_alpha

mib_color_average

mib_color_intensity

mib_color_interpolate

mib_color_spread

mib_fg_occlusion

mib_geo_add_uv_texsurf

mib_geo_cylinder

mib_geo_instance

mib_geo_instance_mlist

mib_glossy_reflection

mib_glossy_refraction

mib_illum_blinn

mib_illum_cooktorr

mib_illum_lambert

mib_illum_phong

mib_illum_ward_deriv

mib_lens_stencil

mib_light_infinite

mib_light_photometric

mib_light_point

mib_lightmap_sample

mib_lightmap_write

mib_lookup_background

mib_lookup_cube1

mib_lookup_cube6

mib_lookup_cylindrical

mib_lookup_spherical

mib_passthough_bump_map

mib_photon_basic

mib_ray_marcher

mib_refraction_index

mib_shadow_transparency

mib_texture_checkerboard

mib_texture_filter_lookup

mib_texture_lookup

mib_texture_lookup2

mib_texture_polkadot

mib_texture_polkasphere

mib_texture_remap

mib_texture_rotate

mib_texture_turbulence

mib_texture_vector

mib_texture_wave

mib_transparency

micutAwayOpacity

Mid Point constraint position [1], [2]

Middle Branch attribute

miDisplaceAnimation

midmap depth maps

Midpoint rigid body solver

miExportElement

miExportMaterial

miExportShadowShader

Min Alpha [1], [2]

Min and Max Distance

springs creation method

Min and Max Value

Clamp Color Attributes

Set Range Attributes [1], [2]

Min Clip option

Min Color [1], [2]

Min Color option

Min Distance, fluid emitter

Min Flight Time (Frames)

Min Height attribute [1], [2]

Min Pixel Width attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

mental ray [1], [2]

Min Radius attribute [1], [2]

Min Radius creation option

Min Sample Level

mental ray [1], [2]

Min Sample Level attribute

Min Screen attribute

Secondary Tessellation Attributes

Min Segment Length

Min Size attribute

Min Sparks Count

Min U or V attributes

Min Value attribute

Min/Max Value setting

Paint Attributes Tool

Paint Cluster Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Fluids Tool

Paint Jiggle Weights Tool

Paint Skin Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Soft Body Weights Tool

Paint Scripts Tool

Minimal Edge Length tessellation method

Minimum Segment Size

Mirror (Subdiv Surfaces menu)

Mirror Across [1], [2], [3]

Mirror Behavior

Mirror Function

Mirror Geometry [1], [2]

mirror polygons across pivot point

Mirror Skin Weights selection

Mirror U and V attributes [1], [2]

mirror vertex attributes on the same surface mesh

mirrored joints

mirrored painting

miShadingSamples

Mitchell attribute

MItSelectionList

Mix Ratio attribute

Granite Attributes

Rock Attributes

mixed data types

using with arithmetic operators

mixtureShader node

MltMeshFaceVertex

MMB (middle mouse button)

modal dialogs, ELF support

Mode creation option [1], [2], [3], [4]

Mode U attribute

Mode V attribute

model, definition

description [1], [2]

modeling relation (see construction history)

modeling symmetrically

modeling view (see scene view)

modeling workflow

models [1], [2]

models, complex

Modification Resistance

Global Stitch option

modifier (see deformer)

modifier-based (see nonlinear deformer)

Modify Alpha attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Modify Boundary

Align Curves option

Modify Color attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

modify constrained axis

Modify Depth attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Delete Attribute

Freeze Transformations

Prefix Hierarchy Names

Reset Transformations

Search and Replace Names

Snap Align Objects

Transformation Tools

Modify Position

Align Curves option

Align Surfaces option

Align Curves option

Modify texture setting

modulus operator (%) [1], [2]

Momentum attribute

morpher (see blend shape deformer)

morphing facial expressions

Motif window, creating

creating in helixMotifCmd example plug-in

creating jittery

creating smooth, random

speeding up with Graph Editor

Motion Attenuation

Motion Back Offset

motion blur [1], [2]

fluids [1], [2]

troubleshooting

rendering soft bodies

Motion Blur [1], [2]

2D troubleshooting

creating [1], [2]

Render Layer Member Overrides

rendering particles with [1], [2]

Motion Blur attribute [1], [2], [4]

Multi-Pass Render Options [1], [2]

Motion Blur attributes

Create Camera Options

Render Settings window

Motion Blur By attribute

Motion Blur fur attribute

Motion Blur Shadow Maps attribute

Motion Blur Type attribute

motion blur, definition

Motion Blurred stroke option

motion capture [1], [2]

animation overview

full-body capture

saving files to disk

setting devices

virtual devices

motion capture data

creating clips from

extending the length of

motion capture, definition

hair system attribute

motion history dependence [1], [2], [3], [4]

motion history dependence, definition

motion matching

Motion Multiplier

animating along

animating along a surface

animation overview

deforming an object

IK spline handle

manipulator tool

orienting an object

Attach to Motion Path

motion path animation

motion path, definition

and motionTraceCmd plug-in [1], [2]

making soft body

rendering fields

Motion Quality Factor attribute

motion redirection

Motion Samples fur attribute

Motion Steps attribute

Motion Streak, fluid emitter

motion warping, definition

MotionBuilder, definition

motionField, fluids

motionPathCmd plug-in

motionTraceCmd plug-in [1], [2]

Mountain Attributes

mountain dependency graph rendering node

Mountain texture

use to control camera

mouse, switching to

Move and Sew UV Edges

Move and Sew UVs

Move and Sew UVs (UV tool button)

move CVs, with moveCurveCVsCmd

Move Nearest Picked Key Tool

Move Seam (Edit Curves menu)

Move Seam (Edit NURBS menu)

Move Snap Settings

coordinate system

Move Tool [1], [2], [3]

N (normal) manipulator [1], [2]

X, Y, Z manipulator

Move UV Shell Tool (UV Texture Editor)

move, in increments

moveCurveCvsCmd plug-in

Movement Options attributes

movement, adding to fur [1], [2]

moveNumericTool plug-in

moveTool plug-in [1], [2]

moveToolManip.cpp

movie background

troubleshooting

Geometry Cache Clip

moving a planar projection

moving keys on a curve

mp3 audio files

mplay (see Fcheck)

MPxContextCommand

MPxDeformerNode

MPxGeometryData

MPxGeometryIterator

MPxHwShaderNode

MPxIkSolverNode

MPxManipContainer

description, API class

MPxSurfaceShape [1], [2]

MPxSurfaceShapeUI

and error logging

API error logging

MSyntax [1], [2]

multi component selection

Multi Count [1], [2]

Multi Pass Rendering attribute [1], [2]

Multi Processing

Multi Radius [1], [2]

Multi Streak Spread1

hair system attribute

Multi Streak Spread2

hair system attribute

hair system attribute

Multi Streaks hair system attributes

Multi-Object Collision

Multi-Pass Render Options attributes

multi-pixel filter

multi-processor rendering

multi-render pass

pass contribution maps

render pass contribution map node

multi-render passes [1], [2], [3], [4]

Create Render Passes window

creating a pass-compliant shader

Render Layer Editor

render pass contribution map node

render pass node

render pass set node

Render Settings Passes tab

multi-surface objects, mapping to

multi-texturing with multiple UV layouts

multi-thread interactive rendering

multi-value attributes, setting

multiCurveNode plug-in

multilisterLight dependency graph rendering node

multiple argument

multiple attribute editors

Align Curves option

Align Surfaces option

Attach Curves option

Attach Surfaces option

CV curves option

Fillet Blend Tool option

remove, with Rebuild Surface

multiple named arguments

multiple nodes, selecting

multiple processors

multiple shape nodes

multiple UV sets

CV Hardness option

Insert Isoparms option

Insert Knot options

Multiply Blend Mode option

multiply connected geometry

Multiply Divide utility [1], [2]

Multiply-Divide Attributes

multiplyDivide dependency graph rendering node

MultiPoint render type

multipoint, definition

multiprocess render [1], [2]

MultiStreak render type

multistreak, definition

RTG Output Option

Adjust squash and stretch

Basic Skin Deformation

Connect muscle objects

Create a Direction node

Create simple muscle

finalize simple muscle

Jiggle Deformation

Jiggle parameters

Paint Direction weights

Paint Sliding weights

Painting Sticky Weights

sculpt simple muscle shape

Set Weights to specific points

Sliding Deformation

Muscle Builder window

Cross Section tab

Muscle Parameters tab

Muscle Creator window

copy and paste settings

muscle deformation

Muscle deformer

Muscle Paint tool

Muscle Save Weights

Muscle Spline Deformer Shape

Muscle Spline Deformer tool

Muscle Spline tool

setting pose states

troubleshooting

turning on or off

mute track [1], [2]

muting animation

muting channels in Dope Sheet and Graph Editor

muting, definition

N

GE2 Output Domain option

Nail rigid body constraint

nail rigid body constraint, definition

images, setting

Merge Cache Clips

Name creation option [1], [2]

named arguments

picking with pickCmd plug-in

reusing dag nodes

Namespace Editor

namespace, definition

namespaces [1], [2]

UI elements created with ELF commands

naming conventions

naming render layers

nap, fur direction

native mental ray light linking

natural logarithm

remove UI for VRML2

navigation buttons

Navigation Speed

for VRML2 output

blend and set weight

cache directory

cache time range

clips, work with

Evaluate every # Frame(s)

file distribution

fluids, creating

Save every # evaluation(s)

XML description file

Append to Cache [1], [2]

Attach Existing Cache File [1], [2]

Create New Cache

Delete Cache Frame

Disable All Caches On Selected [1], [2]

Enable All Caches On Selected [1], [2]

Paint Cache Weights Tool

Replace Cache Frame

Transfer Cache to Input Mesh

nParticles [1], [2], [3]

advanced techniques tutorials

Collide Strength

collision thickness

collisions [1], [2], [3], [5]

constraints [1], [2], [3]

creating [1], [3]

creating seams or creases

Dynamic Properties

Input Mesh Attract

Max Self Collide Iterations

optimizing geometry

painting properties

Quality Settings

Self Trapped Check

self-collisions

Stretch Resistance

Tangential Drag

using with a wrap deformer

cache directory

cache time range

Evaluate every Frame(s)

file distribution

Save every evaluation(s)

nCloth collisions

increasing accuracy

see also nDynamics collisions

nCloth constraints

see also Constraining Nucleus objects

nCloth overview

nCloth property maps

nCloth workflow

Painting nCloth properties

Setting nCloth object properties

What is nCloth?

nCloth simulation and caches

nCloth workflow

nClothShape node

Collision Properties Map

Collisions attributes

Dynamic Properties

Dynamic Properties Map

Force Field Generation

Quality Settings

nComponent node

Component Indices

Nucleus Component Attributes

nConstraints menu

Attract to Matching Mesh

Component to Component

Convert Texture to Vertex Map

Convert Vertex to Texture Map

Disable Collision

Exclude Collide Pairs

Paint properties by Texture Map

Paint properties by Vertex Map

Point to Surface

Remove Dynamic Constraint

Replace Members

Slide on Surface

Tearable Surface

Weld Adjacent Borders

nDynamics overview

Collision layers

Constraining Nucleus objects

Nucleus force fields

Nucleus point force fields

Nucleus solver properties

What is Maya Nucleus?

Near Clip Plane attribute [1], [2]

near clipping plane

near clipping plane, definition

Need Parent UV [1], [2]

needParentUV [1], [2]

Network [1], [2], [3]

network rendering [1], [2], [3], [4]

troubleshooting

shading and texture coordinates

neutral pose, definition

Never Blend with Existing Connections

New Curves option

create for instances

New Image Name (Warp Image option)

new line characters in print statement

New Partition Name creation option [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10]

New Scene (File menu)

New Surfaces option

newSyntax method

Newton field, definition

nickeling, definition

nMesh menu [1], [2]

Convert Texture to Vertex Map

Convert Vertex to Texture Map

Display Current Mesh

Display Input Mesh

Get nCloth Example

Paint Texture Properties

Paint Vertex Properties

No Dynamic option

No Field Extension attribute

No Interpolation [1], [2], [3]

No Multiple Knots

Rebuild Curve type

Rebuild Curves option

Rebuild Surfaces option

hair system attribute

invisible, definition

Node Display Override Color

errors [1], [2], [3]

and dependency graph

and placement nodes

pre-defined attributes

registration and classification

special shading nodes

Node State attribute [1], [2]

nodeInfoCmd plug-in

nodeMessageCmd plug-in

NodeMonitor plug-in

nodes [1], [2], [3], [4]

about attributes

access through MObject handles

adjust attributes

attribute names in dependency graph

change default connections

change the order

closestPointOnSurface

cMuscleDirection

cMuscleDisplace

cMuscleMultiCollide

cMuscleRelative

cMuscleSmartCollide

cMuscleSmartConstraint

cMuscleSplineDeformer

cMuscleSurfAttach

containing param curves

creating approximation

customize manipulator

DAG walking with scanDagCmd plug-in

DAG, definition

delete connections

deleting connections

dependency navigation with findTexturesCmd plug-in

description [1], [2]

duplicating in Hypershade

floor contact marker

for dependency graph, API

general attributes

hierarchy, view and change

in Maya ASCII files [1], [2]

initialShadingGroup

mental ray descriptions

mentalrayOutputPass, output pass

mental ray node

Nucleus [1], [2]

reference [1], [2]

remove from assets

render and implicit connections

rendering, description

script, execute

see connections

set update state

setting attributes

shading and dependency graph

shading plug-ins

show connections

sorting in Hypershade

with multiple values

access through MObject handles

walking with scanDagSyntax plug-in

nodes, dependency

and latticeNoise plug-in

circleNode plug-in [1], [2]

header files for plug-ins

jitterNode plug-in

navigating with findTexturesPerPolygonCmd plug-in

querying with nodeInfoCmd plug-in

hair system attribute

Noise Amplitude

attractor set attribute

Noise Anim Rate attribute [1], [2]

Noise Aspect attribute [1], [2]

Noise attribute

Particle Cloud Attributes [1], [2]

Ramp Attributes

Noise attributes

Noise Attributes

noise for motion

Noise Freq attribute

Particle Cloud Attributes [1], [2]

Ramp Attributes

Noise Frequency

attractor set attribute

hair system attribute

Noise Frequency attribute

returned values with frame argument

returned values with time argument

Noise Level attribute

hair system attribute

Noise Offset attribute

Noise Ratio attribute

Noise Threshold, glow

Volume Noise [1], [2]

Noise Uoffset, glow

Noise Uscale, glow

Noise UV attribute [1], [2]

Noise Voffset, glow

noiseShader node

NoiseVscale, glow

Non Proportional

Birail transform option

non-contiguous normals

Non-deformer history

non-dynamic fluid

non-dynamic fluid effects, creating

non-hair simulation

non-manifold geometry

merging polygons

non-manifold topology

non-planar face

non-planar polygon, definition

non-proportional scaling

Rebuild Surfaces option

non-rational geometry, convert to

Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines (see NURBS)

nonAmbientLightShapeNode dependency graph rendering node

nondestructive animation [1], [2]

nonExtendedLightShapeNode dependency graph rendering node

animation overview

nonlinear animation

nonlinear deformer, definition

nonlinear deformers

nonmanifold topology

nonmanifold topology, definition

Norm Balance attribute

Norm Depth attribute

Norm Frequency attribute

Norm Melt attribute

constraint, definition

vertex, definition

Create Render Node [1], [2]

Fog Type, point lights

Global Stitch option

Project Tangent option

Stitch Surface Points option

Normal Camera attribute

Normal Constraint Options window [1], [2]

normal constraints

adding target objects

changing target object weights

controlling motion history dependence effects

editing attributes

editing channels

preventing rolling effects

removing target objects

setting creation options

Normal Depth attribute

Normal Dir [1], [2]

Normal Direction

Offset Curve options

Normal Direction attribute

left-handed tangent space

normal map baking

troubleshooting

Normal Melt attribute

Normal node state option [1], [2]

surface and curve emitters

Normal Speed, fluid emitter

Normal stroke option

Normal Threshold

for displacement maps

normalCamera rendering attribute

normalization, definition

curve limitations

each face separately

texture option [1], [2]

the whole object

Normalize Weights selection

Normalized Dropoff, fluid emitter

animation curves

export, for VRML2

flip all to same side

flip, for VRML2

flip, using GE2

Freeze Transformations option

manipulation notes

move polygon vertices along

reverse direction for curves or surfaces

reverse, with Circular Fillet

Sculpt Polygon Tool

size on polygons

surface [1], [2]

surface, project curve along

vertex same as face

X, Y, Z, change range of

VRML2 Export Option

Notepad text editor

nParticle caches

creating [1], [2]

editing [1], [2]

nParticle collisions

see also nDynamic collisions

nParticle constraints

see Constraining Nucleus objects

nParticle simulation and caches

nParticle style

nParticle styles

nParticle tutorials

creating nParticles

simulating liquids

simulating smoke

Blobby Radius Scale

Collide Strength

Collide Strength Scale

Collide Width Scale [1], [2]

collisions [1], [2], [3]

Color Per Vertex [1], [2]

convert to polygons

converting to polygons

Convert nParticles to Polygons

creating [1], [2], [3]

creating liquid simulations

emitter [1], [2]

Ignore Solver Gravity

Incandescence Per Vertex [1], [2]

Incompressibility

Liquid Radius Scale [1], [2]

Liquid Simulation attributes

nParticleShape node

Opacity Per Vertex [1], [2]

Radius [1], [2]

Rotation attributes

Self Collide Width Scale

self-collisions [1], [2]

Shading attributes

Surface Tension [1], [2]

Surface Tension Scale

Use Gradient Normals

Velocity Per Vertex [1], [2]

Viscosity Scale

nParticles collisions

setting properties

nParticles menu

Create nParticles

Instancer (Replacement)

Particle Collision Event Editor

Per-Point Emission Rates

Use Selected Emitter

nParticles overview

advanced simulation features

collision events

Collisions attributes

Creating nParticle systems

Dynamic Properties

emitter properties

Force Field Generation

Lifespan properties

Liquid Simulation properties

nParticle styles

nParticle workflow

setting nParticle object properties

Shading properties

Size properties

What is nParticles?

work with nParticle attribute ramps

nParticles Shading properties

nParticles to Polygons

nParticleShape node

Add Dynamic Attributes

Collisions attributes

Dynamic Properties

Emission Attributes

Force Field Generation

Goal Weights and Objects

Instancer (Geometry Replacement)

Liquid Simulation

Per Particle Attributes

Wind Field Generation

Collision Properties Map

nRigidShape node

Collision Properties Maps

Quality Settings

Interactive Playback

NTSC video [1], [2]

NTSC, definition

Nucleus [1], [2]

Gravity and Wind

Max Collision Iterations

Space Scale [1], [2], [3]

Gravity and Wind

Scale Attributes

Solver Attributes

Time Attributes

Nucleus objects and external dynamic forces

Num Branches attribute

Num Collide Neighbors

hair system attribute

Num Control Segments

Num Control Subsegments

Num Flowers attribute

Num Frequencies

Num Frequencies, ocean

Num Leaf Clusters attribute

particle collision event

Num Spark Colors

Num Trail Colors

Num Twig Clusters attribute

hair system attribute

hair system attribute

Volume Noise [1], [2]

