Maya Training Schedule

Week 1-2:

 

01.Maya Installation (Autodesk Education Community)
02.Configure Maya (Enable Plugins) and Preference (Unit setup)
03.Maya Projects Setting
04.GUI Overview
05.Navigation
06.Hotbox
07.Tool Shelf Customisation
08.Attribute Editor / Channel box
09.Sub-object Mode
10.Basic Polygon Modelling Tools
   (Delete by type: History)
11.Naming Objects
12.Outliner, Hierarchies, Groups, Hypergraph and Layers
13.Select Mask
14.Viewport Menu
15.Model Evaluation
16.Character Design Workshop

 

Case Study:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.tf2.com/
http://www.tf2.com/movies.php
http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/browse?appid=440&browsesort=toprated&p=1

 

 

Case Study:
http://www.rocketbox-libraries.com/

 

 

 

 

 

Extra:
Car rigging (Ferrari Enzo)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id1ZL2sBKSg&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cte-0NtGOV0&feature=relmfu

 

Ref:
http://unicointeraction.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/monashs1-20113dweek-01.html

 

 

Week 2:
Polygonal Modelling

Polygonal Modelling Tools

• Creating polygonal objects
• Modifying polygonal objects
• Editing polygonal components
• Using Soft
• Editing with the Reflection settings
• Displaying subdivision surfaces
• Smoothing objects
• Importing reference images
• Modeling with reference images

Editing Polygonal Models

• Creating polygonal objects
• Modifying polygonal objects
• Editing polygonal components
• Using Soft Select
• Editing with the Reflection settings
• Displaying subdivision surfaces
• Smoothing objects
• Importing reference images
• Modeling with reference images

Working With Edge Loop

• Selecting and editing edge loops
• Using the Slide Edge tool
• Spinning edges
• Inserting and offsetting edge loops

Refining Polygonal Models

• Working with object history
• Modeling symmetrically
• Combining objects
• Merging vertices

Week 3:NURBS Modelling
Modeling with NURBS Primitives

• Introducing NURBS modeling
• Creating NURBS primitives  
• Manipulating NURBS surfaces 
• Using the Surface Editing tool
• Adding detail using Insert Isoparms
• Detaching NURBS surfaces  
• Sculpting surfaces  

Working with NURBS Curves

• Using the NURBS curve tools 
• Creating Bezier curves
• Creating arcs 
• Creating text 
• Manipulating NURBS curves  
• Refining NURBS curves
• Opening and closing NURBS curves 
• Duplicating NURBS curves 

Creating NURBS Surfaces from Curves

• Using NURBS Revolve  
• Using NURBS Loft 
• Using NURBS Extrude 
• Using NURBS Planar  

Refining NURBS Models

• Opening and closing surfaces   
• Creating curves on a surface   
• Projecting curves on surfaces   
• Trimming NURBS surfaces
• Working with NURBS Booleans  
• Stitching NURBS surfaces 
• Converting NURBS to polygons