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What is Autodesk Maya?
Setting up a New Project in Maya.
Using 3D Navigation in Maya
Types of Geometry Used in Maya
Creating Primitives in Maya
Doing Basic Transformations in Maya
Drawing Shapes in Photoshop Tutorial
Using Vertexes & Edges in Maya
Using Faces in Maya
Using Snapping in Maya
Using Pivot Points in Maya
Using Sculpting Geometry in Maya
Using Subdivision Surfaces in Maya
Using Materials in Maya
Using Image Maps in Maya
Using UV Mapping in Maya
Rendering Images in Maya
Using Lighting in Maya
Using Basic Animation in Maya
Rendering Movies in Maya
Summary: How to use snapping in Maya; learn more about 3D modeling and animation software in this free instructional video.
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"Hey everybody! My name is Matt and I'm speaking to you on behalf of Expert Village. I'm going to go ahead and choose my object and change to a vertex mode and select a vertex and hit W so I can move my vertex around. If i hold down the X key on my keyboard and try to move my vertex, what it's going to do is it's going to going to snap to my grid. You can do this in multiple directions. I can switch to different views. It helps. You can snap into dimensions. Also, if you hold down the V key on your keyboard, you can snap to different points. You can snap to any dimensions. I'm going to go ahead and select this vertex and hold down V. I can either snap directly to it or I can snap just to one dimension of a point. Also, if you hold down the J button. I'm going to select all these vertexes right here and press E so that I can rotate them. If I hold down J, that's going to snap to my rotation, as you can see. On a little side note, if you come up to display, you can turn on and off your grid. Also, there's a box beside grid up here. If you click that, you can change a lot or your grid options. You can change the size as well as the color and the display. You can also change the length, width, and how many units are between your grid. "
eHow Article: Using Snapping in Maya
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smzackshow said
on 8/2/2008 Ok, this was very helpfull. I just have 2 questions. 1. I've made my model and started to animate it. However, the minute I move my model or try to rotate it, the modle splits in to pices and rotates each piece a different way. How to I fortify something I've drawn so it will move as one. 2. how do I change the back ground color without changing my paint job on my model. I'm trying to change the background color to green so I can just green screen in my animation to a live photo. Thanks!