Number of Copies

Number of CPUs to use

Number of Exposures attribute

Number of Knots

Insert Isoparms option

Number of Particles

Number of Processors to Use attribute [1], [2]

Number of Samples [1], [2], [3]

Number of Samples attribute [1], [2]

Number of Sections

primitive sphere option

Number of Spans [1], [2]

Rebuild Curve option

Rebuild Surfaces option

sphere primitive option

Number of Spans tool setting

Number Of Waves attribute

Number of Waves, fluids

Number U attribute

Number U tessellation

Number V attribute

Number V tessellation

automatic conversion rules

explicit typing

implicit typing

values, edit directly

Numeric Display

Numeric Display, fluids

numeric render type

numeric render type, definition

numShadingSamples rendering attribute

Rebuild Surfaces options

multi-uv rendering problems

Convert Paint Effects to NURBS

convert to polygons

convert to polygons (options)

creating NURBS curves

curves, using to create falloff

CVs, select region of

display options

display tessellation

prepare surface for conversion

sculpting NURBS surfaces

surface precision

tessellation methods

NURBS control vertices (CVs)

simulation issue

NURBS curves conversion

NURBS Curves hair output

NURBS primitives

interactive creation

single-click creation

NURBS Primitives (Create menu)

NURBS Samples option

NURBS Smoothness Custom Options

NURBS surface (see surface)

assigning textures

editing UV texture coordinates

mental ray for Maya

NURBS surfaces conversion

NURBS surfaces, fur

NURBS Tessellation

fur render setting

NURBS Texture Placement Tool option

Maya Shading menu

NURBS to Subdiv

NURBS Tool settings

NURBS, definition

O

OBJ format, exporting to from Maya

assign custom text (mental ray)

hierarchy, definition

space, definition

pivot point option, primitives

Object Centric Light Linking option

Relationship Editor

Object Display (Display menu)

Object Height attribute (dynamic locator)

Object Hierarchy [1], [2]

term for Hypergraph

term for Outliner

omitting in expressions

object properties

Object Rotation Up

object selection [1], [2]

Object Shading menu, Paint Effects panel

Object Space attribute

Object/Component

objectId rendering attribute

instancer particle option

assigning to bake sets

baking illumination

bounding volumes

change the look

change wireframe color

export to new file

filter information

framing with camera [1], [2], [3]

linking attributes

make unselectable (template)

mental ray approximation

move, rotate, scale

organize on display layers

show isolated subset

smoothness, controlling

space coordinate system, Move tool

space coordinate system, Scale tool

tesselation settings

viewing more than one at the same time

when to tessellate

objects and function sets

objects, defining for UV projection

objects, make visible

objects, painting on

objects, photons

objectType rendering attribute

objExists statement

objExport conversion

Maya component set information

Maya renderable set information

Maya texture coordinates

Maya vertex normals

Observer Speed, ocean

occlusion culling, definition

Occlusion Falloff [1], [3], [4]

Occlusion Max Distance attribute

Occlusion Rays [1], [4], [5]

Occlusion Rays attribute

Occlusion Tolerance

Occlusion Width Scale

attributes, modifying

shader [1], [2]

Ocean attributes

Ocean shader [1], [2]

ocean, definition

oceanPreviewPlane

examples, importing

floating objects [1], [2]

locators, adding

Octaves attribute

Odd Field attribute

Offset Curve, no connection

offset [1], [2]

IK spline handle

parent constrained objects

Duplicate Face option

Move Component option

Offset (Edit Curves menu)

Offset attribute [1], [2]

2d Texture Placement Attributes [1], [2]

orient constraint

Placement attributes

point constraint

offset copy of a curve or surface

Offset creation option [1], [2]

Offset Curve/Curve on Surface (Edit Curves > Offset)

Offset Distance

Offset Curve option

Offset Surfaces option

Offset Edge Loop Tool

description [1], [2]

Offset Fur Direction By menu item

pfxToonProfileShader node

offset mesh, definition

Offset Polarity attribute

Offset Surfaces (Edit NURBS menu)

Offset U attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Offset V attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

offset with sin function

offset, definition

offsetNode plug-in

Old Max attribute [1], [2]

Old Min attribute [1], [2]

omitting object names in expressions

One File option

File Distribution

Merge Cache Clilps

One File Per Frame option

File Distribution

Merge Cache Clilps

One File per Geometry option

File Distribution

One to one option

one-to-one assocations

Only for non-rigid deformations

Only Render Strokes attribute

Only Render Strokes render option

Only Update particles

onTrianglesNode plug-in

adding per object

adding per particle

fading over time

particle [1], [2], [3]

Opacity [1], [2], [3]

hair system attribute

Paint Cluster Weights Tool

Sculpt Geometry Tool

Opacity Gain [1], [2]

Matte Opacity Mode, Use Background

Opacity Input, fluids

Opacity Per Vertex

nParticles [1], [2]

Opacity Per Vertex, fluids [1], [2]

Opacity Preview Gain, fluids

Opacity Scale Input

Opacity Scale Randomize

Opacity Tex Gain, fluids

opacity, definition

Opacity, fluids

opacityPP [1], [2], [3]

creating trimmed surfaces from

Open Image option

Render View window

Open in Browser (SWF only)

Render View window

Open Render Settings Window

Open Scene (File menu)

Open/Close Curves (Edit Curves menu)

Open/Close Surfaces (Edit NURBS menu)

API library description

API library description

OpenMayaErrorLog

API library description

API library description

API library description

Operation attribute

Condition Attributes

Vector Product Attributes

assigning values to

raising a power

Render Layer Member Overrides

VRML2 Export Option

optical effects, creating

Optical F X utility

Optical FX Attributes

optical FX node, definition

optical systems

opticalFX dependency graph rendering node

Optimize Animation Detection

Optimize Animation Detection attribute

Optimize automatic mapping option

Optimize for Animations attribute

Optimize Instances [1], [2]

Optimize Instances attribute

Optimize Non-animated Display Visibility

Optimize Raytrace Shadows

Optimize Scene Size

explanation of options

Optimize Scene Size (File menu)

Optimize Vertex Sharing

optimized texture format

Optimized textures location

scenes [1], [2]

shadows [1], [2]

option submenus

display problems

Boundary option

parent constraint

Unghost Selected

Options attribute

Render View window

orbit, altering with custom attribute

orbiting objects

order of statements

of Maya ASCII files

organization of data, in Maya ASCII files

Orient Child Joints

orient constraint

Orient Constraint Options window [1], [2]

orient constraint, definition

orient constraints

adding target objects

animating target object weights

changing target object weights

editing attributes

editing channels

removing target objects

setting constraint options

setting for polygonal primitives

Extrude options

orientation of UVs, buttons

Origin attribute [1], [2]

origin axis, definition

Origin creation option [1], [2]

VRML2 Export Option, Texture

Original Object

Subdiv to NURBS conversion option

tessellation option

Original Particle Dies

Original Surface

Tumble camera setting [1], [2]

Orthogonal Reflection attribute

orthographic camera

Orthographic Camera

orthographic projection, definition

orthographic view

Orthographic views

camera settings [1], [2]

Orthographic Width

animation curves

Oscillate selection

Out Color attribute

Condition Attributes

Volume Shader Attributes

Out Hsv attribute

Out Matte Opacity

Extra Attributes, Surface Shader

Out Rgb attribute

Out Tangents, default

Out Transparency

Out Transparency attribute

Volume Shader Attributes

out-point, definition

outColor output attribute

Outer Bevel Style

Bevel Plus option

outGlowColor output attribute

outline color, brush

Outliner [1], [3]

access history of objects

description [1], [2]

parenting objects

placing clips from

Outliner editor [1], [2]

outliner separator

outliner split control

Outliner, definition

Outlines at Intersections

editing, for VRML2

from expression

create hair attribute

Paint Hair Follicles options

output (alternate term for resolution)

output attribute

outTransparency

output attribute, connect

in Connection Editor

Output Connections

Output Connections button

Output Geometry

Fillet Blend Tool option

Freeform Fillet option

Rebuild Surfaces option

Output Mesh attributes, fluids

output mesh color set, fluids

output node, definition

stroke Shape node

Output Settings

Output Settings attributes

Subdiv to NURBS option

Output Window [1], [2]

outside points transform, definition

outTransparency output attribute

Volume Light Dir

effect on emission

overlapping UVs

Overlay Blend Mode, 3D Paint Tool

Override CV Position

Stitch Surface Points option

Override Dynamics

follicle attribute

Override Geometry Anti-aliasing

Render Layer Member Overrides

Override Global Auto-Conversion Settings attribute

Override mesh UV set assignments [1], [2]

Override Shading Samples

Render Layer Member Overrides

Override tolerance value

Round Tool option

Override Visibility Samples

Render Layer Member Overrides

Override Volume Samples

Render Layer Member Overrides

overriding attributes per layer

oversample level

oversampling_lens

oversampling, definition

Overscan camera attribute

Overscan option

animation controls

driven key animation

keyframe animation

motion capture animation

nonlinear animation

Overview of texture nodes

overview, Fur workflow

Overwrite Existing Dmap(s)

Overwrite existing file (Warp image option)

ownerEmitter plug-in

P

RTG Output Option, Format

blend shape weight tool settings

colors on vertices

only effect of previous stroke

subdivide faces by

Paint Effects Tool option

Paint Attributes Tool

making attributes paintable

Paint brush type

Paint Cache Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Canvas command

Paint Canvas option

Paint Cluster Weights Tool [1], [2]

3D objects [1], [2]

assigning to hair

Blur operation [1], [3]

brush options, 3D Paint Tool

Brush Settings window

brushes, 3D Paint

Convert Paint Effects to Curves

Convert Paint Effects to NURBS

Convert Paint Effects to Polygons

making surfaces paintable

operations, 3D Paint Tool

Paint operation [1], [2]

Smear operation [1], [3]

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Paint Effects Globals

Paint Effects Globals window

Paint Effects hair [1], [2]

Paint Effects hair output

Paint Effects option (General Preferences)

Paint Effects panel

Paint Effects Pressure option

Paint Effects Rendering Options

Paint Effects Set Size window

Paint Effects strokes

Paint Effects to Polygons

Paint Effects Tool

Paint Effects, definition

Paint Fluids Tool [1], [2], [3]

Paint Fur Attributes Tool [1], [2]

Fur Description

Smooth operation

Paint Hair Follicles

Paint Hair Follicles options

Paint Hair Tool [1], [2], [3], [4]

Paint Jiggle Weights Tool

Paint Line Attributes

Paint menu, Paint Effects panel [1], [2], [3]

Paint Hair Follicles options

Paint on Paintable Objects option

Paint on View Plane option

Paint operation [1], [2]

paint operations

Paint Attributes Tool

Paint Cluster Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Fluids Tool

Paint Jiggle Weights Tool

Paint Skin Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Soft Body Weights Tool

Paint properties by Texture Map

Paint properties by Vertex Map

Paint Reduce Weights Tool

Paint Scene option

Paint Scripts Tool

paint sculpt map, definition

Paint Selection Tool [1], [2], [3]

Paint Selection Tool (Edit menu) [1], [2]

Paint Set Membership Tool [1], [2]

painting weights

Paint Skin Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Soft Body Weights Tool

Paint Texture Properties

reflected painting

stylus pressure

Paint Transfer Attributes Weight Tool

Paint Vertex Color Tool

Paint Vertex Properties

Paint Weight Menu

paint, applying to strokes

painting [1], [2]

3D strokes in scene view

attractor set attributes

attribute values greater than one

cluster weights [1], [2]

displaying property values

flooding, Artisan

fluid properties [1], [2], [3]

fur attributes [1], [2]

multiple surfaces, switch nodes

non-file textures

pressure sensitivity

Projective Paint mode

reflecting, 3D Paint Tool

reflecting, Artisan

renderable attributes

restricting area

saving textures

select components by

single channel attributes

soft body goal weights

textures, existing

undoing, 3D paint

UV Texture Paint mode

painting Muscle weights

painting properties

painting weights

troubleshooting

pairBlend attribute

PAL video [1], [2]

PAL, definition

eyepoint, trackplane

paletteColors.mel

pan (see track)

panel layout [1], [2]

panel, definition

panel, Paint Effects [1], [2]

add layout to shelf

layout, customize

tear off as window

Panels menu, Paint Effects Panel

panels, see shadows in

of Script editor

Parallel placement

parallel rendering

Param attribute

Insert Isoparms option

parameter panel (see Attribute Editor)

Parameter Range

Rebuild Curve options

Rebuild Surfaces options

follicle attribute

Stitch Surface Points option

follicle attribute

parameter values, show

parameter wiring (see Connection Editor)

parameter, definition

parameterization

convert to uniform

uniform, for rebuild curve

parameterization, definition

Parametric Distance

Extend Curve on Surface option

Parametric Length

parametric length method

parametric representations

parametric space method

parametric space, definition

in UI, creating

Parent (Edit menu)

parent constraint

parent constraint, definition

parent node [1], [2]

parent object, definition

Parent to World, unparenting

parented objects

parentId [1], [2], [3]

DAG, description

in Maya ASCII files [1], [2]

information, in dag nodes

rigid body constraints

to dynamic motion

Parenting creation option

parenting objects

parentU, parentV

parti_volume_photon

partial crease, create

partial curve manipulators

Partial curve range

Offset Curve option

Project Curve On Surface

partial rendering

Partial Resolution attribute [1], [2], [3]

participating media [1], [2]

particle attributes

arrays, assigning to different lengths

per object and per particle

particle attributes, per object and per particle

Particle Cloud Attributes

Particle Cloud material

Particle Collision

particle collision event

using a MEL procedure

Particle Collision Event Editor

Particle Collision Events

particle collisions

adjusting bounciness

detection sensitivity

editing attributes

emitting, killing, or splitting on contact

with active rigid bodies

Particle Density

particle disk cache

setting options

Particle Instancer

Particle Instancer Name

Particle Lifespan

particle motion

particle motion, fluids

particle object

Particle Object To Instance

particle object, definition

Particle Render Type [1], [2], [3], [4]

particle rendering

particle sampler info node

setting attribute

Particle Sampler Info node

Particle Spacing

particle utility

particleAgeMapper

particleColorMapper

particleIncandMapper

particleTranspMapper

particle, definition

Particle’s Age

Input U, V option

particleAge rendering attribute

particleAgeMapper dependency graph rendering node

particleCloud dependency graph rendering node

particleColor rendering attribute

particleColorMapper dependency graph rendering node

particleId [1], [2]

particleId rendering attribute

particleIncandescence rendering attribute

particleIncandMapper dependency graph rendering node

particleLifespan rendering attribute

assigning to specific

blobby surfaces

changing form of [1], [2]

collision boundary (sample MEL script)

collision with geometry

connecting to emitters

conserving original velocity

death with springs

depth sorting for accurate color

disabling effects

dynamic curve scenario

emit from single direction with simpleEmitter plug-in [1], [2]

emitter (sample MEL script)

emitter, with ownerEmitter plug-in

empty particle object

expressions for

fluid shape shader

hardware rendering

killing individual

lighting movement

maximum number emitted

moving position with hermite function

multiple points

multiple streaks

number per click

particle collision events

placing on surface

raytraced shadows

reflections, refractions, and shadows

render type [1], [2]

render with mental ray

rendering with motion blur [1], [2]

scaling velocity

selecting individual

setting attributes with expressions [1], [2]

setting attributes with ramps

shape node attributes

sketching a continuous curve

software render types

streaks [1], [2]

testing attributes (sample MEL script)

testing collision events (sample MEL script)

transform node attributes

using sphrand to create ellipsoid of

working with collisions

Particles attribute

particles, global illumination of

particleTransparency rendering attribute

particleTranspMapper dependency graph rendering node

particleWeight rendering attribute

character, definition

set, definition

partition dependency graph rendering node

Partition option

Partition To Use creation option [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10]

Pass Custom Depth Channel

Pass Custom Label Channel

passive collision object [1], [2]

passive collision objects

create hair attribute

passive hair curves

passive rigid body

Paste (UV tool buttons)

using the Time Slider

patch surface (see Bezier patch)

patch, definition

divide by inserting isoparms

use to create a surface

default error log

of dag instance

overview [1], [2]

position marker

Twist attribute

Path Attract attribute

path curve, definition

Extrude orientation option

to Maya image file format

Path Follow attribute

path of preferences files

path, definition

motion and motionTraceCmd plug-in [1], [2]

motion, assigning with motionPathCmd plug-in

pattern matching

with pickCmd plug-in

Pause IPR Tuning

Render View window

PDC file format

Volume Light attribute

Penumbra Angle attribute

Penumbra Radius

manipulator for spot lights

Per Follicle Overrides

follicle attributes

Per Instance Shared

Per Instance Unshared

Per object attribute

per object attributes [1], [2]

naming conventions

Per Particle (Array) Attributes

per particle attributes [1], [2]

assigning to individual particles

how to distinguish [1], [2], [4]

list of data types

naming conventions

setting with a ramp

setting with the Component Editor

Per Point Emission Rates

Per polygon attribute

Per Span # of Isoparms

primary tessellation

Per Spring Rest Length

Per Surf # of Isoparms

primary tessellation

Per Surf # of Isoparms in 3D

primary tessellation

per-instance UV sets

per-particle attributes

per-particle field attributes

per-particle goalU/goalV attributes

per-particle per-object goal weights

Per-Point Emission Rates

Per-spring Damping

Per-spring Rest Length [1], [3]

Per-spring Stiffness

Percent attribute

Percent Resolution attribute [1], [2]

Percentage Space

automatic mapping option

layout UVs option

Percentage Space (Automatic mapping option)

increase with reshaping

Performance attribute

periodic curves

periodic surfaces [1], [2]

Perlin noise field

to print errors

Projection Utility type

Perspective option [1], [2]

perspective view

displaying with UV Texture Editor

Petal Base Width attribute

Petal Bend attribute

Petal Color 1 attribute

Petal Color 2 attribute

Petal Curl attribute

Petal Dropout attribute

Petal Flatness attribute

Petal Forward Twist attribute

Petal Length attribute

Petal Segments attribute

Petal Tip Width attribute

Petal Twirl attribute

Petal Width Scale attribute

Petals In Flower attribute

pfxstrokes command

pfxToonProfileShader node

pfxToonShape node

turbulence field

Phase Velocity attribute

about [1], [2], [4]

phong dependency graph rendering node

Phong E material, definition

Phong material, definition

phongE dependency graph rendering node

phongShader node

Photon Auto Volume attribute

Photon Density attribute

photon emission, turning on

Photon Emitter shaders

Photon Intensity [1], [3]

Photon Map File attribute

photon map, definition

photon maps [1], [2]

photon only lights

Photon Reflections attribute

Photon Refractions

Photon Refractions attribute

setting global overrides

troubleshooting [1], [2]

photon tracing, about

photonic materials

photonic materials (mental ray)

Caustic Photons

Global Illum Photons

Max Photon Depth

Photon Intensity [1], [3]

Photon Refractions

see distribution of

photons, flags for

Photoshop (see Adobe Photoshop).

