In this lesson, you explored additional tools and skills within Maya as you continued with the construction of the classic
temple. In this lesson you learned how to:
- Use your mouse to change the view of your scene using the dolly, track, and tumble camera tools in both the orthographic and
perspective views.
- Rotate objects using the transformation tools in the and the .
- Group objects so they can be transformed as a unit.
- Display objects in both wire frame and shaded modes.
- Access the to view nodes and hierarchies. You are also learning that many tasks in Maya can be completed or approached using multiple
techniques.
- Rename nodes within the .
- Select objects in your scene using the .
- Use the group pivot point to your advantage when duplicating objects.
Before proceeding with the next lesson you may want to review the material presented in this lesson so you are familiar with
the concepts and skills associated with them. Some suggested tasks you can try on your own include:
- Practice using the view camera tools (dolly, track, and tumble) so you can navigate within the scene views efficiently.
- Practice moving and rotating objects, and changing between the various scene views (single perspective, four view, single
side, single top, and so on).
- View objects in the so you can understand their relationships and hierarchy.
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