Maya Modeling Basics

Create a spaceship using primitive shapes, the toolbox, and the extrude tool.


Polygon

• Polygon Anatomy
  • Edges
  • Vertices
  • Faces

Polygon Primitive Objects

• Sphere
• Cube
• Cylinder
• Cone
• Plane
• Torus
• Prism
• Pyramid
• Pipe
• Helix
• Soccer Ball
• Platonic Solid
  • Dodecahedron
  • Icosahedron
  • Octahedron
  • Tetrahedron

Toolbox

• Select Tool
• Lasso Tool
• Paint Select Tool
• Move Tool: Vertex, Edge, Face
• Rotate Tool: Edge, Face
• Scale Tool: Edge Tool

Extrude