Photoshop format

Photoshop texture, using as texture map

physical_lens_dof

Pick Chooser Selection modifier option

Pick Color Mode hotkey [1], [2], [3], [4]

pick mask (see selection mask)

pick walk [1], [2]

pickCmd plug-in

RTG Export Option

VRML2 Export Option

pin constraint, definition

Pin rigid body constraint

pinning UVs on border

pipe symbol in object naming

pipes, system command I/O

control with mouse

Pitch attribute (boat locator)

Extrude options

manipulator for lights

mirror polygons across

pivot point, definition

pivot point, getting

RTG Output Option

pixel aspect ratio

Pixel Aspect Ratio attribute [1], [2]

Pixel Center attribute

Pixel Filter Type attribute

Pixel Filter Width X attribute

Pixel Filter Width Y attribute

pixel painting in canvas

Pixel Snap (UV tool button)

pixel, definition

pixelCenter rendering attribute

pixels [1], [2], [3]

blurring, turning off

RGB values, with iffPixelCmd plug-in

switching between blended and sharp-edged

Place 2d Texture utility

Place Hairs into

create hair attribute

place2dTexture dependency graph rendering node

place2DTexture node

place3dTexture dependency graph rendering node

Placement attributes

Placement Extras

Placement with cursor

Projection Utility type

Planar (Surfaces menu)

Planar Mapping (Subdiv Surfaces > Texture)

planar polygon, definition

planar UV mapping

for projecting UVs, resizing

projection, resize or rotate

Plane Stickiness

plane, definition

creating from vertices for projection

defining for projected UV mapping

planning for surfaces

plant growth, animating (example)

platonic solids

hair simulation

animation, for VRML2

Playback Controls

playback fluids

Playback Looping selection

playback rate (sample MEL script)

playback speed [1], [2]

Playback Start/End

playback, speeding up

Playblast [1], [2], [3], [4]

Playblast Options

Playblast, definition

playing dynamics

improving speed

loading, command line

loading, Plug-in Manager

unloading, context

plug-in manager

loading and unloading plug-ins

Plug-in Manager

plug-in, definition

plug-in, loading

adding arguments

animCubeNode [1], [2]

blindComplexDataCmd

blindDoubleDataCmd

blindShortDataCmd

building in Windows environments

buildRotationNode

circleNode [1], [2]

closestPointOnCurve

clusterWeightFunction

ConvertEdgesToContainedFacesCmd

ConvertVerticesToContainedEdgesCmd

ConvertVerticesToContainedFacesCmd

creating build file in Windows environment

dependency graph

example location in UNIX environment

example location in Windows environment

examples, descriptions

exportSkinClusterDataCmd

findTexturesCmd

findTexturesPerPolygonCmd

footPrintManip [1], [2]

footPrintNode [1], [2]

getAttrAffectsCmd

header file, simple

IK two bone solver (ik2Bsolver)

initializePlugin()

interactive tools

listLightLinksCmd

listPolyHolesCmd

loading with loadPlugin

motionTraceCmd [1], [2]

moveCurveCvsCmd

moveNumericTool

moveTool [1], [2]

onTrianglesNode

pointOnMeshInfo

polyPrimitiveCmd

renderAccessNode

renderViewRenderCmd

renderViewRenderRegionCmd

sampleParticles

ShadingConnection

simpleEmitter [1], [2]

simpleSolver [1], [2]

simpleSpring [1], [2]

spiralAnimCurveCmd

splitUVCmd [1], [2]

surfaceCreateCmd

surfaceTwistCmd

swissArmyManip [1], [2]

transCircleNode

whatisCmd [1], [2]

yTwist [1], [2]

zoomCameraCmd [1], [2]

plug-ins, shading nodes

callback method, API

Plus Minus Average utility

Plus-Minus-Average utility

plusMinusAverage dependency graph rendering node

constraint, definition

light, definition

term for control point

tweaking (see tweaking)

Extend Curve option

Point Camera attribute

point constraint

Point Constraint Options window [1], [2]

point constraints

adding target objects

animating target object weights

changing target object weights

editing attributes [1], [2]

editing channels

offsetting constrained object’s position

removing target objects

setting constraint options

Point Constraints

Stitch Surface Points option

point explosion (sample MEL script)

Point Field Distance

Point Field Dropoff

Point Field Magnitude

Point Field Scale

Point Field Scale Input

Point Force Field [1], [2]

Point Light [1], [2]

point light attributes

Point Light Decay, fluids

Point Light, fluids

follicle attribute

Point Method [1], [2]

Point Obj attribute

point of view, definition

point on curve locator constraints

editing least squares modifier attributes

Point On Curve menu item

point on poly constraint

use follicle as

Point on Poly constraint

Point Size [1], [2]

Point to Surface constraint [1], [2]

creating for nCloth

creating for nParticles

Point Weight point on curve option

Point World attribute

Distance Between utility

Distance Between utility

pointCamera rendering attribute

pointConstraint attributes

pointLight dependency graph rendering node

pointMatrixMult dependency graph rendering node

pointObj rendering attribute

PointOnCurveManip

pointOnMeshInfo plug-in

PointOnSurfaceManip

individual, stitch surfaces at

lock on surfaces (stitch)

measure distance between

split line, constrain placement

Points Per Curve option

Auto Paint Grid

Points Per Hair

create hair attribute

Paint Hair Follicles options

Points render type

pointWorld rendering attribute

Polar fur attribute

polarity, changing

construction plane

pole vector (alternate term for up vector)

Pole Vector Constraint

Pole Vector Constraint Options window

pole vector constraint, definition

pole vector constraints

adding target objects

changing target object weights

editing attributes

editing channels

offsetting pole vector’s end position

removing target objects

setting constraint options

Pole Vector XY Z

pole vector, definition

pole vectors [1], [2]

Poly Count tessellation method

when converting to polygons

Paint Effects to Polygons

stroke Shape node

polyColorPerVertex node

count, definition

non-planar, definition

planar, definition

proxy mode, definition

shared, definition

smoothing, definition

put in vertices and edges

techniques for UV mapping

transfer UVs between

unfold and relax example

checking how it will convert

polygon primitives

creating [1], [2], [3]

interactive creation

single-click creation

polygon proxy mode

for polygon tools

Polygon Proxy Mode

Polygon Smoothness option

polygonal cylinder

shape, create with apiMeshShape

polygonal meshes

mental ray for Maya

polygonal object (see mesh)

polygonal primitives

setting subdivisions for

polygonal shell, definition

polygonal solid, definition

polygonal surfaces [1], [2]

polygonal surfaces and fur [1], [2]

polygonal vertices

assign shaders to faces

assigning textures

component types

convert NURBS to

convert NURBS to (options)

Convert Paint Effects to Polygons

convert subdivision surface to

convert to triangles or quadrangles

copying UVs, colors, shaders between

create double-sided or single-sided

create holes [1], [2]

create primitives

cylinders, create, with quadricShape plug-in

delete vertices and edges

display options

display settings

extrude in an arc (wedge)

flip normals, using GE2

four-sided quads

insert partial edge loop

invalid geometry

manipulate vertex normals to affect shading

mirror across pivot

modeling techniques

move vertices along their normals

non-convertible

planar and non-planar

primitive options

primitives, create with polyPrimitiveCmd

pull out from faces or edges

reverse winding, with GE2

sculpt tool [1], [2], [3]

select region of

selection options

selection settings

set polygon count

shelf primitives

smoothing [1], [2]

smoothing methods

spheres, create, with quadricShape plug-in

split into two or more faces

surface meshes, creating UVs

tasks in UV Texture Editor

tessellation methods

vertex colors, animating

vertex colors, animation troubleshooting

Polygons menu (UV Texture Editor)

Polygons to Subdiv

polygons, convert fluid to

polygons, convert nParticles to

polymesh goal objects

per-particle attributes

polyModifierCmd

polynomial equations

polyPrimitiveCmd plug-in

polyset (see mesh)

interfacing with

polyTrgNode plug-in

pond, definition

popup help, definition

troubleshooting

source clip attribute

pose, definition

information in dag nodes

obtaining, with cvPosCmd plug-in

Align Curves option

Align Surfaces option

instancer particle option

Stitch Edges Tool option

Position Along Curve

position attribute [1], [2], [3], [4]

assigning with creation expression

assigning with runtime expression

field’s effect on

position constraint (see point constraint)

position manipulator

Position Stroke stroke option

Position the Flexor creation option

Position/Normal

Stitch Surface Points

position0 [1], [2]

positional (G0) continuity

positional arguments

positional continuity

align curves with

align surfaces with

change for stitch

Positional tolerance

Fillet Blend option

Positional tolerance option

Positioning creation option [1], [2]

Positive Key attribute

Positive to Negative (+Z to -Z) option

animation curves [1], [2]

Post Render MEL attribute

postProcessList dependency graph rendering node

POWeight tool setting [1], [2]

Power attribute

power modification falloff

and iffPpmCmd plug-in

animation curves [1], [2]

Pre Render MEL attribute

Pre-Filter [1], [2]

Pre-Filter Radius [1], [2]

pre-lighting surfaces

pre-loading file references

precedence of operators

precision of float display

Precompute Photon Lookup attribute

preemultiplied images, defined

Preferences window

preferences, set key

preferred angles

Preferred renderer

Prefix Hierarchy Names (Modify menu)

prelighting [1], [2]

assigning colors to vertices

remove from vertices

save to a texture map

character for FBIK

preroll, definition

preselection highlight

Preselection Highlight option

Preserve Child Position [1], [2], [3]

Preserve History

Preserve Length

Preserve Position [1], [2]

Preserve Reference [1], [2]

Open/Close Curve option

Open/Close Surfaces option

preset attributes

Preset Blending option

saving to shelves

preset, definition

Render Resolution

Presets attribute

presets, mental ray

DraftMotionBlur

DraftRapidMotion

PreviewCaustics

PreviewGlobalIllum

PreviewMotionBlur

PreviewRapidMotion

ProductionMotionBlur

ProductionRapidFur

ProductionRapidHair

ProductionTraceDetail

Pressure Damping

Pressure Mapping

Paint Effects Tool option

stroke Shape node

Pressure Mapping option

pressure mappings

modifying interactively

Paint Effects Tool option

stroke Shape node

Pressure Method

Paint Effects Tool option

stroke Shape node

stroke Shape node

pressure, stylus

Preview Animation attribute

Preview attribute

Preview Convert Tiles

Preview Final Gather Tiles attribute

Preview Motion Blur attribute

preview plane [1], [2]

Preview Plane Size option

Preview Quality attribute

Preview Render Tiles attribute

Preview Tonemap Tiles

preview workflow

preview, renders

PreviewCaustics attribute

PreviewFinalGather attributepresets, mental ray

PreviewFinalGather

PreviewGlobalIllum attribute

Resolution Gate

previewing render layers

PreviewMotionBlur attribute

PreviewRapidMotion attribute

Previous State Size

Primary Final Gather File attribute

primary tessellation

Primary Tessellation

Best Guess Based on Screen Size

Per Span # of Isoparms

Per Surf # of Isoparms

Per Surf # of Isoparms in 3D

Primary Visibility [1], [2], [3]

Render Layer Member Overrides

Primary Visibility stroke option

primitive-up modeling

primitive, definition

applications [1], [2]

creating [1], [2], [3]

interactive creation [1], [2], [3]

interactive setting of subdivisions

polygonal cube [1], [2]

polygonal cylinder [1], [2]

polygonal, setting axis (orientation) for

polygonal, setting texture mapping for

setting texture mapping

priority selection preference

Priority tool setting

prism primitive

problems and solutions

procedural texture, definition

procedural textures [1], [2]

procedural texturing, fluids

cannot be found

defining and calling

global, avoiding

processMeshNode()

processModifierNode()

processor, multiple

processTweaks()

processUpstreamNode()

Production attribute

Production Quality attribute

Production Quality with Transparency

ProductionMotionBlur attribute

ProductionRapidFur attribute

ProductionRapidHair attribute

ProductionRapidMotion attribute

ProductionTraceDetail attribute

Birail Rebuild option

Profile Blend Value

Birail 2 Tool option

Profile Break Angle

profile curve, definition

skin a surface across

sweep along a path curve

sweep along two path curves

Profile Line Width

pfxToonProfileShader node

Extrude orientation option

Profile Width Modulation

with FL library

with IL library

Project (File menu)

Project Curve on Surface options

Project Curve On Surface

change in Channel Box

Project Curve on Surface (Edit NURBS menu)

Project mode [1], [2]

project tangent

Project Tangent (Edit Curves menu)

automatically from multiple planes

criteria for user-defined objects

defining planes

from specified plane

insert before deformers (Automatic mapping option)

insert before deformers (Cylindrical mapping option)

insert before deformers (Image Mapping option)

planar (one plane)

use camera view

cylindrical, definition

map, definition

multiple planes, UV assigned by

plane, resize and rotate

snap to best plane

snap to bounding box

Projection Center

planar mapping option

projection dependency graph rendering node

Projection Geometry attributes

Projection Height

planar mapping option

projection manipulator

Best plane option

Bounding box option

manually adjusting

projection mapping

projection mapping UVs

Projection Rotation

planar mapping option

projection textures

troubleshooting

Projection Utility [1], [2]

Ball projections

Concentric projection

Cubic projection

Cylindrical projection

Interactive Placement

Perspective projection

Planar projection

projection types

Spherical projection

Triplanar projection

Projection Width

planar mapping option

Projective Paint mode

directory, default

promptDialog command

shadow [1], [2]

property sheets, for tools

Birail transform option

proportional transformation

proxy mesh, move

proxy mode, definition

proxy mode, polygon

proxy reference, definition

proxy references

adding a proxy reference [1], [2], [4]

applications [1], [2], [3]

creating a file for a proxy

loading and switching between

Reload Proxy As

applications [1], [2]

options [1], [2], [3], [4]

proxy tag, definition

Prune Invisible Parts

Prune Objects Without Material

pruning skin weights

PSD file format

PSD file format, definition

converting to network

creating in Maya

published attributes

Pull attributes

Push Out [1], [2], [3]

Push Out Radius [1], [2]

Push Strength, smoothing setting

pushing and pulling vertices with a brush

Put Clip in Trax Editor and Visor

Put Clip in Visor Only

Create Clip [1], [2]

selection constraint options

pyramid primitive

calling from MEL

command changes

Command Reference

differences from MEL

external interpreter

external resources

MEL communication

multiple arguments

multiple named arguments

named arguments

positional arguments

required arguments

setting up Maya environment

single arguments

Python interpreter

Q

RTG Export Option, Tessellation [1], [2]

VRML2 Export Option, Tessellation

quad box (see hotbox)

Paint Effects to Polygons

Quad Shading Switch

convert polygons to

converting NURBS to

option for subdividing faces

split faces into

quadratic curves

quadricShape plug-in

FBIK preparation

Quality Settings

quality, performance

Quantize Levels

Quaternion Longest [1], [2]

quaternion rotation [1], [2]

Quaternion rotation

quaternion rotation, definition

Quaternion Shortest [1], [2]

Queue Size option

Quick Select Set (Create > Sets)

Quick Select Sets (Edit menu)

QuickDraw format

quickstretch (see nonlinear deformer)

Quicktime image format (UNIX only)

quotation marks

leaving off with imperative syntax

R

Radial Branch Amount tool setting

Radial Branch Depth tool setting

radial field, definition

Radial Frequency

radial wrinkle deformer, definition

angle between two vectors

converting to degrees

internal calculations

Radio Button option

radio buttons in marking menus

fog, for point lights

Radius [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

Curve Fillet option

fur attractor set attribute

Particle Spheres

primitive sphere option

Round Tool manipulator

Round Tool option

Radius (Caustics) attribute

Radius (Global Illumination) attribute

Radius (Photon Volume) attribute

Radius options [1], [2]

Radius Scale Input

Radius Scale Randomize

Radius, nParticles

Paint Cluster Weights Tool

Paint Skin Weights Tool

Radius0 [1], [2]

Radius1 [1], [2]

radiusPP [1], [2]

rain, animating (example)

RAM player (see Fcheck)

mapping to an existing

Ramp Attributes

ramp dependency graph rendering node

map color of index to texture

map position of index to texture

Motion Blur tips

Ramp Shader attributes

ramp, definition

rampAcceleration [1], [2], [3], [5]

rampPosition [1], [2], [3], [5]

breaking connection

customizing per particle control with

setting per particle attributes [1], [2]

rampVelocity [1], [2], [3], [5]

Duplicate Face option

Random # Particles

Random attribute

Random Direction attribute

Random Motion Speed

keeping consistent with seed function

Random Offset option

Auto Paint Random

create hair attribute

emitted particle

Volume Noise [1], [2]

Randomness attribute

Cloth Attributes

Granite Attributes

Leather Attributes

Wood Attributes

Randomness tool setting

Randomness, fluids

range of images

Range Slider [1], [2]

changing playback range

playback end time

playback start time

ranges [1], [2]

ranges of variables

RapidFurProduction

mental ray Quality Preset

Rasterizer attribute

Rasterizer Pixel Samples

rasterizer shading samples override

Rasterizer Transparency

Rasterizer use opacity

Rate (Percent), fluid emitter

Frequency Ratio

Volume Noise [1], [2]

Ratio attribute

Cloud Attributes

Fractal Attributes

Noise Attributes [1], [2]

Solid Fractal Attributes

Wood Attributes

Ray cast option

Ray Depth Limit [1], [2]

Ray Depth Limit attribute

Ray Direction attribute

Ray Tracing attribute

ray, definition

rayDepth rendering attribute

rayDirection rendering attribute

rayOrigin rendering attribute

Rays (Ambient Occlusion) attribute

Rays (Irradiance Particles) attribute

troubleshooting

Raytrace Options

Raytrace Shadow

raytraced shadows

optimizing [1], [2]

Raytraced shadows

description [1], [2]

setting quality

description [1], [2]

Raytracing attribute [1], [2], [3]

Raytracing Quality attributes

raytracing, definition

re-initializing setup data

Reach attributes

Reaction Speed, fluids

Read Color, fluids

Read Density, fluids

Read Fuel, fluids

Read Fur Files option

Read Fur Images option

Read Shadow Maps option

Read Temperature, fluids

Read Texture Coordinates, fluids

Read This Depth File render option

Read Velocity, fluids

read-only attributes

rigid body solver [1], [3]

stand-alone application

Real Floor attribute

Real Lights attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Real Lights, fluids

Real Size option

Render View window

real time, definition

realtime playback

Rearrange Graph

Rearrange Graph button

Reassign Attribute Maps

curve tool, about

Rebuild (Irradiance Particles) attribute

Rebuild attribute

Rebuild Curve (Edit Curves menu)

Rebuild Initial Conditions option

Rebuild Initial State option

Rebuild Mode attribute

Rebuild Photon Map attribute

Rebuild Surfaces (Edit NURBS menu)

Rebuild Curve option

Rebuild Surfaces options

rebuilding graph

Receive Shadows

Render Layer Member Overrides

place around UVs (lattice)

Recursion Depth attribute

Recursion Depth attributes

recycle rendered images

Red Channel option

Red Plane option

redirect control, definition

creating redirect control

keyframing control

positioning control

redirecting animation

Redo Previous IPR Render option

Maya Render menu

Render View window

Redo Previous Render

Redo Previous Render option

Maya Render menu

Render View window

redrawing scene painting view

description [1], [2]

Rebuild Curve option

Rebuild Surfaces option

reduce fur length

reducing an image

redundant expressions

Reference Editor

Reference Editor (File menu)

reference layer [1], [2]

description [1], [2]

reference object

reference surface

references file, in Maya ASCII files

referencing models [1], [2]

referencing models, fur

Refine Selected Components [1], [2]

Paint Fur Attributes Tool

Reflect attribute

reflect dependency graph rendering node

reflect painting

Reflected Color

Specular Shading attributes, Blinn material

reflected painting

non-symmetrical

map (term for environment map)

map, definition

specular, definition

Sculpt Geometry Tool

Reflection Blur

Reflection Blur Limit

Reflection Box attribute

Reflection Depth

Reflection Limit [1], [2]

Reflection Limit, ocean

reflection mapping

Reflection maps

Reflection Rays

Reflection Specularity

Reflection Specularity, ocean

reflection, about

reflection, example of diffuse

reflection, rendering sky-like

in particle software rendering

simulating [1], [2]

Reflections attribute [1], [2]

Reflections attribute (final gather)

Ramp Shader attribute

painting [1], [2]

Reflectivity, ocean

refPointCamera rendering attribute

refPointObject rendering attribute

refPointWorld rendering attribute

Refraction Blur

Refraction Blur Limit

Refraction Limit [1], [2]

Refraction Limit, ocean

Refraction Rays

refraction, about

refraction, definition

in particle software rendering

Max Trace Depth

photon refraction

refraction levels

Refractions attribute

Raytracing Quality attributes [1], [2]

Refractions attribute (final gather)

Refractions, ocean

Refractive Index

Refractive Index, fluids

Refractive Index, ocean

Refresh All Swatches

Current Tab option

Refresh File Listing

Current Tab option

Refresh IPR Image

Render View window

Refresh On options

Refresh Selected Swatches

Current Tab option

Refresh UV values (UV tool button)

refreshing scene painting view

add control points

selection, change size of

Region 1 attribute

Region 2 attribute

Region 3 attribute

Region of Effect

region of effect display

for manipulators, API

Regular BSP attribute

Relationship Editor

Relationship Editor (see Dynamic Relationships Editor)

Relationship Editor, definition

Relative attribute [1], [2], [3]

Relative creation option

relative mode, definition

Relative Sticky deformation [1], [2]

rigid body constraints [1], [2]

Relative transform

Sculpt Surfaces Tool

Relax (Edit UVs menu)

untangling UVs first

Relax deformation

Reload button [1], [2]

Reload File Textures button

Reload List [1], [2]

Reload Proxy As

reloading expressions

remapColor utility

remapHsv utility

Remote Machine Name attribute

Align Curves Multiple Knots option

Align Surfaces Multiple Knots option

Attach Curves Multiple Knots option

Attach Surfaces Multiple Knots option

Extend Curve Multiple Knots option

Remove All Images from Render View option

Render View window

Remove Curve Color

Remove Duplicate Shading Networks

Remove Dynamic Constraint

Remove Flush Borders

Remove From Character Set selection

Remove Geometry options

Remove Image from Render View option

Render View window

Remove Inbetween

Remove Instance

Remove Interior Polygons

Remove Item attribute [1], [2], [3], [4]

Remove Lattice Tweaks

Remove Lattice Tweaks menu item

remove material overrides

Remove nCloth [1], [2]

Remove Particles From Surface Flow

Remove Proxy option

Remove Selected from Graph

Remove Subdiv Proxy Mirror

Remove Temporary Files

Remove Unused Influences

removing an attribute

rename an object

Rename Current Color Set

Rename Current UV Set [1], [2]

Interpolated Frames [1], [2], [3]

renaming surfaces

batch, definition

field, definition

globals (see render settings)

hair, distributed

hidden-line, definition

IPR, definition

numeric type, definition

raytracing, definition

scene (see render settings)

settings, definition

setup (see render settings)

software, definition

sphere type, definition

vector, definition

Render 2D Motion Blur attribute

Render All Layers option

Render View window

Render Current Frame [1], [2]

Maya Render menu

Render Diagnostics [1], [2]

Render Diagnostics attribute

Render Division Levels

render farm [1], [2]

Render Globals option

render influence objects

Render Interpolator, fluids

Render Layer editor

control visibility/reflection per layer

layer blend modes

merge when importing files

overriding attributes

preview workflow

previewing render layers

recycle render output for layers

Render View window

Render Modes attributes

bin organization

change default connections

delete connections

mental ray connections

see connections

Render Optimizations

Render View window

Render Options attributes [1], [2]

Render Overrides

follicle attributes

Render pass set node

Render Passes attribute [1], [2]

Bounding Box Update attribute

Render Proxy attribute

Renderable attribute

Render Proxy (Assembly)

Render Region option

Render View window [1], [2]

Render Resolution

Render Selected Objects Only option

Render View window

Render Settings [1], [2]

for tessellation

Render Settings option

Render View window

Render Settings window [1], [2]

render settings, defining [1], [2]

render settings, images

Render Shading, Lighting and Glow attribute

Render Shadow Maps attribute

Render Stats [1], [2], [3]

Render Threads [1], [2], [3]

changing for particles

setting for particles

render types, setting for particles

Render utility [1], [2], [3], [5]

Render View [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]

Keep Image [1], [2]

Render View window

Renderable attribute

renderable cameras

Renderable Cameras

attributes in Render Settings

Renderable Scene

renderable sets

renderAccessNode plug-in

renderCone dependency graph rendering node

Rendered option

setting default

mental ray for Maya

renderGlobals dependency graph rendering node

renderGlobalsList dependency graph rendering node

rendering [1], [2]

animation with fur

assign colors to vertices

background problems

baking illumination and color

batch rendering [1], [2]

canceling batch

exporting .mi files [1], [2]

extra mental ray render settings

file output location

final rendering

frames [1], [2]

from within a script

hardware [1], [2], [3]

hardware render settings

image output location

image resolution

image size [1], [2]

layers and passes

looping forever

mental ray BSP settings

mental ray problems

mental ray render settings

multi-processor

multiple scenes

multiprocess [1], [2]

network [1], [2]

network (mental ray)

object vibration in

panel layout [1], [2]

pre-rendering light

previewing [1], [2]

raytraced shadows

refractive material

Render Passes attribute

render settings

render settings window [1], [2]

safe region for TV

scenes with strokes

shading surfaces

single frame with fur

sky-like illumination

software [1], [2], [4]

software particles

speed vs. quality

storing information with prelighting

strokes (refresh)

testing [1], [2]

troubleshooting [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8]

typical workflow

vector [1], [2]

vector render settings

view region to be rendered

with command line [1], [2]

with final gather

with mental ray [1], [3]

with Render View

with the command line [1], [2]

soft bodies with motion blur

rendering attribute

cameraFarClipPlane

cameraNearClipPlane

lensSqueezeRatio

matrixEyeToNormPersp

matrixEyeToWorld

matrixNormPerspToEye

matrixObjectToWorld

matrixWorldToEye

matrixWorldToObject

mediumRefractiveIndex

numShadingSamples

particleIncandescence

particleLifespan

particleTransparency

triangleNormalCamera

vertexCameraOne

vertexCameraThree

vertexCameraTwo

xHighRenderRegion

xLowRenderRegion

yHighRenderRegion

yLowRenderRegion

Rendering CPU attribute

Rendering Flags

Attribute Editor

Rendering Flags window

rendering fluids

optimizing time

quality, improving

rendering hair [1], [2]

rendering images with Maya IFF

rendering node (dependency graph)

defaultLightList

defaultRenderUtilityList

defaultShaderList

defaultTextureList

directionalLight

displacementShader

distanceBetween

multilisterLight

nonAmbientLightShapeNode

nonExtendedLightShapeNode

particleAgeMapper

particleColorMapper

particleIncandMapper

particleTranspMapper

plusMinusAverage

pointMatrixMult

postProcessList

renderGlobalsList

rock 3D texture

simpleVolumeShader

surfaceLuminance

rendering particles

Rendering particles

with motion blur [1], [2]

rendering proxy references

rendering subdivision surfaces

rendering, default light while

rendering, definition

rendering, with global illumination

renderQuality dependency graph rendering node

renderSphere dependency graph rendering node

renderVewRenderRegionCmd plug-in

renderViewRenderCmd plug-in

Renumber Frames Using attribute

Reorient the Local Scale Axes

repeat last command

Repeat U attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Repeat UV attribute [1], [2]

Repeat V attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

repeating textures, creating

Paint Cluster Weights Tool

Replace Cache Frame

Replace Members

Replace operation

Paint Attributes Tool

Paint Cluster Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Fluids Tool

Paint Jiggle Weights Tool

Paint Skin Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Soft Body Weights Tool

Replace Reference

Replace with simulation data [1], [2]

Geometry Cache [1], [2]

replicating multiple instances

Reposition Using Middle Mouse Button

hair system attribute

Boundary option

required arguments

in Maya ASCII files

Resample Border

Resample Crease

Resample Intersection

Resample Profile

Linear Interpolation

Triangle Filter

reserved word, definition

spring IK rest pose

Reset All button

Reset Brushes button

Reset Lattice menu item

Reset Region Marquee option

Render View window

Reset Template Brush option

reset tools or actions [1], [2]

Reset Transformations (Modify menu)

resetting bind pose (MEL)

reshape curves or surfaces [1], [2]

per geometry bounciness [1], [2], [3]

Resist attributes

Resize Closed Boundaries, fluids

Resize To Emitter, fluids

fluid, changing

low-res rendering, Render View

low-res rendering

of rendered images

warp image options

Resolution [1], [2]

GE2 Texture Option, set for textures

Height Field utility

RTG Export Option, set for textures

VRML2 Export Options, set for textures

Resolution attribute

Image Size attributes

Resolution attribute (height field)

resolution dependency graph rendering node

Resolution Gate attribute

Resolution Gate option

Resolution menu, Paint Effects panel

Resolution Units attribute

Image Size attributes

resolution, definition

resolution, fluid

Resolution, fluids

resolution, scene painting view

Rest hair curves

rigid body Spring constraint

Rest Length Method

Rest Length Scale [1], [2]

Rest Length Scale Map

follicle attribute

Restitution Angle

Restitution Tension

Result Position

Extrude options

Retain component spacing

Retarget Specific attributes

Pull attributes

Reach attributes

Resist attributes

retargeting [1], [2]

adjust parameters

retargeting, definition

return operator

return to previous views

return to start time

Reuse Existing Dmap(s) [1], [2], [3]

Reuse Tessellations attribute

reusing depth maps

Align Surfaces option

Reverse 1 and 2

Attach Curves option

Reverse Attributes

Reverse Curve Direction (Edit Curves menu)

reverse dependency graph rendering node

Reverse Direction

Fillet Blend Tool option

Project Tangent option

reverse face normals

Reverse Fur Normals menu item

Reverse Normal Left/Right

Fillet Blend Tool option

reverse normals

reverse normals for a curve or surface

Reverse Surface Direction (Edit NURBS menu)

Reverse Surface Normals

Circular Fillet option

Reverse Surfaces

Reverse utility [1], [2]

Reverse winding

GE2 Export Option

RTG Output Option, basic

VRML2 Export option

reversing image sequences

Revert Selected Swatches option

Revert to Default Tabs

revolution axis

Revolve (Surfaces menu)

revolve surface, definition

creating surfaces

editing surfaces

revolved surface

revolving cameras

a scene, unexpected values

effect on creation expressions

attributes, painting

channel, displaying

RGB (default) attribute

RGB channels, display

RGB conversion to HSV

RGB to HSV Attributes

Rgb to Hsv utility

for pixels, with iffPixelCmd plug-in

rgb_to_hsv function

RGB, definition

RGBA values, clamp

RGBA, definition

rgbPP [1], [2], [3]

rgbPP attribute

use in expressions

rgbToHsv dependency graph rendering node

RIB format, exporting to from Maya

ribExport plug-in

joints [1], [2]

subdivision surface

rigging (see character setup)

Adjusting Length

Setting Pose States

Right attribute

Environment Cube Attributes

Projection Geometry attributes

Right Barn Door attribute

right mouse button menu

Rigid Bind Skin Options window

rigid bodies [1], [2]

active [1], [3]

Allow Disconnection

assigning to solver

caching warning message

collisions within

combining dynamics and keys

constraints [1], [2]

converting dynamic animation to keys

creating automatically

disabling effects

disconnection warning message

dynamic options

editing attributes

errors upon creation

failure to collide

fixing problems

force at points

getting contact data [1], [2]

increasing playback speed

lessening processing time

moving to different solver

passive [1], [2]

setting force location

substituting geometry

tip for Duplicate

trimmed surfaces

turning calculations off or on

rigid bodies, fluids

constraint, definition

default rotation order

with negative scales and non-zero pivot points

rigid body constraints

changing type of

initial orientation

initial position

Rigid Body Name

rigid body solvers

turning off or on

rigid bound skins, weight painting [1], [2]

rigid envelope (see rigid skin)

object, definition

point, definition

rigid skin objects

rigid skin point sets

organizing before binding

rigid skin point weights

rigid skin points

rigid skinning [1], [2]

adjusting skin behavior

changing bind pose

checking binding

detaching selected joints

detaching skeleton

editing joint cluster attributes

editing joint cluster channels

editing joint or bone sculpt flexors

editing rigid skin point set memberships

editing rigid skin point weights

going to bind pose

painting rigid skin point set memberships

reattaching selected joints

reattaching skeleton

setting rigid bind options

troubleshoot bind pose

using cluster deformers

using lattice deformers

Ring mode [1], [2]

Ripple Amplitude attribute

Ripple Frequency attribute

Ripple Origin attribute

Ripple Time attribute

Ripples attribute

Cloud Attributes

Noise Attributes, marble texture

Noise Attributes, utilities

Solid Fractal Attributes

Wood Attributes

RLE, definition

RMB (right mouse button)

Rock Attributes

Rock Color attribute

rock dependency graph rendering node

Rock Roughness attribute

rockets for Fireworks effect

Roll attribute (boat locator)

Roll fur attribute

Roll Scale setting [1], [2]

IK spline handle

rolling camera, definition

rolling cameras

rolling effects

aim constraints

normal constraints

tangent constraints

rolling effects, definition

rolling the canvas

rolling, cameras

Root Fade attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Root Group Name

root joint, definition

Root On Curve tool setting

Root Twist Mode

Root Twist Mode tool setting

ROP settings (see render settings)

Rot Limit X attribute

Rot Limit Y attribute

Rot Limit Z attribute

pivots, displaying

Duplicate Face option

Move Component option

UVs diescreetly

Rotate attributes

Rotate Axis attribute

Rotate creation option [1], [2]

Rotate Frame attribute [1], [2]

rotate function

Rotate Order attribute

rotate order, definition

rotate polygons

Rotate To Stroke option [1], [2]

X, Y, Z manipulator

X, Y, Z, manipulator

Rotate UV attribute [1], [2]

Rotate UVs (UV tool buttons)

point’s position

UV shells for best fit (Layout option)

UVs, description

UVs, tool buttons

rotating objects

information in dag nodes

instancer particle option

Rotation Angle Units

Rotation attribute

Rotation attributes

nParticles [1], [2]

rotation interpolation

changing in Dope Sheet

changing in Graph Editor

New Curve Default

rotation manipulator

Rotation type setting [1], [2], [3]

rotation, definition

Rotational Friction

instancer particle option

rotInterpolation

rotoscoping view mode (see image plane)

rotoscoping, definition

Specular Shading (Anisotropic)

Specular Shading (Phong E)

roughness, definition

Edit NURBS menu

Rounding channel

rounding numbers

smoothing setting

Roundness attribute [1], [2]

install translator

translator options

RTG Animation Option

RTG Export Option

Camera debug info

Camera, include

Evaluate texture

Geo/Mat debug info

Lights debug info

Lights, include

Quad Tessellation [1], [2]

Texture Search Path

textures, set resolution for

Tri Tessellation

World hierarchy

RTG Output Option

Linux/DOS formats

P Normals format

Reversed, basic

V Colors format

V Normals format

hair constraint type

Rudder attribute (motor boat locator)

Run Up From dynamics option

Run Up To Current Time

Run Up To Current Time dynamics option

turning on for dynamic objects

rigid body solver

executing statements created at

expressions, contrast with creation expressions

expressions, execution

runtime callbacks

runtime expression, definition

runtime expressions

assigning rgbPP in

Runtime Script attribute

S

S Divisions attribute

sin function and

S-shaped motion

creating with hermite function

S, T, U Divisions creation options

Safe Action option

Safe Title option [1], [2]

Same as Outer Style

Bevel style option

data, when prelighting

incoming illumination only, prelight option

selected faces only, prelight option

using face normals, prelight option

GE2 Keyframe Option

RTG Export Option, Texture

VRML2 Export Option, Texture

GE2 Keyframe Option

Sample Count tessellation method

follicle attribute

Sample Density option

Auto Paint Grid

Auto Paint Random

Sample Distance attribute

Sample Lock attribute

Sample Method, fluids

sampleCmd plug-in

sampleParticles plug-in

Sampler Info utility [1], [2]

samplerInfo dependency graph rendering node

Samples Along Edge

Stitch Edges Tool option

Samples fur attribute

append to hair cache option

Area Light options [1], [2]

create hair cache option

Sampling Controls

Bevel Plus option

Sampling Density

Global Stitch option

Sampling Mode attribute

Sampling Quality attribute

Sat Noise attribute

Sat Noise Freq attribute

Sat Rand attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Saturation Distance attribute

Saturation Range attribute

save a state and then erase back to it

Save Brush Preset option

Save Brush Preset window

Save Depth as Grayscale option

Save every # evaluation(s)

Replace Cache [1], [2]

Save every evaluation(s)

Append Cache [1], [2]

Merge Caches Clips

Replace Cache [1], [2], [3]

Save Image option

Render View window

Save Image Options window

Render View window

Save IPR File option

save options, setting

Save Reference Edits

Save Scene (File menu)

Save Scene As (File menu)

Save Snapshot option

Save State As [1], [2]

Save Texture on Stroke

Save Texture on Stroke option

Save Textures button [1], [2]

Saved Layouts (Window menu)

attribute values for initial state

motion capture files

saving files [1], [2], [3]

as QuickTime .mov file

after every stroke

Scalar option for per object attributes

information in dag nodes

non-proportional

pivots, displaying

Duplicate Face option

factor for prelighting

instancer particle option

layout UVs option

Move Component option

Paint Skin Weights Tool

Scale (Caustics) attribute

Scale (Global Illumination) attribute

Scale (Irradiance Particles) attribute

Scale (PFX) option, 3D Paint Tool

Scale attribute (final gather)

Scale attributes

Scale Compensate tool setting

Scale Constraint Options window

scale constraint, definition

scale constraints

adding target objects

animating target object weights

changing target object weights

editing attributes

editing channels

removing target objects

setting constraint options

Scale creation option [1], [2]

Scale Curvature

hair, edit curves

Scale Curvature tool

Scale Hair Tool [1], [2], [3]

scale/pivot method

start/end method

Scale Limit X attribute

Scale Limit Y attribute

Scale Limit Z attribute

automatic mapping option [1], [2]

Volume Fog fade method

Scale operation

Paint Attributes Tool [1], [2]

Paint Cluster Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Jiggle Weights Tool

Paint Skin Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Soft Body Weights Tool

Scale Rate by Object Size attribute

Scale Rgba [1], [2]

Scale setting (Azimuth Elevation)

Scale setting (Yaw Pitch)

Scale Speed by Size attribute

coordinate system

rigid body solvers

scale, multiplying by percentage

Geometry Cache Cip

Scaling Relation

scaling the Hardware Render Buffer

scaling values [1], [2]

scaling weights [1], [2], [3], [4]

scanDagCmd plug-in

scanDagSyntax plug-in

scanDagSyntaxCmd example

Scanline attribute

Scanline Only Rendering

scanline, definition

Scatter Accuracy

Scatter Cache Size

Scatter Falloff

work with scattering

blurring paint in

erasing paint from

lighting [1], [2]

smearing paint in

display nodes for in Hypershade

tab type, Hypershade

manipulating while open

scene hierarchy (see DAG)

scene painting view [1], [2]

camera, changing

fog, displaying

painting on view plane

resolution, changing

shading, changing

Scene Scale attribute (dynamic locator)

Scene Scale global setting

scene segmentation [1], [2]

scene view vs Render View

scene view, definition

selecting camera

scene views, see shadows in

Scene Wrap H global option

Scene Wrap V global option

scene, preparing

diagnosing (mental ray)

finding problems

Render Diagnostics [1], [2]

framing with camera

optimizing [1], [2]

rendering multiple

unexpected values when rewinding

sceneTimeStepSize [1], [2]

term for Hypergraph

term for Outliner

Scraggle Correlation fur attribute

Scraggle Frequency fur attribute

Scraggle fur attribute

scraggle, displaying

Screen Blend Mode, 3D Paint Tool

example plug-in viewCaptureCmd

screen captures

Screen Projection option

Artisan tools (new architecture)

screen projection, definition

Screen Space Resampling

Screen Space Width Control

Screenspace Width attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

screenspace, definition

Script Editor, definition

Script Paint Tool

replace operation

scale operation

smooth operation

script painting

restricted areas

scriptJobs, using

append to, for GE2

append to, for VRML2

browse for VRML2

bullet-proofing

changing user locations with MEL

make a shelf button for

modification falloff

on marking menus

pause for input

sample Artisan spherePaint script

storing in scene files [1], [2]

rigid body animation

scrubbing, definition

sculpt deformer, definition

sculpt deformers

editing deformation effects

manipulating stretch origin locator

pruning sculpt deformer sets

Sculpt Geometry Tool [1], [2]

basic techniques

preparing surfaces

sculpting terrain

subdivision surfaces

tips for subdivision surfaces

Sculpt Polygons tool

Sculpt Surfaces Tool

options [1], [2]

across seams and surface edges

and construction history

keyframing changes

surfaces options

to an attribute map

seamless repeating textures, creating

seams, painting across

Search and Replace Names (Modify menu)

Search Envelope attribute

Search Method attribute

for textures, GE2

for textures, RTG Export

for textures, VRML2 Export

searching for animation expressions

searching for expressions

by selected object

SECAM, definition

Birail Rebuild option

Second Term attribute

Secondary Bounce Scale attribute

Secondary Curve Fitting

Secondary Diffuse Bounces attribute

secondary effectors

Secondary Final Gather File attribute

secondary tessellation

secondary tessellation controls

seconds (internal calculations)

Section Radius attribute [1], [2], [3]

option for Arc Tools

Segments Revolve option

attribute description

emitted particles

for duplicated emitted particle object

Seed stroke option

Segment Detection Options [1], [2]

follicle attribute

Segment Length Bias attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Segment Meshing Options

Segment Width Bias attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Segments attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Segments fur attribute

multiple components

Select (Edit menu)

Select All (Edit menu) [1], [3]

Select All button

Select All by Type (Edit menu)

Select All by Type option

Select All by Type Strokes option

Select Border Edge Tool

Select cache to delete

Select Character Set Node selection

Select Cluster Mode hotkey

Select Contiguous Edges

Select Curve Cvs

Select Curve Nodes

Select CV Selection Boundary

NURBS selection option

Select Edge Loop Tool [1], [2]

Select Edge Ring Tool [1], [2]

Select First CV on Curve

Select Geometry button

Select Hierarchy (Edit menu) [1], [3]

Select Last CV on Curve

Select Lights Illuminating Object option

Maya Lights menu

Select Lights Illuminating Objects option

Maya Lights menu

Select menu (UV Texture Editor) [1], [2]

Select Mode (Bezier Tool)

Select Objects Illuminated by Light option

Maya Lights menu

Select Objects with Materials option

Select paint operation

UV texture coordinates

Select Selection Boundary [1], [2]

Select Set To Modify box

Select Shortest Edge Path Tool

Select Shortest Edge Path Tool (UV Texture Editor)

Select Surface Border

NURBS selection option

Select Surfaces Attached to menu item

Select Texture Reference Object option

Maya Shading menu

Select Unsnapped

Select Using Constraints

GE2 Export Option

Selected Color attribute

Selected Color, fluids

Selected Only [1], [2]

Selected Only option

Selected Position

Selected Position attribute

Trim Tool options

Selected Surfaces

Selected Value attribute

brushes by name

Geometry Cache Clip

strokes by name

Convert Selection

converting to faces, edges, vertices, UVs

handles, displaying

hierarchy, object, component

masks and modes [1], [2]

objects [1], [2], [3]

Paint Selection Tool

polygon components

Select Border Edge Tool

UVs, UV components, UV shells

with marqueeTool plug-in

Selection (Edit NURBS menu)

selection constraints

selection floater (see Outliner)

Selection list, Expression Editor

selection lists

API, manipulating

cvExpandCmd plug-in

selection mask, definition

selection masks

selection-action

with moveTool plug-in [1], [2]

selective file loading, definition

Selective Preload [1], [2]

Self Attract, fluids

Self Attraction and Repulsion, fluids [1], [2]

hair system attribute

Self Collide Width Scale

Self Collision Flag

Self Collision Grouping window

Self Collision Thickness

self collisions

Self Crossover Push

Self Force Distance, fluids

Self Force, fluids

Self Repulsion, fluids

Self Shade Darkness fur shading attribute

Self Shade fur shading attribute

Self Shadow, fluids

Self Trapped Check [1], [2]

self-collisions

self-illumination, definition

self-shading, definition

semi-transparent display of UVs

to end MEL statements

to separate rows

semicolon terminator

MEL protocol commands

Separate Depth attribute

Image Plane Attributes

Separate layout UVs option

Separate Shadow Bsp attribute

separating UV shells

Sequence End attribute [1], [2]

Sequence Increment attribute [1], [2]

Sequence Start attribute [1], [2]

serial number, definition

troubleshooting

Set Aim options

All Manipulator Handles

Current Manipulator Handle

Set Breakdown on

Set Breakdowns at

Set Camera Background Color

Set Clone Source option [1], [2]

Set Color Creation Proc

Set Current UV Set

Set Driven Key selection

set driven key, definition

Set Driven Keys

Set Editing option

Relationship Editor

Set Erase Image

Set Erase Image button

Set for All Dynamic

Graph Editor display

Set Initial Position

rigid body Barrier constraint

rigid body Hinge constraint

rigid body Nail constraint

rigid body Pin constraint [1], [2]

rigid body Spring constraint

Set Initial State

set key preferences

Set Keyframe for Vertex Color [1], [2]

Set Max Influences

Set Max Influences window

Set Normal Angle

Set NURBS Tessellation

Set Passive Key

Set Preferred Angle

Set Range Attributes

Set Rest Position

Set Rigid Body Collision

Set Rigid Body Interpenetration

Set Size option

Set Spring Rest Length

rigid body Spring constraint

Set Start Position [1], [2]

Set Stroke Control Curves option

Insert Isoparms option

Insert Knots option

Set to Dynamic [1], [2], [3]

Set To Modify box

Set Transform Keys

Set Vertex Normal

set, definition

setAttr command [1], [2]

setRange dependency graph rendering node

function, C++ objects

renderable and shading groups

Sets (Create menu)

flare deformers

geometry constraint options

jiggle deformers

motion capture devices

preferred angles

sculpt deformers

squash deformers

twist deformers

your scene for animation

Displacement deformation

Force deformation

Jiggle deformation

Relative Sticky deformation

settings files, modify

settings, audio playback

SGI format [1], [2]

SGI Movie format (UNIX only)

Shade Templates

UV winding order

Object Shading menu

Shaded Display setting

Shaded Display, fluids

Shaded Divisions option

shaded mode [1], [2], [3]

smoothness, controlling

how rendered in examples

shaded surface, definition

displacementShader

shader declaration file (mental ray)

Shader Default [1], [2]

Shader Glow attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Shader Library Gallery

shader manager, definition

shader materials

animate, for VRML2

shader network libraries

Shader Template

shader, definition

shader, surface

shaderGlow dependency graph rendering node

access through MObject handles

adjust attributes

anisotropicShader node, API

assign custom text

assign to polygon faces

assign to projection

BackFillShader node, API

brickShader node, API

cellShader node, API

checkerShader node, API

compositingShader node, API

connect attributes [1], [2]

contrastShader node, API

copying between polygons

custom (mental ray) [1], [2]

cvColorShader, API

depthShader node, API

displacementShader node, API

flameShader node, API

fluidShape [1], [2]

gammaShader node, API

geomShader node, API

hwAnisotropicShader_NV20, API

hwPhongShader, API

interpShader node, API

lambertShader node, API

lavaShader node, API

lightShader node, API

loading (mental ray)

mental ray [1], [2], [4], [5]

mixtureShader node, API

noiseShader node, API

phongShader node, API

shadowMatteShader node, API

slopeShader, API

solidCheckerShader node, API

source code examples, table

volumeShader node, API

shaders mental ray connections

shaders, stripping from an object

affect by manipulating normals

applying to all objects

brush attributes

map, definition

network, definition

networks and texture coordinates

object (in Paint Effects panel)

smooth, definition

storing information in UV sets

storing information with prelighting

x-ray, definition

setting for nParticles

Shading attribute

Shading attributes

Shading attributes, fluids

Maya Software renderer

mental ray for Maya

assigning to particle object

display example

displaying in dependency graph

listing connected objects

Shading hair system attributes

Shading Map Color

shading material

Shading menu, Paint Effects panel [1], [2]

shading network

adjust attributes

connect attributes [1], [2]

convert to File Texture

delete in Hypershade

show connections

viewing libraries

shading networks

mental ray for Maya

removing redundant

testing portions of

mental ray [1], [2]

Shading Quality

Shading Quality attributes, fluids

Shading Samples

Render Layer Member Overrides

Shading Samples attribute [1], [2]

Shading Samples Override

Shading Samples Override attribute

shading surfaces

shading, fluids

pre-defined attributes

ShadingConnection plug-in

shadingMap dependency graph rendering node

back, definition

object (see background)

Shadow Attenuation

Shadow Attenuation, ocean

Shadow attribute

Ramp Shader attribute

Shadow Density Scale fur attribute

Shadow Diffusion attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Shadow Diffusion, fluids

Shadow Linking option

Shadow Map Attributes

Shadow Map Bias

Shadow Map File Name

Shadow Map File Name attribute

shadow maps [1], [2], [3]

compute, for prelighting

re-use, for prelighting

Shadow Maps Path

shadow maps, mental ray

Shadow Offset attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Shadow Opacity, fluids

Shadow Radius attribute

Shadow Rays attribute [1], [2], [3], [4]

shadow shaders (mental ray)

Shadow Transparency attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

attribute for spotlights

shadowMatteShader node

shadows [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

creating [1], [2]

in particle software rendering

light fog problems

optimizing [1], [2]

properties [1], [2]

transparent objects and

troubleshooting [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8]

unexpected results

Shadows (SWF and bitmap formats only)

shadows and shading attributes

Shadows attribute [1], [2]

Shadows Ignore Linking attribute [1], [2], [3]

Shadows Obey Light Linking attribute [1], [2], [3], [4]

Shadows Obey Shadow Linking attribute [1], [2], [3]

shadows, control casting of

shadows, creating

shadows, in scene views

shadows, produce raytraced

shadows, render raytraced

Shake attribute

Shake Enabled attribute

Shake Overscan attribute

Shake Overscan Enabled attribute

Shaker attribute

Crater Attributes

Stucco Attributes

Artisan tools [1], [2]

irregular, create with trimming

Open/Close Curve options

Open/Close Surfaces option

getting name of

shape node, definition

shape node, polygonal

shape nodes [1], [2]

shape selection

ShapeMonitor plug-in

and components, in API

and drawing, in API

and MDrawData, API

and MDrawInfo, API

and MDrawRequest, API

and MDrawRequestQueue, API

and refresh, in API

deregistration, API

MPxGeometryData, API

MPxGeometryIterator, API

MPxSurfaceShape, API [1], [2]

MPxSurfaceShapeUI, API

selectable DAG objects, API

shape node, writing

user-defined, API

extrusion value

connecting to fields

linking original surface to

Share One Brush option

Auto Paint Grid

Auto Paint Random

shared polygons, definition

shared vertex, split into multiple

sharp point, create

connecting shards to fields

creating crack type

creating solid type

creating surface type

goal weights on soft-body shards

linking original surface to shards

shader assignment

shard extrusion value

instancer particle option

Shear Resistance

Shear U attribute

Shear XY channel

Shear XZ channel

Shear YZ channel

saving preset brushes

create for a script

shelf, definition

automatic mapping option

automatic mapping option

Shell stacking (Automatic mapping option)

shell, definition

shellNode plug-in

separate into individual meshes

shells (see UV shells)

custom names or icons

shelves, saving preset brushes to

Linux substitution for

shiftNode plug-in

shininess, definition

short name for attributes

shortcut key (see hotkey)

tools and actions

tumble, track, dolly

shortest edge path, selecting

Show (Display menu)

Show All Burst Positions

Show All Launch Positions

Show Back Faces

Show Batch Render

Current Tab option

Show Directories Only

Current Tab option

Show Files Only

Current Tab option

Show Frame Number

Show in Contents

Show Manipulator tool

Rendering Flags window

Show Next Graph

Show Next Graph button

Show Nodes Which Are

Show Previous Graph

Show Previous Graph button

Show Region Marquee option

Render View window

Show Selected Columns

Show Selected Objects

Show Wireframe option

Show/Hide Editor

showpic (see Fcheck)

Shrink CV Selection

NURBS selection option

Shrink Selection Region [1], [2]

Trim Tool option

description, for cameras

Shutter Angle attribute

Shutter Close attribute

Shutter Open attribute

shutter setting

mental ray vs. Maya

Sidebar buttons

Signed options for selection constraints

changing effect of

simulating [1], [2], [3]

Simple attribute

simple attributes

adjusting parameters

simpleEmitter plug-in [1], [2]

simpleLoftNode plug-in

simpleSolver plug-in [1], [2]

simpleSpring plug-in [1], [2]

simpleVolumeShader dependency graph rendering node

simplification, hull

Dope Sheet [1], [2]

Simplify Method attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Simplify Stroke Path Curves option

simulating hair

overview [1], [2]

Simulation Method

follicle attribute

hair system attribute

Simulation Rate Scale, fluids

simulation, hair

equation for various uses of

sine deformer, definition

editing deformation effects

sineNode plug-in

single arguments

single channel attributes

Single Pixel Brush option

Single Shading Switch

Single Shading Switch utility

Single Sided [1], [2]

single-click creation

NURBS primitives

polygon primitives

singleShadingSwitch node, painted textures

construction plane

of scene, optimize

Placement attributes

Volume Noise [1], [2]

Size Rand, fluids

Size Units attribute

Image Size attributes

Size X, Size Y [1], [2]

size, Artisan brush

size, container

Skeleton Generator

skeleton hierarchy (see hierarchy)

skeleton, definition

disconnecting joints

displaying all local axes in a limb or skeleton

hierarchy [1], [2]

moving group node

parenting models

posing and animating

proportions for

reorienting axes

setting joint display size

setting preferred angles

understanding construction

skeletons, binding to subdivision surfaces

Sketch Interval value

Sketch Particles

skin [1], [2], [3]

object, definition

point, definition

skin deformation

Edit Smooth Skin > Add Influence Object

skin objects [1], [2], [3]

skin points [1], [2]

skin weights [1], [2]

paint operations [1], [2]

changing deformation order

editing node behavior

substitute geometry

term for birail

skipping rope scenario

Sky Brightness attribute

Sky Color attribute

sky environment texture

Sky Radius attribute

Atmospheric Settings attributes

Projection Geometry attributes

Sky Samples attribute

Sky shader, about

Sky shader, using

Sky Thickness attribute

sky-like illumination, rendering

Slices Per Voxel

Slices per Voxel, fluids

Slide Edge Tool

Slide on Surface constraint [1], [2]

creating for nCloth

creating for nParticles

slider orientation

Blend Shape editor

joint chain along curve

slopeShader node

Small Object Culling Threshold attribute

Smart Collision

region weights setup

Smart Command Settings

Smear attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Smear Attributes

Smear brush type [1], [2], [3]

Smear Frequency option

Auto Paint Grid

Smear operation

Smear operation Blur operation

Smear U attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Smear V attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Smear, 3D Paint

smear, definition

changing effect of

simulating [1], [2], [3]

Smoke Particle Name

Smoke Sprite Min and Max Lifespan

Smoke Threshold

smoke, illuminated

hair, edit curves

Modify Curves tool

Paint Fur Attributes Tool

Paint Skin Weights Tool

Smooth Bind Options window

Smooth Curve (Edit Curves menu)

Smooth deformation

Smooth Edge Ratio

Set NURBS Tessellation

Smooth Layer Display option

Smooth Mesh Preview

Smooth operation

Paint Attributes Tool [1], [2]

Paint Cluster Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Jiggle Weights Tool

Paint Skin Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Soft Body Weights Tool

Smooth Polygon Derivatives attribute

smooth polygon mesh

render [1], [2]

smooth proxy, set up

Smooth Shade All [1], [2], [3]

Smooth Shade options

Render Layer Member Overrides

smooth shading, definition

influence object

influence object, definition

object, definition

point, definition

unnatural deformation

smooth skin influence objects

smooth skin objects

smooth skin point sets

smooth skin point weights [1], [2]

smooth skin points

smooth skinning [1], [2]

adding influence objects

adjusting skin behavior

controlling weight normalization

dual quaternion

editing joint attributes

editing maximum influences

editing skin cluster attributes

editing skin cluster channels

editing skin point weights

exporting/importing weight maps

holding weights

mirroring weights

pruning skin weights

removing unused influences

resetting skin point weights to defaults

using influence objects

Smooth Skins tab

Smooth Sub Manips

tip, Motion Blur

by adding polygons

by adding vertices

constraint properties

curves [1], [2]

linear controls

Sculpt Surfaces Tool

troubleshooting

using rough model

smoothing polygons [1], [2]

Smoothing stroke option

smoothing values [1], [2], [3]

smoothing weights [1], [2], [3]

smoothing, definition

smoothly increasing opacity

Smoothness attribute

smoothstep function

comparison with linstep

SMPTE time code, definition

smudge tool (UVs)

Snap Align Objects (Modify menu)

Snap box dolly to

camera settings [1], [2]

snap brush to curve

snap brush to isoparm

Snap Curve To Root

Snap Curve To Root tool setting

Snap Enable tool setting

snap UVs to grid

all creation tools to a surface or construction plane

one object to another

to a view plane

to polygonal components

to View Planes option

tolerance options

in Render View [1], [2]

Snapshot option

Render View window, Render menu

SnapToCurve command

Snow Altitude attribute

Snow Attributes

Snow Color attribute

Mountain Attributes

Snow Attributes

snow dependency graph rendering node

Snow Dropoff attribute

Snow Roughness attribute

Snow Slope attribute

soccer ball primitive

adding goals after creation

attributes in common with particles

creating [1], [2]

creating new geometry

flooding goal weights

hiding geometry

IK spline curves

masking goal weights

paint operations

painting goalPP weights

showing hidden geometry

rendering with motion blur

soft body, definition

Soft Edges attribute

Soft Modification Tool

soft modification, definition

NURBS or polygon mesh

Soft Surface, fluids

Soften Edge [1], [2]

SoftImage format

Softness attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

software render types of particles

software render, definition

Software renderer

software rendering [1], [2]

memory and performance

reflections, refractions, and shadows to particles

Solid Core Size attribute [1], [2]

Solid Fractal Attributes

Solid Fractal texture

Solid Matte [1], [2]

Matte Opacity Mode, Use Background

solidCheckerShader node

solidFractal dependency graph rendering node

solutions to problems

term for IK solver

Solver [1], [2], [3]

passive collision object

Solver Enable tool setting

Solver Quality, fluids

with simpleSolver plug-in [1], [2]

GE2 Output Domain option

Sort Stretch Links

sorting bin, definition

display on the Time Slider

displaying [1], [2]

importing to FCheck

scrubbing [1], [2]

soundtrack, definition

Source image name (Warp Image option)

source, definition

Space Scale [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

space warp (see deformer)

spacing between UV shells

Spacing presets

Automatic Mapping option

Spacing Presets

automatic mapping option

layout UVs option

add to areas of a curve

change number for primitives

change number of spans/patches

NURBS Smoothness options

Spans U, V options

Auto Paint Grid

Auto Paint Random

spans, displaying

Sparks Color Spread

Sparks Incandescence

Sparks Min and Max Tail Size

special effects

Special Effects attributes

specific particles

Specify Node add option

Specify Node remote option

Specify Node swap option

Specify Selected Lights option

Render Layer Pass

Specular attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

hair system attribute

Specular Color attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Specular Color fur attribute

Specular Color, fluids

Specular Color, ocean

Specular Glow, ocean

Specular light model

hair system attribute

Specular Power attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

specular reflection, definition

specular reflection, example of

Specular Roll Off

specular shading

Specular Shading

Specular Shading attributes

Specular Sharpness fur attribute

Ramp Shader attribute

Specularity maps

Specularity, ocean

specularRolloff

Ramp Shader attribute

hair system attribute

Speed Attenuation

Speed Method, fluid emitter

Speed Random attribute

Speed, fluids Turbulence

speeding expression execution

sphere environment texture

sphere primitive

Sphere render type

sphere render type, definition

spherePaint script [1], [2]

create, with quadricShape plug-in

how shaded in examples

Projection Utility type

spherical mapping

change image center

change image rotation angle

change image scale (width, height)

Spherical Mapping

spherical projection, definition

spherical UV mapping

sphrand function

sphrand function, use with random color

Spin Impulse X, Y, Z

spin impulse, definition

parenting arms and legs

behavior, with simpleSpring plug-in [1], [2]

spiral attributes

Spiral Decay attribute

Spiral Min/Max attributes

spiralAnimCurveCmd plug-in

Spline animation option

spline geometry

spline ik chain

dynamic curve scenario

spline tangents

spline, definition

Split Angle attribute

Split Bias attribute

split curves or surfaces

Split Length Map attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Split Max Depth attribute

particle collision event

Split placement

Split Polygon Tool

Split Rand attribute

Split Size Decay attribute

Split Twist attribute

Split UVs (Edit UVs menu)

faces by drawing a line

Geometry Cache Clip

splitting nCache clips

splitUVCmd example

splitUVCmd plug-in [1], [2]

Spot Light [1], [2]

Spot light attributes

Spot Light, barn doors

Spot Light, controlling circle of

spot light, definition

spotLight dependency graph rendering node

Volume Noise [1], [2]

Spottyness attribute

Granite Attributes

Leather Attributes

Spottyness, fluids

fog, for spot lights

air field manipulator

emitter manipulator

particle collision event

Spread Rate attribute

Spread Start attribute

spring behavior

adding to strokes

baking animation

removing from strokes

spring constraint, definition

Spring Damp option

Spring Stiffness option

Spring Travel option

adding or removing

canceling creation

creating uniform structure

definition, API

dying particles

editing attributes

editing per spring stiffness, damping, rest length

emitted particles

fixing problems

oscillating out of control

speeding animation play

Sprite Animation

Sprite Cycle Length

Sprite Cycle Pattern

Sprite Image Name

Sprite Invert Cycle

Sprite Num [1], [2], [3]

Sprite Scale X, Y [1], [2]

Sprite Start Option

Sprite Twist [1], [2]

Sprite Wizard [1], [2]

customiizing the starting image selection

customizing image cycling

customizing sprites

sprite, definition

spriteNumPP [1], [2], [3]

adjusting transparency

assigning image sequence

changing images

editing render attributes

expression for cycling

per particle scale and twist

Sprites render type

spriteScaleXPP, YPP [1], [2]

spriteTwistPP [1], [2]

mapping UV border to

Square (Surfaces menu)

squash deformer, definition

squash deformers

editing deformation effects

Squeeze Correction attribute

stacking UV shells (Layout option)

Stagger attribute [1], [2]

profile, 3D Paint Tool

Stamp Density attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Stamp Depth (3D)

Stamp Depth (3D), Paint Fluids Tool

Stamp Depth options, Artisan tools (new architecture)

Stamp Spacing option, Artisan tools (new architecture)

stand-alone application

Stand-alone fields

standard deviation

with Gaussian values

Standard Fit tessellation method

standard mode (subdivision surface)

standard output

messages whatisCmd plug-in

standard output messages

whatisCmd plug-in

starfield, animating (example)

Start and End Image

Start and End Sweep Angles

primitive sphere option

Start Angle attribute

Start Angle creation option

Start Branches attribute

Start Curve Attract

follicle attribute

hair system attribute

Start Cycle Extension

Start Direction

follicle attribute

Start Distance1 attribute

Start Flare X attribute

Start Flare X creation option

Start Flare Z attribute

Start Flare Z creation option

Start Frame [1], [2], [3]

clip attribute [1], [2], [3]

emitted particles

hair system attribute

particle attribute

Start Frame attribute

Image File Output attributes [1], [2]

Image Output Files attributes [1], [2]

Start Frame attribute (dynamic locator)

Start Frame option [1], [2]

Start Frame, fluids

Start hair curves

Start Joint attribute

start joint flipping

Start Maya from the command line

Start Number attribute

start pose, definition

Start Rot X attribute (boat locator)

Start Rot Y attribute (motor boat locator)

Start Rot Z attribute (boat locator)

Start Smoothness attribute

Start Smoothness creation option

Start Sweep Angle

rigid body solver

Start Time attribute

Start Time/End Time

Start Tubes attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Start X attribute (motor boat locator)

Start Y attribute (dynamic locator)

Start Z attribute (motor boat locator)

start-up caches

using with batch rendering

GE2 Animation Option

RTG Animation Option

VRML2 Animation Option

starting Paint Effects

starting the Expression Editor

rigid body solvers

attributeExists

common mistakes

differences from other languages

executing if created at runtime

expression order

create hair attribute

static attributes

static channels

hair system attribute

static cloning [1], [2]

Static Friction

flooding, fluids

painting, fluids [1], [2]

Static Object Offset

expanding and collapsing items

Status Line, about

statusCode method of returning errors

Stencil Attributes

stencil dependency graph rendering node

stencil mapping

Stencil utility [1], [2]

GE2 Animation Option

RTG Animation Option

VRML2 Animation Option

Stitch Edges Tool option

rigid body solvers

animation option

Tumble camera setting [1], [2]

stepped tangents

Steps after Current Frame

Steps before Current Frame

Registering custom rig

stereoscopic camera

Custom Stereo Rig Editor

Multi-camera Rig Tool

stereoscopic cameras

hair constraint type

passive collision object

Stickiness Map [1], [2]

Stickiness Scale

Stickiness Scale Input

Sticky Bind distance [1], [2]

Sticky Bind Maximum Distance

Sticky tool setting

Stiffness [1], [2], [3]

follicle attribute

hair system attribute

rigid body Spring constraint

Stiffness Scale

dynamic curve scenario

follicle attribute

hair system attribute

Global Stitch option

Stitch Edges Tool (Edit NURBS > Stitch)

Stitch Partial Edges

Global Stitch option

Stitch Smoothness

Global Stitch option

Stitch Surface Points (Edit NURBS > Stitch)

stitching, definition

storyboard, definition

Bevel cap option

Bevel corner option

Straighten UV Border [1], [2]

straightening border UVs

Streak render type [1], [2]

streak, definition

Strength Map Type

Strength, fluids Turbulence

Stretch mode [1], [2]

stretch origin locator [1], [2], [3]

Stretch Resistance [1], [2]

string data type

converting numbers to

data type conversion

striping (see blacking)

attributes, Global Scale

attributes, Gravity

attributes,Turbulence

Stroke Display Quality option

Stroke Length option

Auto Paint Random

stroke Shape node

stroke path curves

shape, changing

showing and hiding

stroke path, animating

Stroke Refresh menu, Paint Effects panel

Stroke Time attribute

stroke, definition

animating attributes

animating textures on

applying brush settings to

applying paint to

default settings

deleting [1], [2]

display quality, modifying

modifying using control curves

normal, modifying

path curves, simplifying

polygon conversion

pressure mappings, modifying

pressure mappings, modifying interactively

rendered, refreshing

rendering [1], [2], [3]

rendering as you paint

selecting by name

settings, modifying

shape, changing

sharing the same brush

simulating growth

spring behavior

undoing in canvas

wireframe representation of

Strokes Per Span option

Auto Paint Grid

strokeShape node, editing

structure manager (see Component Editor)

STU space, definition

Stucco Attributes

stucco dependency graph rendering node

Studio Clear Coat utility [1], [2]

Studio wire files

StudioImport plug-in

pressure mappings [1], [2]

stylus pressure

Stylus Pressure [1], [2], [3]

Stylus Pressure option, Artisan tools

Sub Clump Method

hair system attribute

hair system attribute

hair system attribute

hair system attribute

Sub Wave Frequency attribute

Sub-Control Resolution

sub-object selection (see selection mask)

subcarrier, definition

Crease Proxy Edge Tool

description [1], [2]

troubleshooting

Subdiv Surfaces menu

Collapse Hierarchy

Subdiv to NURBS

Subdiv to Polygons

subdivide faces by painting

Subdivide Ngons

Subdivision Power attribute

subdivision surface

apply deformer to

bind to skeletons

convert to polygons

creating blend shapes, cluster deformers for

duplicate and flip

levels of detail

mapping operations

model with Sculpt Geometry Tool

modeling workflow

prepare for blending

prepare NURBS surface for

reduce number of levels

refine while sculpting

remove unused components

tips for working with

UV projection from multiple planes

Subdivision Surface Mode option

subdivision surface, definition

subdivision surfaces

assigning textures

converting polygons

exporting image of UVs

extrusion manipulator

mental ray for Maya

selecting faces

selecting vertices

Split Polygon Tool

tasks in UV Texture Editor

faces, automatically after selection

setting for polygonal primitives

Subdivs menu (UV Texture Editor)

display tessellation

obtaining quads for approximation

Sublight Density fur shading attribute

subroutines (see procedures)

subset of UVs, displaying

Substeps [1], [2]

Substeps, fluids

substitute geometry

Subtract Density

Volume Fog fade method

subtraction of objects

displaying, fluids

subvolume manipulators

Plus-Minus-Average utility

Dope Sheet [1], [2]

summary, in Trax editor, definition

Sun Brightness attribute

Sun shader, about

Sun shader, using

Sunset Brightness attribute

supported image formats

Suppress Command Results

Suppress Error Messages

Suppress Info Messages

Suppress Warning Messages

deformer (see wrap deformer)

highlights, definition

material, definition

normals, reversing

revolve, definition

textures, modifying

Dolly camera setting

Surface Association [1], [2]

Surface attributes, fluids

Surface Color attribute [1], [2], [3]

change, with Rebuild Surfaces

Extrude options

primitive sphere option

Revolve options

surface density

Surface Direction

Open/Close Surfaces option

Reverse Surface Direction option

Surface Div per Span

NURBS Smoothness option

NURBS Smoothness options

Surface Div per Span options

Surface Divisions option

Surface Editing (Edit NURBS menu)

Surface Editing tool

surface editor (see Hypershade)

surface emitters [1], [2]

Surface Fitting Options

Surface Flow effect

connecting flows

editing attributes

twisting problem

surface materials

creating UVs for

subdivision surfaces

techniques for UV mapping

Project Curve On Surface option

surface normals

reversing, with Circular Fillet

Paint Effects Tool option

Surface Offset Min, Max option

Auto Paint Grid

Surface Offset Min, Max options

Auto Paint Random

Surface Offset option

surface patches

Surface Precision

Surface Render, fluids

surface sampler

surface shading

Surface Shading [1], [2]

Surface Shading Shadow attribute [1], [2]

surface shape nodes

surface shatter

Surface Tension

nParticles [1], [2]

Surface Tension Scale

surface texture

Surface Thickness

Surface Threshold, fluids

Surface Tolerance, fluids

surface, light transmission and

stand-alone application

surfaceCreateCmd plug-in

surfaceLuminance dependency graph rendering node

background showing through

Boolean operations on

change degree, number of spans/patches

convert to non-rational geometry

convert to uniform parameterization

create by rotating a curve

create flat, inside a curve

create from four boundary curves

create from patches

create within bounding curves

creating with fullLoftNode plug-in

Dolly camera setting

extend a certain distance

extrude and bevel from a curve

fillet between intersecting

fillet between two sets of boundary curves

identical [1], [2]

intersecting, create curves at

make open or closed

mapping materials [1], [2]

mapping to multi

mental ray approximation

new, display options

performance [1], [2]

periodic and closed

reduce complexity

reshape [1], [2]

reverse normals

show parameter or arc-length values

single-sided [1], [2]

skin across profile curves

smoothness, controlling

snapping creation tools

stitch together

tessellation settings

troubleshooting [1], [3]

customizing tools

surfaces normals

surfaceShader dependency graph rendering node

stand-alone application

surfaceTwist stand-alone application

surfaceTwistCmd plug-in

Svg Animation (SVG only)

Align Surfaces option

Reverse Surface Direction option

swatch rendering [1], [2]

change start and end sweep angle, primitives option

profile curve along a path curve

profile curves along two path curves

sweptEmitter plug-in

swimming textures

swissArmyManip plug-in [1], [2]

painting multiple surfaces

painting textures

switch statement

symbolic placeholders

symmetrical painting

generator, definition

Synchronized Euler

Synchronized Euler-Angle Curves [1], [2]

Synchronized Quaternion Curves [1], [2]

synchronizing sound

difference between MEL and expressions

distinctions of MEL

sysFile command

system command pipes, I/O

system events, using

system function

T

T Divisions attribute

tab layout, creating

GE2 Output option

tagging proxy references

Tail Fade [1], [2], [3]

Tail Size [1], [2], [3]

Take Settings from Maya

tangent [1], [2]

break at an isoparm, add or remove

continuity, align curves with

continuity, align surfaces with

make a curve with a curve intersection

make a curve with a surface

make a curve with another curve

Align Curves option

Align Surfaces option

Curve Fillet option

handles in Graph Editor

Project Tangent option

Stitch Edges Tool options

tangent (G1) continuity

Tangent Align Direction

Project Tangent option

Tangent Constraint Options window

tangent constraint, definition

tangent constraints

adding target objects

changing target object weights

controlling motion history dependence effects

editing attributes

editing channels

preventing rolling effects

removing target objects

setting constraint options

Tangent Continuity Profile

Tangent Manip. Size

surface editing option

Tangent Rotation

Project Tangent option

Align Curves options

Align Surfaces options

Project Tangent option

coordinate system for Maya

Tangent normal threshold

Tangent smoothing angle

UV winding order

Tangent Space attribute

surface and curve emitters

Tangent Speed, fluid emitter

Tangent Strength [1], [2]

Tangent UCamera attribute

Tangent VCamera attribute

tangent, definition

Tangential Drag

Tangential tolerance option

animation curves

level of influence

using the Time Slider

Global Stitch option

Rebuild Curve, Keep option

tangents, weighted

tangentUCamera rendering attribute

tangentVCamera rendering attribute

Target Geometry Space [1], [2]

Target Index add option

target object weights

target objects [1], [2], [3]

target orientation

Target Particle

target points [1], [2]

Target Shape Options add options

Target Shape Options creation options

Target weight boxes

Target weight sliders

targetOrigin attribute

Task Size [1], [2], [3]

tear off a window

Tear Off Copy option, Panels menu

Tear Off option, Panels menu

Tearable Surface constraint [1], [2]

safe region rendering

Temperature Gradient attribute

Temperature Gradient, fluids

Temperature Scale, fluids

Temperature, fluid

Temperature, fluids

temperature, light

description [1], [2]

modifying settings

Template Brush Settings option

template display [1], [2]

untemplating objects

template objects

template, definition

templates for ELF commands

Tension attribute

Terminal Leaf attribute

display for NURBs

display for subDs

memory and performance

NURBS Smoothness options

viewing settings

vs. approximation

Tessellation attribute

Tessellation Factor

Tessellation Method

Bevel Plus option

tessellation methods

Chord Height Ratio

Edge Swap toggle

for conversion to polygons

Fractional Tolerance

Minimal Edge Length

Number U and Number V

secondary controls

Tessellation Mode

tessellation passes

tessellation, definition

Test Resolution

Test Resolution option

Render View window

testing file existence

Tex Alpha1 attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Tex Alpha2 attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Tex Color Offset attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Tex Color Scale attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Tex Color1 attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Tex Color2 attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Tex Opacity Offset attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Tex Opacity Scale attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Tex Uniformity attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Text (Create menu)

changing operation settings

selecting default startup

use from Expression Editor

using on expression

text file, export template to

TextEdit text editor

coordinates for appending

displaying in dependency graph

environment, envBall

placement before deformation

placements, hiding

save prelighting

swimming, correcting

twisted in polygon proxy mode

Texture (Subdiv Surfaces menu)

Texture bake set

Final Gather Reflect [1], [2], [3]

Texture Color, fluids

Texture Compression attribute

texture conversion

texture coordinates (see UVs)

Texture Emission Attributes

texture filtering [1], [2]

elliptical filtering

Texture Flow attribute

modify using UV sets

Texture Incandescence, fluids

texture map, definition

texture mapping [1], [2]

for primitive planes

options for polygonal primitives

setting for polygonal primitives

commonly used ones

for surface types

minimize distortion with Unfold

placement on 3D surfaces

use Adobe Photoshop texture

Texture Opacity

Texture Opacity, fluids

Texture Origin, fluids

texture palette

Texture Placement Options

Texture Placement tool

Texture Reference Object

texture reference objects

Texture resolution

Texture resolution menu

Texture Rotate, fluids

Texture Scale, fluids

Texture Search path

RTG Export Options

VRML2 Export Options

texture space, UV

Texture Threshold

for displacement maps

Texture Time, fluids

Texture to Geometry

converting an assigned texture

converting an image

Fit To Selection

Generate Shaders

Max Points to Add

Maximum Color Difference

Minimum Segment Size

Quantize Levels

Segment Detection Options [1], [2]

Segment Meshing Options

Shader Template

Surface Fitting Options

Surface Output Options

Texture Type attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Texture Type, fluids

texture, definition

texture, environment

texture2d dependency graph rendering node

texture3d dependency graph rendering node

Object Shading menu

Textured channel

Textured channel menu

textureEnv dependency graph rendering node

textures [1], [2]

access through MObject handles

adjust attributes

animating on strokes

as displacement maps

assigning to a UV set

baking [1], [2], [3]

connect attributes [1], [2]

creating animated

creating from strokes on objects

disabling loading

dragging onto canvas

environment [1], [2], [3]

evaluate for RTG

evaluate for VRML2

export, for VRML2

file, use original, for GE2

filtering [1], [2]

interactive 3D placement

layered [1], [2]

mapping [1], [2]

mapping to multi-surface objects

mapping to ramp

MDt API description

mental ray [1], [2]

mental ray shaders

modifying [1], [2]

on emitted particles

original for VRML2

painting layers

place 2D/3D for GE2

popping [1], [3]

procedural [1], [2]

repeating with UV range

sample for VRML2

saving painted automatically

scaling emission rate

seamless repeating

search path for GE2

search path for RTG Export

search path for VRML2 Export

thicken borders

troubleshooting

VRML2 Export Option

Textures attributes, fluids

textures directory, 3D Paint Tool

Textures menu (UV Texture Editor)

procedural, fluids

texturing (alternate term for Paint Effects)

Texturing attribute

texturing, fluid

The Art of Maya

Thickness [1], [3], [4], [5]

Thickness attribute

Thickness Map [1], [2]

Thickness tool setting

hair system attribute

thorn, definition

three dimensional textures

Three Point Circular Arc (Create > Arc Tools)

Threshold [1], [2], [3]

blobby surfaces

Output Settings attribute

Volume Noise [1], [2]

Threshold attribute

Cloud Attributes

Fractal Attributes

Granite Attributes

HSV Color Key attributes

Leather Attributes

Snow Attributes

Solid Fractal Attributes

threshold distances, changing

Threshold fur shading attribute

Threshold Length

fur attractor set attribute

Threshold option

Threshold, fluids

Throttle attribute (motor boat locator)

Throttle Pitch attribute (motor boat locator)

Tighter Profile

Tiled (Warp image option)

changing units in dynamics

predefined variable

value at different frames

Solid Fractal Attributes

Volume Noise [1], [2]

Time attribute [1], [2]

Time Clip attribute

Motion Blur [1], [2]

Time Contrast R attribute

time expression

copy keys settings [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]

paste keys settings

Solid Fractal Attributes

Time Ratio attribute

Fractal Attributes

Time Samples attribute

Hardware Render Buffer

Time Slider [1], [2]

Animation controls menu

Current Time Indicator

for tessellation

moving and scaling animation

RTG Animation Option

VRML 2 Animation Option

Time Slider option

Time Slider Range

default frame rate

creating and editing

enable and disable

time warp, definition

time working units, definition

time, internal variable, definition

timeline, setting position

timeStepSize [1], [2]

Tip Ambient Color fur attribute

Tip Color fur attribute

Tip Curl fur attribute

Tip Fade attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Tip Opacity fur attribute

Tip Width fur attribute

IK spline handle creation

TIR (Total Internal Reflection)

title bar, show

Placement, Image Planes

Toggle All button

Toggle Display Colors Attribute

Toggle Filtered Image (UV tool button)

Toggle Isolate Select Mode (UV tool button)

Toggle paint operation

Toggle Proxy Display

Toggle Texture Borders

Toggle Texture Borders button (UV Texture Editor button)

vertices selection

Bevel Plus option

curves, setting

Fit B-spline option

GE2 Keyframe Option

Offset Curve option

primitive sphere option

Tolerance attribute

Tolerance Controls

Stitch Edges Tool

Tolerance Value

Round Tool options

Booleans option

Fillet Blend Tool option

Tool Box [1], [2]

Show Manipulator

tool buttons, UV Texture Editor

UV Texture Editor

tool property sheets

paint blend shape weights

paint wire weights

Tool Settings window [1], [2]

IK Handle Tool [1], [2]

Render View window

in Flib library

transformation tools [1], [2]

changing to actions

creating from menus

registering with InitializePlugin()

saving to shelves

attach Paint Effects brush

convert to polygons

lineModifier node

modify attributes

paint attributes

pfxToonShape node

wiggly toon line tips

Environment Cube

Projection Geometry attributes

Top Barn Door attribute

show information

topology [1], [2], [3]

match from one curve to another

topology propagation

topology, definition

torque (see spin impulse)

torusField plug-in

Total Brightness attribute

Total Event Count [1], [2]

Total Internal Reflection

tounix Mac OS command

Toxik Export Options (Toxik 2008)

Toxik pre-compositing [1], [2], [3]

Toxik Scene Settings

Toxik User Settings (Toxik 2007)

Trace Depth [1], [2]

particle collisions

Trace Reflection

traceDepthPP [1], [2], [4]

Track Geometry setting [1], [2]

Track Scale setting [1], [2]

term for dope sheet

term for Graph Editor

track, definition

tracking the canvas

tracking, cameras

tracks, adding to characters

Trail Emit Rate

Trail Emit Speed

Trail Emit Spread

Trail Incandescence

Trail Min and Max Tail Size

Trans Limit X attribute

Trans Limit Y attribute

Trans Limit Z attribute

transCircleNode plug-in

GE2 Animate Option

VRML2 Animate Option

Transfer attribute values

Transfer Attributes

mirror vertex attributes

Transfer Cache to Input Mesh

Ambient occlusion Map

Connect Output Maps

create texture maps

Diffuse Color Map

Displacement Map

Lit and Shaded Color Map

Maya Common Output

mental ray Common Output

Transfer Maps, definition

Transfer option

hair constraint type

transform attributes

animating particles

Transform Component

description [1], [2]

Transform constraint [1], [2]

creating for nCloth

creating for nParticles

Transform Control

Transform Icons attribute

transform marking menus

transform node, definition

transform nodes [1], [2]

not used for particle expressions [1], [2]

Transform nodes

transform nodes conversion

transform polygons

transform type-in (see Channel Box)

transform, definition

transform, with multiple surfaces

rotate attributes

set values to zero

type exact values

transformation matrix

transformation tools

Transformation Tools (Modify menu)

transformation, definition

transformation/rotation menu cells (see Channel Box)

transformations

animate, for GE2

animate, for VRML2

transformations, troubleshooting

IK spline handle curve

and multiple shapes

and texture coordinates in shading networks

camera with zoomCameraCmd plug-in [1], [2]

multiple shape nodes

plug-in example transCircleNode plug-in

plug-in example translateCmd plug-in

RTG Output Option

transition speed, changing

transition surfaces

Fillet Blend tool

higher control with Bevel Plus

Duplicate Face option

Move Component option

Translate attributes

Translate creation option [1], [2]

Translate Frame attribute [1], [2]

translate polygon meshes as subdivision base mesh primitives

translate, definition

translateCmd plug-in

and anim curves with spiralAnimCurveCmd plug-in

with moveCurveCVsCmd plug-in

with moveNumericTool plug-in

installing, for games

recompile, for games

running, for games

VRML2, introduction

writing from Maya ASCII format

writing to Maya ASCII format

Translucence [1], [2]

hair system attribute

painting [1], [2]

Translucence attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Translucence Coeff attribute [1], [2]

Translucence Depth

Translucence Depth, ocean

Translucence Focus

Translucence Focus, ocean

Translucence, ocean

Transmit Refraction

Transmit Transparency

mental ray [1], [2]

Transp Length Map attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Transp Range attribute

matte (see Matte Opacity) [1], [2]

premultiplication

painting [1], [2]

Ramp Shader attribute

Transparency attribute

Particle Cloud Attributes [1], [2]

Transparency Based depth

Output Settings attributes, for cameras

Transparency maps

Transparency sorting attribute

Transparency Threshold

transparency, definition

Transparency, fluids

transparency, fur

Transparency, ocean

transparency, skin

Transparency1 attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Transparency2 attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Transparent Blob

transparent objects

motion blur problems

Transparent Shadow maps attribute

Transplant Hair

Trapped Check [1], [2]

Traverse (Importons) attribute

summary, definition

clip manipulator

creating character sets

Graph Anim Curves

Load Selected Characters

Merge Cache Clips

motion capture data

Offset attribute

opening and viewing

repositioning clips

tree view (see Hypergraph)

Tree Wind option

GE2 Export Option, Tessellation

RTG Export Option, Tessellation

VRML2 Export Option, Tessellation

Triangle (default) attribute

triangleNormalCamera rendering attribute

convert polygons to

converting NURBS to

option for subdividing faces

split faces into

Triangulate surface

trigonometric functions

surfaces from open curves

Curve Fillets option

Rebuild Surfaces option

Paint Hair Follicles options

Trim Tool (Edit NURBS menu)

trim, definition

trimmed surfaces

trimmed surfaces conversion

Geometry Cache Clip

Projection Utility type

triplanar projection

Triple Shading Switch

Triple Shading Switch utility

tripleShadingSwitch node, painted textures

troubleshoot hair

troubleshooting [1], [2], [3]

displacement maps

environment fog

global illumination

image quality and render speed

Maya for Mac OS X

Troubleshooting

troubleshooting tips

Trough Shadowing, ocean

true/false tests

truncate hair cache

insignificant numbers

with trunc function

Extrude style option

Tube 2D map method

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Tube 3D map method

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Tube Completion attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

tube death, animating

Tube Direction attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

tube growth, animating

Tube Rand attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Tube render type

tube shading attributes

Tube Width1 attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Tube Width2 attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

tube, definition

animating growth simulation

editing attributes

Tubes attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Tubes Per Step attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

camera settings

Locked camera setting [1], [2]

Ortho step camera setting [1], [2]

Orthographic views camera settings [1], [2]

pivot camera setting

Stepped camera setting [1], [2]

Tumble camera about camera settings [1], [2]

Tumble pivot camera setting [1], [2]

Tumble scale camera setting [1], [2]

Tumble camera about

camera settings

Tumble camera setting

Tumble Pivot attribute

tumble, cameras

tumble, definition

Turbulence attribute

turbulence attributes

turbulence field

turbulence field, definition

Turbulence Freq, fluid emitter

Turbulence Frequency attribute

Turbulence hair system attributes

Turbulence Interpolation attribute

Turbulence Offset attribute

Turbulence Offset, fluid emitter

Turbulence Speed attribute

Turbulence Speed, fluid emitter

Turbulence SpeedMult option

Turbulence Type attribute

Turbulence Type, fluid emitter

turbulence, applying to brushes

Turbulence, fluid emitter

Turbulence, fluids

Turn Roll attribute (motor boat locator)

turning off image borders

turntable animation

Turntable animation

nCloth Advanced Techniques

safe region rendering

tweaking, definition

tweaks [1], [2], [3], [4]

Twig Angle1 attribute

Twig Angle2 attribute

Twig Base Width attribute

Twig Dropout attribute

Twig Length attribute

Twig Length Scale attribute

Twig Start attribute

Twig Stiffness attribute

Twig Tip Width attribute

Twig Twist attribute

Twigs attribute

Twigs In Cluster attribute

using surfaceTwistCmd plug-in

Align Surfaces option

Twist attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

twist deformer, definition

twist deformers

editing deformation effects

Twist Rand attribute

Twist Rate attribute

twisted blend surface

two dimensional textures

Two Panes Stacked

Two Point Circular Arc (Create > Arc Tools)

Two Sided Lighting option

two-manifold topology

two-sided materials

two-sided surfaces

Area Light options [1], [2]

Common Light Attributes [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]

Common Material Attributes

Image Plane Attributes [1], [2], [3]

Ramp Attributes

Type tool setting

Types of fields

types of hair constraints

automatic conversion

U

U angle attribute

U Color attribute

U coordinate (UV tool button)

create hair attribute

U dimension of a curve

U Divisions attribute

U Divisions Factor

Set NURBS Tessellation

U Divisions Factor attribute [1], [2]

U max attribute

U min attribute

Convert to File Texture

U or V Location

U Samples fur feedback attribute

U Type tessellation method

U Wave attribute

Cloth Attributes

Ramp Attributes

U Width attribute

Cloth Attributes

Grid Attributes

patches, cube option

Project Tangent option

Reverse Surface Direction option

remove navigation, for VRML2

attaching commands

modifying with ELF commands

UI Elements (Display menu)

uiTemplate command

unattached fur description, creating

unbind attribute

underworld nodes

underworld nodes, definition

setting number of

turn off, with helixCmd plug-in

issue when using Lock Length

Undoable Movements attribute

Undoable Movements option

undoing brush strokes

undoModifyPoly()

polygon UV texture mesh

Unghost Selected

Ungroup (Edit menu)

knot spacing, for Loft

knot spacing, Loft option

knots for CV curves

Rebuild Curve option

Rebuild Surfaces option

uniform field, definition

Uniform Force attribute

for edit point curves

uniform parameterization

uniform parameterization, definition

Uniform tessellation method

when converting to polygons

shading node plug-in

uninitializePlugIn

shading node plug-in

uninitializePlugin()

Union (Boolean operation)

union of objects

texture option [1], [2]

in Maya ASCII files

internal conversion of

return to default

universal joint, definition

universal joints

universal manipulator

transferring files to

unloading plug-ins

unloading shaders

mental ray for Maya

unmapping attributes

Unmute Selected

Unparent (Edit menu)

Unselect All button

Unselect brush option

unshaded objects, finding (sample MEL script)

Unsigned options for selection constraints

Untrim Surfaces options

untrim surfaces

cancel last trim

Untrim Surfaces (Edit NURBS menu)

Unused Clips and Poses

UV meshes with minimal distortion

up axis, definition

Up Vector attribute [1], [2], [3]

Up Vector constraint option [1], [2], [3]

up vector, definition

up vectors [1], [2], [3]

up-vector (see pole vector)

Update 2D Motion Blur

on or off for IPR

Update Image Planes/Background option

Render View window

Update Light Glow

on or off for IPR

Update on Stroke

Update on Stroke option [1], [2], [3], [4]

Update optimized cache textures now

Update options [1], [2]

Update particles

Update PSD Networks (UV tool button)

Update Shader Glow

on or off for IPR

Update Shading and Lighting

on or off for IPR

Update Shadow Maps option

Render View window

Upper Bound attribute

Upper Dropoff Type attribute

Upper Value attribute

upstream and downstream connections

upstream connection (see input connection)

upstream graph limitation

upstream node (see input node)

Use 2d Blur memory Limit

Use all available CPUs

Use all available processors attribute [1], [2]

Object Shading menu

Use All Lights option

Use all Surface Isoparms

Insert Isoparms option

Use Background [1], [2]

as stand-in geometry

Use Background material

Use BOT attribute

File Attributes

Use Canvas Light

Paint Effects Globals

Use Chord Height attribute

Use Chord Height Ratio

Use Collisions attribute

Use Collisions, fluids

Use Components attribute

Use Custom Extension attribute [1], [2]

Use Decay Regions attribute

Use Default Lighting

Object Shading menu

Use Default Lighting option

Use Depth Map attribute

Image Plane Attributes

Use Depth Map Shadows [1], [2]

Use Depth Map Shadows attribute [1], [2]

Use Depth Map Shadows option

Intersect Curves options

Use Direction attribute

Use Displacement Bounding Box attribute

Use Distance, fluid emitter

Use Dmap Auto Focus [1], [2]

Use Dmap Auto Focus attribute [1], [2]

Use Emission attribute

Use Emission, fluids

Use Face Normals [1], [2]

Use face normals at ends

Use Fields attribute

Use Fields, fluids

Use File Cache attribute

Use Frame Extension

Use Frame Range

for tessellation

Use Fur Shading/Shadowing on Fur

fur render setting

Use Gradient Normals

Use Gradient Normals, fluids

Use Hardware Texture Cycling

Use Height attribute [1], [2]

Use Height Field, fluids

Use Image Ratio (UV tool button)

Use Image Sequence attribute

File Attributes [1], [2]

Use Interactive Sequence Caching attribute [1], [2]

Use Layer attribute

Use Legacy Maya Base Shaders attribute

Use Light Position attribute [1], [2]

Use Lighting [1], [2], [3]

Use Luminance attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Use Max Distance

turbulence field

Use Max Distance attribute

Use Maya-style alpha detection on file textures

Use Mid Dist Dmap attribute [1], [2]

Use Min Screen attribute

Secondary Tessellation Attributes

Use Multi Pixel Filter attribute

Use Namespaces option

Use No Lights option

Project Curve On Surface option

Use Normal stroke option

Use Only Single Dmap attribute

Use optimized textures (auto-conversion)

Use Per-Point Emission Rates attribute

Use Per-Point Rate attribute

Use Pivot As Local Space attribute

Use Preview Level for Rendering

Use Previously Specified Lights option

Use Radius Quality Control attribute

Use Rate PP attribute

Use Ray Trace Shadows attribute [1], [2]

Use Selected as Source of Field [1], [3], [4]

Use Selected Emitter

Use Selected Lights option

Use Shadow Density Grid fur attribute

Use Smooth Edge

Set NURBS Tessellation

Use Stylus Pressure option [1], [2]

Use Texture attribute

Use the Quad Shading Switch utility

Bevel Plus option

Circular Fillet option

Fillet Blend option

Fit B-Spline option

Freeform Fillet options

Intersect Surfaces option

Intersecting Curves option

Offset Curve option

Project Curve On Surface option

Rebuild Curve option

Rebuild Surfaces option

Use Transform as Goal

Use X- Dmap attribute [1], [2]

Use X- Map attribute

Use X+ Dmap attribute [1], [2]

Use X+ Map attribute

Use Y- Dmap attribute [1], [2]

Use Y- Map attribute

Use Y+ Dmap attribute [1], [2]

Use Y+ Map attribute

Use Z- Dmap attribute [1], [2]

Use Z- Map attribute

Use Z+ Dmap attribute [1], [2]

Use Z+ Map attribute

Use-Per-Point Radius, fluid emitter

Use-Per-Point Rate, fluid emitter

useBackground dependency graph rendering node

UseCurrentUVSet

pivot point, reposition

User defined anim curve option

User Defined constraint position [1], [2]

User defined script option

User Frame Extension attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

user interaction, scripting for

user interface [1], [2]

object-specific, show or hide

preferences files

user preferences

Convert to File Texture

user-defined functions

user-defined UV mapping

criteria for projection objects

userHotkeys.mel

userNamedCommands.mel

userRGBColors.mel

userScalarPP [1], [2]

userVectorPP [1], [2]

Animation Snapshot

Using Last Curve

Cut Curve option

using with hair

particle, particleAgeMapper

particle, particleColorMapper

utility (see plug-in)

utility node, definition

surfaceLuminance

utility, general

plusMinusAverage

utility, particle

particleIncandMapper

particleTranspMapper

utility,general

UV border, convert selection to

creating by splitting along selected UVs

creating by splitting UV edges

moving and sewing together

pinning to untangle interior

pinning UVs on (Relax option)

pinning UVs on (Unfold option)

straightening, options

Uv Coord attribute

UV Coord attribute

UV coordinate system, definition

UV Coordinates attributes

RTG Output Option

UV Lattice Tool

automatic (for best placement)

production workflow

transfer UVs between

unfold and relax example

unwrapping with minimal distortion

Extend Curve on Surface option

UV range [1], [2], [3]

Convert to File Texture

UV range attribute

selecting, hair

UV set name [1], [2]

UV set, definition

assigning textures to

compare to produce image

comparing to create warp image

copying UVs to another

deleting current

empty, creating

for a layered texture

for color and transparency

menu (UV Texture Editor)

polygon mesh, specifying for

renaming current

source and destination, warp image options

storing shading and lighting information

switching between

UV shell, convert selection to

automatic mapping

avoid overlapping

changing orientation

components, selecting

exporting image of

flipping reversed (Layout option)

laying out automatically

moving [1], [2]

positioning UVs on border

rearrange layout

scaling options (automatic mapping)

scaling, stretching, flipping, arranging

selecting from UV components

separating (Layout option)

separating, merging and attaching

spacing between

spacing presets option

stacking options

straightening border UVs

untangling border UVs

untangling interior UVs

UV Space attribute

UV space option

UV Texture Editor

adjust size of image

Align UV buttons

Baking (UV tool button)

changing UV shell orientation

converting a selection

copying UVs from one UV set to another

Create PSD Network

display overlapping UVs

Display Unfiltered

displaying a subset of UVs

displaying with perspective view

dollying and tracking

editing UV texture coordinates (NURBS)

Move and Sew UVs

Select menu [1], [2]

separate menus for UV tasks

smudge UV layout

switching between UV sets

thicken texture borders

Toggle Texture Borders

toolbar options

using image to arrange UVs

UV Lattice Tool

UV snapshot of subdivision surfaces

viewing UVs [1], [2]

UV Texture Paint mode

UV tool buttons, UV Texture Editor

UV Transformation Entry (UV tool button)

UV values on polygons, setting

UV winding order

uvCoord rendering attribute

UVs [1], [2], [3]

aligning to grid

aligning, buttons

and Merge Vertices

and merging edges

arranging using an image backdrop

automatic mapping

Automatic Mapping

confirming placement

constrain (Unfold option)

convert selection to

converting selection

copying between polygons

copying to new UV set

discrete rotate and scale

displaying 2D texture coordinates with 3D scene view

displaying a subset

displaying if texture image assigned

distorted projection

editing for NURBS surfaces

image of shell layout

lattice, placing around

layout of shells

map onto smooth mesh

mapping [1], [2]

mapping techniques

mapping, how to

moving using Transform Component

moving, rotating, scaling

multiple layouts

orientation, changing

overlapped, viewing

overlapped, why not desirable

overlapping shells

pin (Unfold option)

positioning on border of UV shell

preparing for painting

projection mapping

repeating texture

selecting components

separating, merging and attaching shells

sewing along edges

snapping example

snapping to grid

snapping to pixels

splitting along edges

splitting along selected path

straightening borders

tasks in UV Texture Editor

transferring between meshes

treatment in polygon proxy mode

untangling at borders

untangling interior

viewing in UV Texture Editor

zooming in or out to see

Uvw Per Vertex, fluids

Uwidth attribute

V

V angle attribute

V Color attribute

RTG Output Option, Format

V coordinate (UV tool button)

create hair attribute

V Divisions Factor

Set NURBS Tessellation

V Divisions Factor attribute [1], [2]

V max attribute

V min attribute

Convert to File Texture

RTG Output Option, Format

V Samples fur feedback attribute

V Type tessellation

V Wave attribute

Cloth Attributes

Ramp Attributes

V Width attribute

Cloth Attributes

Grid Attributes

V1.8 Compatible

RTG Output Option, Format

V1.8 Compatible format

Val Noise attribute

Val Noise Freq attribute

Val Rand attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Paint Cluster Weights Tool

Value attribute

Contrast Attributes

Luminance Attributes

Set Range Attributes [1], [2]

Paint Cluster Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Jiggle Weights Tool

Paint Skin Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Attributes Tool

Paint Cluster Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Fluids Tool

Paint Jiggle Weights Tool

Paint Skin Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Soft Body Weights Tool

Value Range attribute

value ranges [1], [2]

value ranges, mapping

Paint Attributes Tool

Paint Fluids Tool

Paint Soft Body Weights Tool

Value Snap Tool

value, Artisan brush

Script Paint Tool

variable length argument lists, simulating

variable, environment

MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH [1], [2]

MAYA_SCRIPT_PATH

assigning values to

combining declaration and assignment

displaying contents

global vs. local

global, avoiding

limiting scope with blocks

listing those declared

unexpected values from data type conversion

aim, definition

definition [1], [2]

render, definition

world up, definition

vector file formats, bitmap file formats

Vector Index setting

Paint Attributes Tool

Paint Cluster Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Jiggle Weights Tool

Paint Skin Weights Tool [1], [2]

Paint Soft Body Weights Tool

vector renderer

Vector renderer

Vector Renderer Control

vector rendering

per-material attributes

Render Settings

vectorProduct dependency graph rendering node

array data type

assigning to component of array attribute

assigning to variable

component operator

format in print function output

formula for magnitude

magnitude of 2D

random vectors with sphrand

Vein Color attribute

Marble Attributes

Wood Attributes

Vein Spread attribute

Vein Width attribute

attribute [1], [3]

controlling in particles

inheriting from moving emitter

scaling particle

velocity attribute

assigning with creation expression

assigning with runtime expression

field’s effect on

Velocity Direction setting

Velocity Draw Skip, fluids

Velocity Draw, fluids

Velocity Gradient attribute

Velocity Gradient fluids

Velocity Noise, fluids

Velocity Per Vertex

nParticles [1], [2]

Velocity Per Vertex, fluids

Velocity Scale, fluids

Velocity, fluid

Velocity, fluid property

Velocity, fluids

velocity0 [1], [2]

velocityX, Y, Z

RTG Output Option, basic

VRML2 Export Option

verbosity [1], [2]

Verbosity Level [1], [2], [3], [4]

Verbosity Level attribute [1], [2], [3]

Version Label attribute

version of Python

with color and normal

with Color, Normal and UV

with Normal and UV

Vertex bake set

alpha blending [1], [2]

color blending [1], [2]

max alpha [1], [2]

min alpha [1], [2]

Vertex Color Mode

Paint Effects to Polygons

convert selection to

Vertex Normal Edit Tool

vertex normal, definition

vertex, definition

vertexCameraOne rendering attribute

vertexCameraThree rendering attribute

vertexCameraTwo rendering attribute

vertexColorShader node

vertexColorShader, API

vertexUvOne rendering attribute

vertexUvThree rendering attribute

vertexUvTwo rendering attribute

placement, Image Planes

vertical bar character

Vertical Film Aperture attribute (see Camera Aperture attribute)

Vertical Film Offset attribute (see Film Offset attribute)

vertical layout of graph

Vertical option

Vertical slider option

add to center of face

adding with Match Topology

animate, for GE2

animate, for VRML2

animation troubleshooting

append to polygon option, Attribute Editor

assign color by painting

assign rendered colors

average normals

controlling movement with reference vector

convert selection option

display options

during deformation

make colors visible

manipulate normals to affect shading

merge edges or faces into

mirror attributes on same surface mesh

move along normals

pushing and pulling with a brush

remove colors and prelighting

select partial loop

set normals to same direction as face

split into multiple

storing color information with prelighting

subdivision surface

GE2 Animate Option

VRML2 Animate Option

Vertices or CVs in rigid body force

Vertices tessellation method

when converting to polygons

vertices, create projection plane from

vertices, masking

vFilmAperture rendering attribute

vFilmOffset rendering attribute

frame rendering

video field, definition

broadcast quality, definition

composite, definition

EBU time code, definition

industrial quality, definition

NTSC, definition

PAL, definition

SECAM, definition

SMPTE time code, definition

videotape controller, definition

active, definition

axis, definition

changing transition speed

hierarchy and dependency

planes, snapping to

return to previous

View (Radii in Pixel Size)

mental ray [1], [2]

View Arrangement (Window menu)

View button [1], [2]

View Grid (UV tool button)

Render View window

View menu (UV Texture Editor)

view plane, painting on

viewCaptureCmd plug-in

preferences [1], [2]

ViewCube, definition

launch, for VRML2

hardware rendered particles

viewing animations

viewing Maya image files

viewing rendered frames

viewing shaded objects

creating with VRML2

viewport option (see hotbox)

vim text editor

virtual devices [1], [2]

Viscosity Scale

Viscosity, fluids

instancer particle option

Visibility creation option

Visibility Samples

Area Light options [1], [2]

Visible as Environment

Visible In Final Gather

Visible in Reflections

Render Layer Member Overrides

Visible In Reflections [1], [2], [3]

Visible in Refractions

Render Layer Member Overrides

Visible In Refractions [1], [2], [3], [4]

Visible in Secondary Reflections

Visible In Transparency

mental ray [1], [2]

Visible Surface Isoparms

Duplicate Surface Curves option

visible, make an input object

Visor [1], [2], [3]

exporting clips

opening and viewing

placing clips from

preset brushes [1], [2]

Visor, definition

Visor, saving preset brushes to shelves

visualization map, definition

visualization, renders

visualize blind data

visualize sticky bind distance

volume axis field

Volume Axis field

Volume Axis Field

volume axis field, definition

volume emitters [1], [2]

setting attributes

keeping particles inside the volume

Volume light attributes

Volume Light Dir

Volume Light attribute

Volume Offset attribute

Volume Offset X, Y, Z attribute

Volume Offset, fluid emitter

Volume primitives

Volume Render, fluids

Volume Samples attribute

Volume Samples Override

fluidShape [1], [2]

Volume Shape [1], [2]

Volume Shape attribute

Volume Shape, fluid emitter

Volume Sweep attribute [1], [2]

Volume Sweep, fluid emitter

volumeShader dependency graph rendering node

volumeShader node

volumetric effects, mental ray

volumetric material, definition

volumetric materials [1], [2]

VOP editor, shading context (see Hypershade)

vortex field, definition

Voxel Quality, fluids

voxel, definition

voxels [1], [2], [3]

voxels, example of

VRML 2 Animation Option

VRML Output Option

browse scripts for

Cameras debug info

file name, append to scripts

Float precision option

float precision setting

Geo/Mat debug info

Headlight options

install translator

lighting, for output

Lights debug info

Navigation speed option

navigation speed, output for

Output navigation check box

remove navigation UI

translator options

viewpoints, creating

VRML2Link, linking objects with

vrml2Tags command, setting

VRML2 Animate Option

VRML2 Animation Option

VRML2 Export Option

Cameras, include

Evaluate texture

Lights, include

Original texture

Quad Tessellation

Texture Search Path

textures, set resolution for

Tri Tessellation

World hierarchy

VRML2 Output Option

vrml2 Collision menu

Add and Update checkbox

attributes, descriptions

Do All selected checkbox

stepping control buttons

vrml2 Billboard menu

vrml2 Sensor menu

vrml2 primitive menu

VTR (videotape recorder)

Vwidth attribute

Vx, Vy, Vz selection constraint options

W

Waiting-Blocking node state option [1], [2]

Waiting-HasNoEffect node state option [1], [2]

Waiting-Normal node state option [1], [2]

wake, definition

VRML2 Output Option

walking dag structure

warning command

Water Attributes

Water Color, ocean

Water Damping attribute (dynamic locator)

water dependency graph rendering node

Water Light Decay

Water Light Scatter

water, refraction

Wave Amplitude attribute

wave deformer, definition

editing deformation effects

Wave Dir Spread, ocean

Wave Frequency attribute

Wave Height Offset, ocean

Wave Height, ocean

Wave Length Max

Wave Length Max, ocean

Wave Length Min, ocean

Wave Peaking, ocean

Wave Speed, ocean

Wave Time attribute

Wave Turbulence, ocean

Wave Velocity attribute

Waveform Display

exporting in OBJ format

exporting in RIB format

Wavelength attribute [1], [2]

Wavelength creation option [1], [2]

web browser plug-in

wedge, extrude polygons in

Geometry Cache, set

Weight [1], [2]

Weight attribute

Weight constraint option [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9]

Weight Holding option

Weight Map Type

exporting/importing smooth skin

weight painting

rigid bound skins [1], [2]

smooth bound skins

workflow example

Weight Threshold attribute

Weight Threshold creation option

Weight tool setting [1], [2]

adding [1], [2], [3], [4]

flooding [1], [2], [3]

replacing [1], [2], [3], [4]

scaling [1], [2], [3], [4]

selecting [1], [2], [3]

smoothing [1], [2], [3], [4]

weight, definition

Weight3d attribute

weighted average vector [1], [2]

Weighted Node attribute

Weighted Tangents key option

Weighting on Edge

Stitch Edges Tool option

export blend shape

import blend shape

loading and saving

paint wire deformer tool settings

Weld Adjacent Borders constraint

Weld Adjacent Borders constraints

Weld Adjacent Vertices constraint

What is Maya Nucleus?

What is nCloth?

What is nParticles?

reset bind pose (MEL)

whatisCmd plug-in [1], [2]

wheelmouse, definition

while statement

white boxes in dependency graph

Width (PFX) Tool, 3D Paint Tool

width and height of canvas, setting

Width attribute

Image Size attributes

Placement Extras attributes

Resolution attributes

Width Bias attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Width Draw Skip

hair system attribute

Width Left channel [1], [2]

Width Length Map

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Width Rand attribute

Paint Effects Brush Settings window

Width Right channel [1], [2]

Width Scale attribute

Width Spread attribute

Wiggle attribute

Wiggle Frequency attribute

Wiggle Offset attribute

wiggly toon lines

wind [1], [2], [3]

Wind Field Generation

Wind Self Shadow

Wind Shadow Diffusion

Wind Shadow Distance

Wind Speed [1], [2]

Wind UV attribute

winding order of UVs

tear off from panel

Frame All in All Views

Frame Selection in All Views

View Arrangement

windowPrefs.mel

playback window

transferring files to

image file format

windows controls, creating

Hypershade [1], [2], [3]

windows, creating with ELF commands

create with helixMotifCmd example plug-in

WINEDITOR setting

export painted weight maps

import painted weight maps

paint weights tool settings

wire deformer, definition

adding and removing holders

adding influence wires

creating wires groups

creating with holders

creating without holders

editing deformation effects

editing effects of crossed influence wires

editing shape of influence wires

editing wire deformer sets

limiting wire deformation region

moving, rotating, and scaling deformable objects

pruning wire deformer sets

removing influence wires

resetting influence wires

smoothing jagged effects

using wire dropoff locators

wire dropoff locator, definition

Wire Tool menu item

Wire Walk Length

display [1], [2]

displaying on shaded objects

Object Shading menu

Wireframe Color (Display menu)

Wireframe Display, fluids

Wireframe on Shaded

Wireframe on Shaded mode

Wireframe option

Stroke Refresh menu

wireframe, definition

With Last Curve Only

Intersect Curves option

With New Texture Placement

Create Render Node

With Shading Group

Create Render Node

Wood Attributes

wood dependency graph rendering node

tab type, Hypershade

workflow [1], [2]

mapping characters

redirecting animation

nCloth Advanced Techniqued tutorials

working with render layers

term for scene view

GE2 Export Option, Hierarchy

group under, instances

RTG Export Option, Hierarchy

VRML2 Export Option, Hierarchy

World Centroid [1], [2], [6], [7]

World Centroid X, Y, Z [1], [2]

world coordinate system

World creation option

World Displacement option

World Force option

World Matrix attribute

World Position [1], [2], [3]

world rotate mode

field influence

particle object values

World Space attribute

world space coordinates

World Space Coords

beveling polygons

duplicating faces option

merging multiple edges

moving components

World Space object

World Space Output

world space, definition

World Up Object

World Up Type attribute [1], [2], [3]

World Up Vector

World Up Vector attribute [1], [2], [3]

World Up Vector constraint option [1], [2], [3]

world up vector, definition

world up vectors [1], [2], [3]

World Velocity [1], [2], [3]

World Velocity In Object Space [1], [2], [3]

worldBirthPosition [1], [2]

worldVelocity attribute

use with nCloth

wrap deformer, definition

adding and removing wrap influence objects

Auto Weight Threshold

editing deformation effects

editing NURBS wrap influence object channels

editing polygonal wrap influence object channels

improving performance

manipulating wrap influence object points

moving, rotating, or scaling deformed object

moving, rotating, or scaling wrap influence objects

Paint Effects Globals

Wrap H global option

wrap influence objects

Wrap U attribute [1], [2]

Paint Effects Globals

Wrap V attribute [1], [2]

Wrap V global option

canvas [1], [2]

wrinkle deformer, definition

wrinkle deformers

editing cluster deformer

editing deformation effects

editing wire deformers

manipulating cluster deformer handle

Wrinkle Map Scale

Wrinkle Tool menu item

Write ZDepth attribute [1], [2]

writeToColorBuffer node

writeToDepthBuffer node

writeToLabelBuffer node

writeToVectorBuffer node

writing a plug-in

writing file translators

from Maya ASCII format

to Maya ASCII format

UNIX VRML2 import

Windows VRML2 import

X

x resolution [1], [2]

Convert to File texture

X-Ray Active Components

x-ray shading, definition

X, Y Resolution option

X, Y, Z Resolution

X, Z ground plane

xemacs text editor

xfontsel command

xform (see transform)

xHighRenderRegion rendering attribute

xLowRenderRegion rendering attribute

xlsfonts command

XML description file

xPixelAngle rendering attribute

XYZ coordinate system, definition

Y

y resolution [1], [2]

Convert to File Texture

Y-up world, definition

control with mouse

yHighRenderRegion rendering attribute

yLowRenderRegion rendering attribute

yTwist plug-in [1], [2]

Z

Z buffer channel

z buffer channel (see depth channel)

Z depth channel

z depth channel (see depth channel)

Z Resolution option

display information on gray levels

display logarithm of z-depth values

load information

preventing load

Z-up world, definition

Zenith Color attribute

Zeroth Scanline attribute [1], [2]

Zoom Scale setting

zoom, definition

zoomCameraCmd plug-in [1], [2]

to show all UVs

zooming the canvas

zooming, cameras